Cultural Capitals
Sun, 25 Mar 2001, 10:40 amGrant Malcolm3 posts in thread
Cultural Capitals
Sun, 25 Mar 2001, 10:40 amPredictably Perth leads the current poll as amateur theatre capital - although there's been a strong showing from the Melbournites.
With weekdays the most active time on this site, the poll's far from over yet.
In the meantime, what do these events say about the state of the professional industry in each of the above cities?
Salt @ Blue Room
Salt @ Playbox
May 2000 the Blue Room has a reading of Peta Murray's new play SALT featuring some of the best we have to offer - Leith Taylor directing, Pippa Williamson, Vivien Garrett and Geoff Kelso.
Is the outcome a Perth production?
Nope. March 2001 Playbox in Melbourne scores the World Premiere.
Cheers
Grant
With weekdays the most active time on this site, the poll's far from over yet.
In the meantime, what do these events say about the state of the professional industry in each of the above cities?
Salt @ Blue Room
Salt @ Playbox
May 2000 the Blue Room has a reading of Peta Murray's new play SALT featuring some of the best we have to offer - Leith Taylor directing, Pippa Williamson, Vivien Garrett and Geoff Kelso.
Is the outcome a Perth production?
Nope. March 2001 Playbox in Melbourne scores the World Premiere.
Cheers
Grant
Grant MalcolmSun, 25 Mar 2001, 10:40 am
Predictably Perth leads the current poll as amateur theatre capital - although there's been a strong showing from the Melbournites.
With weekdays the most active time on this site, the poll's far from over yet.
In the meantime, what do these events say about the state of the professional industry in each of the above cities?
Salt @ Blue Room
Salt @ Playbox
May 2000 the Blue Room has a reading of Peta Murray's new play SALT featuring some of the best we have to offer - Leith Taylor directing, Pippa Williamson, Vivien Garrett and Geoff Kelso.
Is the outcome a Perth production?
Nope. March 2001 Playbox in Melbourne scores the World Premiere.
Cheers
Grant
With weekdays the most active time on this site, the poll's far from over yet.
In the meantime, what do these events say about the state of the professional industry in each of the above cities?
Salt @ Blue Room
Salt @ Playbox
May 2000 the Blue Room has a reading of Peta Murray's new play SALT featuring some of the best we have to offer - Leith Taylor directing, Pippa Williamson, Vivien Garrett and Geoff Kelso.
Is the outcome a Perth production?
Nope. March 2001 Playbox in Melbourne scores the World Premiere.
Cheers
Grant
Walter PlingeTue, 27 Mar 2001, 12:54 pm
RE: Cultural Capitals
I viewed this poll with great interest. I wonder how many people that answered have actually lived in more than one state. I am from Victoria, but have been living in Perth for over 12 months. As an Arts Management student at WAAPA, I like to keep informed about both amateur and professional companies in the area (this site is an absolute gem for this). I can't judge on the other states, but in my opinion Melbourne wins hands down. Not only are there many more amatauer companies, but I believe the quality of the comapnies to be higher. I think that this is simply because there are far more out of work professionals in Melbourne that there is in Perth. Companies such as CLOC, Catchement Players of Darebin, Whitehorse Theatre Comapny, Fabulous Nobodies, MUMCO and Altona Theatre Company, just to name a few, produce a steady stream of the productions. All one has to do is attend the awards ceremony of the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria to see the proliferation of amateur groups.
Grant MalcolmTue, 27 Mar 2001, 05:07 pm
RE: Cultural Capitals
Hi Emmalee
Emmalee wrote:
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> I viewed this poll with great interest. I wonder how many
> people that answered have actually lived in more than one
> state.
*puts hand up for NSW and WA*
> Not only are there many more amatauer companies, but I
> believe the quality of the comapnies to be higher. I think that
> this is simply because there are far more out of work
> professionals in Melbourne that there is in Perth.
Overall, or per capita?
I think there's something in what you say, but what a shame that it should come down to this. The state with the most depressed professional theatre industry ranks as the best state for community theatre?
There must strategies that can be employed to harness the strengths of all sectors of the industry - at least, that's what i read the recent OzCo report as suggesting.
Cheers
Grant
Emmalee wrote:
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> I viewed this poll with great interest. I wonder how many
> people that answered have actually lived in more than one
> state.
*puts hand up for NSW and WA*
> Not only are there many more amatauer companies, but I
> believe the quality of the comapnies to be higher. I think that
> this is simply because there are far more out of work
> professionals in Melbourne that there is in Perth.
Overall, or per capita?
I think there's something in what you say, but what a shame that it should come down to this. The state with the most depressed professional theatre industry ranks as the best state for community theatre?
There must strategies that can be employed to harness the strengths of all sectors of the industry - at least, that's what i read the recent OzCo report as suggesting.
Cheers
Grant