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The fly gallery is the name given to the area in a
theatre
where
flying
is done from. No, not when people are attatched to
ropes
, and swing across the
stage
- this is where the
ropes
for
lifting
pieces of
scenery
,
lighting bars
, and anything else that needs to fly into the
roof
are tied off.
The fly gallery can be an incredibly
dangerous
place to be if you
don't know what you are doing
, and aren't aware of the
risks
. If one of the
ropes
were to slip, and your
ankle
were to get
caught
up in the
loose end
of the
rope
, you would be
hanging
from the
ceiling
before you knew what hit you. And then the
floor
probably would. Another major
hazard
is knocking a rope, and a bar, or piece of
scenery
falling
on someone on
stage's
head. Both
accidents
can be
fatal
. For these reasons, it is imperative that the fly gallery is kept tidy at all times. If a
fly rope
is going to
slip
, then you don't want a
coil
to be able to wind itself round somebody's
ankle
. It is also a good idea for people not to be able to trip over any loose
fly rope
s, and possibly
hurt
themselves.
Larger
theatres
might have two fly galleries, one on either side, but a lot of
theatres
will have a
half fly
on the other side, which leaves height on one side of the
stage
for tall pieces of
scenery
to be moved around.
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fly rope
flying
backstage
multicore
Hurt
Coil
slip
Fatal
accident
Falling
Risk
hazard
Floor
ceiling
Hanging
caught
ankle
dangerous
roof
Scenery
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