Search form Search Menu COVID: 19 "We're here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is" (Kurt Vonnegut) PLEASE NOTE: We not currently selling any tickets on the door. Tickets will remain on sale on this site up to 60 minutes before the show's start time. Cockpit Covid Rules - Please Read Coming To See A Show Studio Hires / Film Shoots Covid Rules For Studio Users Bringing A Show Contacts Adapt, survive, repeat.....open! (and we are) We contuinue working to government guidelines. The show goes on... We have been 'See It Safely' approved We have been granted the use of Society Of London Theatre & UK Theatre's 'See It Safely' mark. The mark certifies that we are complying with the latest Government and industry COVID-19 guidelines, to ensure the safety of our staff and audiences. Read on to find out more about the measures we have been putting in place ready for your visit, and what you will need to know beforehand. We continue to: Reduce the number of people using spaces in the building Maintain COVID safe cleaning regimes Make available bottles of hand sanitiser and wipes throughout the building Open all the doors and windows to aid air-flow and fill the place with potted plants that cheer us all up (and calm us all down). We also request that everyone wears a mask when moving around the building, wash their hands often and practice self-distancing. And if you are using a space, please take responsibility for wiping down touch points at the end of your session. Our guiding Covid risk assessment in line with government guidance is here Cockpit Covid rules for you, me, audiences, companies, staff, artists, contractors, drinkers - everyone We don't want to catch it and we don't want you to either Please do not enter The Cockpit if: You are at all ill. If you feel ill while you are here, let us know, pack up and go home. Anyone you live with is displaying Covid-19 symptoms You are waiting for Covid test results, or are within 10 days of a positive test You have been asked to quarantine by NHS test and trace You are required to quarantine after arriving from overseas Otherwise…. Please use hand sanitiser on entering. Please avoid contact greetings. Please wear a mask moving around the building and in the auditorium unless you are seated. (some shows may have additional requirements) Please be aware of others and self distance from those you are not going home with. We have adjusted capacities to allow for self-distancing. If you feel unsafe please talk to a member of staff who will direct you to the duty manager. Wash your hands frequently. Use hand sanitiser after you’ve touched anything in the building including yourself. Chillax and be lovely. Slow down, give space, take space and please read and comply with signs. All signs are current, up to date and may change according to circumstances. You've got this far, it’s great to see you. You are welcome here. ________________________________________ Coming to see a show We are returning to normal operation, where ticket holders choose their own seats on admission to the auditorium. Everyone is encouraged to practice self-distancing and we have reduced capacities to allow for this. Additionally, some shows will still have managed social distancing in place. See individual shows for details. This describes how socially distanced admission to The Cockpit may work: You may be asked to queue outside, so wear weather-relevant clothes and please let us know in advance if you or anyone you know has a mobility or standing difficulty boxoffice@thecockpit.org.uk We will check you in on arrival. You may be asked for ID so please have some handy. We might show you straight into the auditorium - unless you need the toilet. There may be one way systems in place. Our gorgeous stewards will guide you. With some shows, in the auditorium, another gorgeous steward will check our seating plan and show you to your seat(s). Like in a restaurant. Otherwise you will be invited to choose a seat and self-distance. We will be running a normal bar service with extra tables for your drinking comfort. Or staying at home We continue to develop online shows, events, classes, scratch nights, readings, meet-ups as well as live-mix filming and streaming opportunities. We offer a growing range of ways to get things online - whether or not you want to use The Cockpit as a live venue. Find all of our On Demand shows and films here Find all of our Live Online shows here Find all the information on becoming involved with our broadcast here. Find information on using our space for film shoots here All the shows, classes, scratch nights, readings, meet ups, films and events we are broadcasting are all here. Click on the event to find out more and how you can get involved. ________________________________________ Studio Hires, film shoots, meetings, auditions, rehearsals, classes etc If you can do it COVID secure you can do it at The Cockpit, subject to current regulations and guidelines. ● Film shoots ● Auditions ● Read-throughs ● Rehearsals where distance can be maintained in line with DCMS guidance ● Workshop/devising sessions where distance can be maintained in line with DCMS guidance ● Classes - where distance can be maintained in line with DCMS guidance We also host: ● Dance ● Yoga ● Improvisation Read more here about Government performing arts guidance Maximum occupancy We have to manage this according to the kind of activity in the room, the mix of activities in the building and the need to avoid over-crowding ● Studio 1 - Usual Maximum 10 ● Studio 2 - Usual Maximum 6 ● Studio 3 - Usual Maximum 8 Auditorium ● Usual Maximum up to 20 (with seats out.) according to activity ● Usual Maximum 10 (with seats in.) Dressing rooms ● Usual Maximum 6 each COVID House Rules for everyone booking space at The Cockpit. (These rules also form part of our terms and conditions and studio user’s guide) · You must undertake a Risk Assessment and follow current guidance for your particular activity https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/performing-arts. · Do not enter The Cockpit if you are at all ill. If you feel ill while you are here, let us know, pack up and go home. · Use hand sanitizer on entering The Cockpit. · No contact greetings. Smile beguilingly instead... Please keep your distance from others unless you dont mind catching what they've got or they've said they want what you've got. · Please follow all signage. It is current and up to date. · Wash your hands frequently. Use hand sanitiser after you’ve touched anything in the building including yourself · Wear your mask when moving around the building · BEFORE YOU LEAVE Please wipe down all surfaces you and your group have touched by hand before you leave, using the cleaning materials in each space. To confirm your booking: · Please make sure you have undertaken a risk assessment for your activity in the light of the pandemic. This must include provision for social distancing in line with current guidelines. · Please make sure you have completed your booking form with the names and contact numbers for you and everyone in your group. This is for track and trace use only. We will keep this information for 21 days. · Please pay for your booking in advance by the date agreed with you - we cannot take payments on site. All bookings remain unconfirmed until paid for and will lapse once the due by date is passed unless paid up.. · Please come prepared to slow down. Social distancing, hand washing and cleaning take time. · Please bring drinking water with you. We cannot supply free water just now although we will try to have bottled water on sale. Prior to arrival: You and your group must not have tested positive or be showing symptoms of Covid-19, nor have come into contact with someone who has tested positive within 14 days prior to arrival. If you or someone in your group starts to show symptoms of Covid-19 while you are at The Cockpit you are to tell a member of staff present and pack up and leave immediately. Arrival: Please make sure you have all the info you need before you arrive. (We are really sorry but we are not able to assist with photocopying or any other admin work just now, or offer reception services for you or people in your group or working with you.) Remember to sign in using the book on the right in the entrance lobby - (bring a pen) Toilets: these are currently single occupancy, one out, one in. Please use the vacant/engaged locks on the outer doors. Toiklets will revert to normal use after July 18 Please respect our staff when they are cleaning, when the cleaning sign is up please give them space to do their job to ensure your and their safety. Hand washing & social distancing: there are soap dispensers in the toilets and various sanitiser pumps located on site, please use them! It's easy to forget but please remember social distancing still applies to luvvies! please respect others and keep the 1m+ rule! Key points: ● Slow down - and please comply with signs. ● Leave time for cleaning. And wash your hands frequently. Use the sanitiser. ● Pay for your booking and get your admin sorted before you arrive. Bring everything with you and take it away ● Know your group, make certain they are not unwell and make sure we have correct contact info. We might need to contact you for track and trace. ● Risk assess your activity with regard to social distancing. Ensure your group members comply. Wear masks in line with current guidance ● Use the street outside for breaks ● Give space - take space. Stay apart. If you feel ill - let us know and leave immediately. We are connecting with and supporting everyone however we can. Please stay in touch by joining the Mailing list at the bottom of the page. Also don't hesitate to get in touch with us via reception@thecockpit.org.uk if you think there is something we can help with. We are working on ways to help our local communities as well as our broader arts community and will love to hear from you. Bringing A Show to The Cockpit We are broadcasting shows and series online, screening films, putting things on our social media. We also film and/or broadcast shows from the main space. Visit our Broadcasting page for more information For live shows with live audiences, to ease things along for everyone, we are happy to schedule many events on a loss-free To Be Confirmed basis: we do all the creating, talking and contracting in advance but only put tickets on sale once we know the show can happen. Until then all deposits remain fully refundable, and it's easy to postpone things to a later date further down the road if we need to do that. The clause we are using is here: Covid 19: Provision for postponement. Confirmation clause. This clause provides a means whereby business can be conducted, agreements made and shows planned and prepared while providing for postponement on a 'no loss' basis. This contract shall stand to enable both parties to progress preparations for the show. This includes preparing tickets for sale and publishing the show dates in the normal way marked ' show to be confirmed'. No tickets to be placed on sale at this stage. The contract shall become fully operational when and only when both parties have agreed by email to proceed on a confirmed basis and place tickets on sale. This confirmation can take place at any time with respect to prevailing circumstances. Both parties understand that, depending on circumstances, it may not be possible for it to take place at all. Up until confirmation takes place, the show and contract can be cancelled by either party by written request at any time. Otherwise the assumption remains that the show go ahead on the agreed dates below or on deferred dates later, as a postponement, to be agreed by both parties, if mutual confirmation of original dates turns out not to be possible. Meanwhile and until such mutual confirmation, all deposits paid remain fully refundable and no cancellation conditions apply to either party. Once mutual confirmation of the show going ahead is made by exchange of emails. All cancellation conditions apply as usual on both sides. Of course, with social distancing, ultimate audience capacity for a single show is reduced but the Cockpit is a big space and many shows are still viable and able to attract good audiences, often insentivised to book as group tickets. Take a look at some of our shows online to see how we are pricing things. We are particularly keen to mount two houses of shorter shows over an evening rather than just a single house of a two act show. This costs little more to do than pre-covid times and generally achieves even better financial viability than pre-covid times. 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