Consequences
Mon, 25 Oct 2004, 01:56 pmGreg Ross20 posts in thread
Consequences
Mon, 25 Oct 2004, 01:56 pmIts time to stop! Now. The amateur theatre community is doing itself possibly irreparable long term harm. I have been trying to secure sponsorship of the annual Finley Awards and have just taken a phone call from the people IÂ’ve been working with, to the effect of why would they want to get involved with that sort of back biting and viciousness, as who on earth would want to take the risk of being mixed up with that sort of publicity.
Re: is the truth really out there?
Thu, 28 Oct 2004, 11:08 amWalter Plinge
I went to the Wedenesday night performance of the show and could not find fault with the understudies performance.
There was no announcement before the show that the understudies were performing and this is probably a good thing as you will not prejudge them. I know we have attended shows at the Burswood, The Boy From Oz comes to mind where the lead pulled out weeks before the end due to an upcoming operation and we were not impressed when we heard the announcement as we paid top dollars to see the leads.
The regal show was ok but lacked the professional touch which includes a smooth flow of all characters. Some cast members walked on stage and stayed there, which is a direction flaw, and some lighting cues came in too early which cut off ends of dramatic moments, which is usually a SM bad call as the LX op hits the GO button when called. The DSC positions of the King and Prince when they held their hand up high and blocked the perch lights could easilly have been overcome and should have been spotted during the tech.
But I knew it was an amateur production by reading the posts on this web site and luckilly used my West card discount of 25%.
So the show was ok but the understudies were good, I thought they were the leads.
Don
There was no announcement before the show that the understudies were performing and this is probably a good thing as you will not prejudge them. I know we have attended shows at the Burswood, The Boy From Oz comes to mind where the lead pulled out weeks before the end due to an upcoming operation and we were not impressed when we heard the announcement as we paid top dollars to see the leads.
The regal show was ok but lacked the professional touch which includes a smooth flow of all characters. Some cast members walked on stage and stayed there, which is a direction flaw, and some lighting cues came in too early which cut off ends of dramatic moments, which is usually a SM bad call as the LX op hits the GO button when called. The DSC positions of the King and Prince when they held their hand up high and blocked the perch lights could easilly have been overcome and should have been spotted during the tech.
But I knew it was an amateur production by reading the posts on this web site and luckilly used my West card discount of 25%.
So the show was ok but the understudies were good, I thought they were the leads.
Don
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