06 May 2008 23:43:48

Jason Quinn

no juggling for me.... chest infection

I finally went to the doctor after three weeks of terrible coughing. The coughing started at the end of the wimpest cold I ever had... barely a sore throat, barely a runny nose. The cough phase however was other story. The doctor asked me to get a X-ray and, sure enough, it turns out I gained a bacterial chest infection at some point. I'm now on antibiotics and don't not to do any exercise at all for 10 days. Winter's approaching too. Losing ten days at this time really stinks. By the time I'm back to normal it will have been a month solid lost. I'm curious how professional performers handle getting sick. In particular for those type that book theatre or circus style work in blocks of a month or two. How sick is too sick to perform? For instance, right now I can juggle but not very well. What is the typical clause/s in your contract regarding such circumstances? For many non-juggling contracts you still get paid even if you have to take a couple weeks to recover. If you book a theatre for 3 months for $15k, and you only perform 1.5 months worth because of some illness had you bed ridden for 6 weeks, are you likely only going to get $7.5k? Even for one-shot gigs, how does it work? If you had no clause in your contract, a nightmare scenario might be a juggler gets sued for not living up to their obligations of the agreement if they end up not performing. ("I lost money at my event because I had to refund tickets because you didn't provide the entertainment I promised to the audience...") I don't know much about the law in these cases. Any testimonials? Jason -- ----== posted via www.jugglingdb.com ==----