TheatreStageGuy

Terrifyingly- its a pretty sizeable venue [receiving house] with a fairly large truss, and a 'knowledgable and experienced' [lazy] technical manager in post. It's one of those venues where they'd rather you just have a floor package, and don't touch the overhead rig at all [TM is from small bands background/ Me, and this project is Theatre production- full 'bells and whistles' [no actual whistles or bells though]

Thanks for the reply. I like that idea of the welcome packet that goes beyond just the mission statement/artistic vision blurb. They haven't given a reason for not sharing, which I find perplexing. As you said- I also wouldn't expect a show RA, as the peculiarities of the set/installation will be specific to my project- but their fire evacuation plan, features and attributes of their building, house rig, weight limits, etc would surely have to come from them- not me completing a visit, or having to work out safe working loads based on the truss type, chain hoist data of the house equipment- that seems like something they should be able to provide to me as a document upfront.

Has anyone experienced a venue refusing to share Risk assessment documentation/ procedure or policy docs? - I'm trying to put together a risk assessment for a project going into a specific venue, but they refuse to share any documentation about the space. Am I wrong here in expecting those to be available? [whether in terms of best practice or legal obligation- I'm interested in other people's experience/understanding of this] ... possibly a GDPR thing? I would have thought these things were best shared with anyone who had cause/need to use them.