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Furthermore, one production’s damage to a theatre has implications for said theatre's future productions and revenue streams, all of which need to be protected.</p>\n<p>At Front Row, we always make sure our theatres have airtight insurance coverage in every respect so that ‘potential disaster’ is reduced to ‘minor inconvenience.’ In the end, “Grumpy Old Women” proved more comedy than tragedy.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: normal;\">We have an easy low-cost insurance solution for Canadian producers who are renting theatre space and equipment for a short period:</p>\n<p><span></span></p>","postEmailContent":"<p>There is nothing like a night out at the theatre.</p>","postFeaturedImageIfEnabled":"https://61352.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/61352/blog-image-uploads/grumpy-old-woman-shutterstock_1922295281-forweb600.jpg","postListContent":"<span id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_post_body\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text\" style=\"\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"meta_field\" data-hs-cos-type=\"rich_text\" ><p>There is nothing like a night out at the theatre.</p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>Getting dressed up in a fine outfit. 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Theatre Insurance in Canada | The Importance of Production Liability

Grumpy Old Woman: theatre insurance

There is nothing like a night out at the theatre.

Getting dressed up in a fine outfit. Hiring a babysitter for the kids. And being swept away in a dark room that allows you to forget about real life, if only for a few hours, is well worth the price of admission. The idea that anything could shatter the illusion is unconscionable. “What could ever go wrong?” you might ask. At a UK production of “Grumpy Old Women”, the audience found out the hard way.

At Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre, the audience was evacuated due to a pyrotechnic mishap that occurred well before intermission. Frustrated theatregoers spilled out onto nearby Regent St. as firemen arrived promptly at the scene. Despite its challenges, like many great stories of the theatre, this one has a happy ending.

Ultimately, the fire was put out and the show went on as planned. Since we’re in the insurance industry however, let’s have a look at some hypotheticals.

More than almost any other hazard, fire shows just how important it is that a theatre carry good production liability insurance. Had the pyrotechnic mishap gotten out-of-control, the damage to property and, more importantly, people could have been immeasurable.

While key person insurance would have protected the lead actors, and the company’s theatre insurance would have covered sets and costumes, without the proper liability limits, an out-of-control fire is enough to draw the curtain on any business due to its potential to cause personal injury. Furthermore, one production’s damage to a theatre has implications for said theatre's future productions and revenue streams, all of which need to be protected.

At Front Row, we always make sure our theatres have airtight insurance coverage in every respect so that ‘potential disaster’ is reduced to ‘minor inconvenience.’ In the end, “Grumpy Old Women” proved more comedy than tragedy.

We have an easy low-cost insurance solution for Canadian producers who are renting theatre space and equipment for a short period:

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