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A loading bay is a room in a theatre which is usually quite large. It generally has a bay door (a large metal door which rolls up, at least the size of the opening on a standard semi-trailer) at opposite sides of the room, one for a truck and the other for access to the stage. Sometimes sets and equipment for a traveling show are delivered through a bay, other times, the bay could be used for delivery of supplies and lumber for set construction. In a smaller theaters, the bay may serve as a theater, green room, or scene shop. In most union work, teamsters and grips who unload trucks and move equipment are different from the carpenters, electricians, and other stagehands who assemble a show. By Union rules, generally teamsters are not permitted to work on the actual performance, and the stagehands are not allowed to even enter trucks. This exists primarily because loading and unloading trailers is one of the most dangerous jobs in theatre and performance.
Category:Parts of a theatre
Usage examples of "loading bay".
I didn't want to leave my trace on the vid call record, so I caught the Idris's security officer in person when he was out in the loading bay.
It was a large concrete-walled room inside, empty apart from a long wooden carpentry bench they'd set up in the center and a metal storage rack that took up half of the loading bay wall.
In a little while she came back, to escort the two Barrayaran women to a cot and a folding chair set up at the edge of the loading bay, as far as possible from any emergency alarm.
Passengers will assemble immediately in the loading bay on Deck Five.
Then something in his manner tripped a switch and I remembered the loading bay.
She berated herself for not having pilfered one of the antique rifles from the dead soldiers, although from what she'd seen at the loading bay, she doubted any of them had ammunition left.
From the control booth, Leo sealed the Outside hatch and set the air to pump back into the loading bay.
This was the interior loading bay of the warehouse, with nothing in it but oil stains and orange paint on the concrete.
Ti hastily straightened his shuttle pilot's uniform, turned up the light level, and picked up his report panel as an airseal door at the far end of the loading bay swished open.