Course Code
THTR 162
Academic Year
2016-2017
This is a general course on stage rigging, covering the use of various types of line, rigging hardware and systems. The course will deal with natural and synthetic rope work, knot tying and splicing, wire rope and hardware, hemp spot lines and line sets, counterweight line sets, stage scenery rigging for dead hanging and flying, miscellaneous rigging.Particular attention will be given to safety, including safe working loads of various lines and materials and rigging practices and techniques.