cabaret style seating

I was looking forward to seeing ‘Educating Rita’ at the Koorliny Centre, until I went to book on-line and found out the seating arrangements. It is cabaret style, which I don’t like under any circumstances. Koorliny had this for their recent short plays season, which wasn’t too bad, but for a proper full length, quality play what has possessed the organisers to have the whole audience sitting sideways to the stage? About a third will also have their backs to the actors.

A table in the centre of the chairs usually means that there will be drinks clinking, packets of crisps crackling away and not to mention other home prepared goodies that will stink the place out.

Sorry but I think I may very regrettably give this show a miss.

Ummmmm not that i dont mind constructive critism but can I please clear up a few points here. The show was never ment to be put on with tables and chairs but with tiered seating, UNFORTUNATELY the tiered seating used by KTW is no longer avaiable so it was beieved by some people that the production was to be performed with table and chair style seating, this was not realised by others until a week out from the show and has been rectified, (yes at a cost to the club involved) unfortunately it is now row seating but not tiered. I appreciate that there are a lot of shows on and some people prefer one style of seating over another but I would have liked that if anyone has any concerns to raise about a production then they would raise it with the club in which the production is being held and not on a public forum which may or may not impact on the audience numbers and in turn the clubs financial abitity to continue to produce amature productions. for some time now I have been trying to break the ground as a new director in Ameture theatre, now whilst I appreciate I am quite new in this game and I doubt I will ever win any Finlay awards or anything, I try to please the intended audience's with a pleasant evening out, To quote Rita herself "Well they have all got to start somewhere dont they" It is quite dis-heartening to know that some people would shun a show simple because they dont want to sit at a table. I for one like to go watch an amature show purely for the show itself, I can overcome a wrinkle of a chip packet, or even the waft of others sausage rolls or egg and salad sandwiches. Many thanks for the offer to pay for the printing of programs for this show Gordon, however the programs were donated to us by a member from KTW's own ranks. Should you or anyone else wish to discus this matter or any other issues further with this production or anything else to do with KTW or ways to improve amature theatre please feel free to contact myself on 0438 919 729 or maddogproductions1@live.com.au and ask for Mutley (aka Adam - Ed' Rita Director) Oh and yes we do it for the love of it but as with everyone ele if we dont get the bums on the seats then productions dont run on love alone, despite what anyone thinks. Congrats to all workers on and off the stage for this production and any others I have ever been involved with for without those people amature theatre would not continue to survive and hopefully continue to grow stronger by the support of patrons willing to come and watch us all do the thing we love. and now I will climb down off my soap box and wait for the inevietable backlash that is usually associated with comments made via this medium. Regards THE MUTT!!

Theatre seating a non issue if you want to watch the show

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