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7.30pm or 8.00pm Curtain Up

Thu, 3 Sept 2009, 09:42 am
billythekid11 posts in thread
It appears that the majority of Community Theatre productions start at 8.00pm, whereas professional and pro/am (eg Les Mis) productions and others such as WAAPA start at 7.30pm. I was just curious as to why this might be the case. For myself, I prefer the earlier start, it means I am on my way home or to a party after the show at a more reasonable hour. More time in the bar after the show also if that's your thing. I am new to Perth and would be interested in comments from others on this. Cheers!
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Thu, 3 Sept 2009, 09:52 am
Labrug

That is actually a very interesting question and I too would be quite interested to find the origins of this. \

I have my suspicisions that it would be most likely from the fact that in Community Theatre 90% if not all of those involved in the production are either Full-Time employees in other capacities, or full-time students. An earlier start time would cause happy stress as people struggled to get home, have dinner (maybe a shower) get down to the theatre with enough time to get into costume, make up and the like, maybe a Hair style is required, do a quick warm-up and have the opening performers ready to go by 7:30. The extra 1/2 hour eases the load just right.

In professional theatre, performers have probably been there for hours already.

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