Murder Incorporated Ltd. (Hereinafter referred to as The Company) Actors’ terms and conditions. January 2013, Updated February 2013
CASTINGS If you are offered a casting and find that you cannot participate after all please notify us IMMEDIATELY. Whilst we try to cast everyone on the available dates given, please be aware it is not always possible for reasons of numbers, available parts and so on. If you are cast at an event please ring your Event Organiser (Actor appointed by The Company to arrange the event) at least 3days before the event to confirm your availability. Failure to do so may result in your role being cast to another actor without notice to you.
EVENTS Unless otherwise notified, you are required to be at an event 90 minutes before the start of the proceedings for the purposes of rehearsal. Should you be experiencing a problem in attaining this, then please contact the Event Organiser immediately.
CLIENTS Should there be some problem or difficulty with: the client, or the hotel, venue or establishment we are working at; an employee of the client; the clients' facilities or another actor, then you must inform the Event Organiser of the nature of the problem or difficulty. The Event Organiser is the ONLY person authorised to deal with issues of any nature.
REMUNERATION Actors will receive remuneration for events performed on. Rates will be provided on request. Meals are normally included and at full weekend events or overnight events accommodation is also provided. Any remuneration paid to an actor for any event is to be considered as expenses and it is the actors' responsibility to ensure that his or her personal tax records are accurately kept and the actor is responsible for declaring this payment for tax reasons if appropriate. All remunerations will be paid on the first night of the event. All actors accepting a lift to an event should offer to help cover the driver's expenses.
ACCOMMODATION In cases where the client provides the accommodation, this is at the client’s good will and under these circumstances you must accept the client's practices, hospitality and rules. Under no circumstances is an actor authorised to use room service or to charge drinks, food or any other services against the room. We will not normally provide accommodation at any other event and any accommodation that is obtained by yourself must be done so at your expense unless agreed in writing beforehand.
COSTUMES The Company possesses a number of costumes and also has contracts with costume hire companies. Occasionally we may ask an actor to obtain their own costumes for specialist costume events. In this case any expense occurred by the actor will be refunded. BEFORE hiring or buying costumes, please ensure that authority from The Company has been obtained otherwise it may not be possible to reimburse you. For normal events it is the actor's responsibility to dress in a costume appropriate to the part they are playing. If the actor is in any doubt, please contact the Event Organiser.
PROFESSIONALISM An actor will behave in a professional manner at all times when at a client's premises. Any actor found to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol or who behaves in a manner likely to be detrimental to The Company during an event, will be immediately asked to leave the client's establishment, and may not be cast for any future event.
Actors should be aware that at some events (particularly corporate) there may be free drink, or the guests may offer to buy the actor drinks. The actor should not accept this. The Event Organiser may allow this in certain circumstances if in his or her opinion to refuse the hospitality may appear to be rude.
You must remain in character at all times until the event is completed.
In the interests of health and safety, any interaction or performance that requires choreography (such as a fight scene) must in all circumstances be rehearsed beforehand. The choreography must then be strictly adhered to during the performance. If it has not been rehearsed it must not be performed.
CONFIDENTIALITY Through your dealings with and on behalf of the Company you may acquire or have access to confidential information in written, verbal or electronic form that relates to the Company and its business practices and trading information, its clients’ business, customers, business partners and information that is protected by copyright.
Confidential information generally includes (but is not limited to) the identity of the Company’s customers and information relating to them, including details of any arrangements between them and the Company. Copies of any information relating to events, which includes (but is not limited to) event bookings, plots and scripts, plot summaries, questionnaires, check-lists, certificates, ‘evidence’, stories, timings and characters; Details of the methods and techniques employed by the Company in staging and performing its events and its marketing policies and procedures and such other information as may be designated as confidential by the Company; and any incident, conversation or information concerning a director, organiser, actor, consultant, agent, client, partner, guest or visitor of the Company which you hear about.
You will observe strict secrecy as to the affairs and dealings of the Company and shall not, for two years from the date of the last event you performed for the company, make use of or divulge any Confidential Information to any person, third party, client or competitor even if employed by or owner of said organisation.
You shall not recruit any actors who are registered with the Company for any other organisation or competitor even if employed by or owner of said organisation.
MISCELLANEOUS Please note that email will be used for the vast majority of communication. If you do not check your emails regularly you may miss out on important casting information.
Completing the casting form, whether offering any dates or not, is deemed to be acceptance of these terms and conditions.
The Company reserves the right to change these terms and conditions without notice and consultation. Any changes will be notified to all actors as soon as possible and will take place with immediate effect.