Amatuer Theatre HELP!
Wed, 9 Jan 2008, 07:01 pmRhiannon16824 posts in thread
Amatuer Theatre HELP!
Wed, 9 Jan 2008, 07:01 pmI need your help! I am 17, the holidays have been boring so i decided to set up an amatuer theatre in my hometown. My town consists of 205 people, indeed very small, i have no idea how many would be interested in it. Ive put flyers and posters out saying that there will be auditions for a show on this friday for towns folk. the aim date is about 4 weeks away, hopefully we can make in it time! I was hoping, seeing as you all are entertainers in this field like me, some more experienced and knowledged than myself, do you have any suggestions, ideas, or even a great script that we can use? The fist show will be based on 'The Tell-Tale Heart', but in other holidays, if we get a good turn out this time, i would like to put on more shows. please any suggestions! ideas or anything!! thank you so much!!
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Fri, 11 Jan 2008, 04:38 pmNo offense taken - it's not like my profile pic helps either.
You'll find that in a small community, creating a script together will be even harder. It requires a lot of work on the part of the community - however, as I said, if you find a topic controversial or local to your community other people will be more interested in taking part. Find out what the big issues facing your community is - for instance, a mining town could quite easily write about mining, the issues of employment, health and safety, history, etc. It's much easier to get people excited about a show if the topic is an everyday and close-to-the-heart one.
And yes, working with younger people is perhaps a better way to start. Be careful though: do you need public liability insurance to undertake a project with young kids?
I should mention: you shouldn't underestimate, as Sean said, the amount of organisation and planning that goes into creating a show. Even if it's collaborative, it will be up to you to keep people turning up, organise the event, keep morale going, etc.
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