For Shame, Perth People!
Sun, 29 June 2008, 02:36 pmJustSuse34 posts in thread
For Shame, Perth People!
Sun, 29 June 2008, 02:36 pmThe other night I went to do an adjudication of Blak Yak's latest play 'Deus ex Quanta' at the Subiaco Arts Centre. About half an hour later I came home again. Why? Because seeing that I WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO TURNED UP TO SEE THE PLAY, they (quite reasonably) cancelled the performance!!
This website has lately been full of people whingeing about clubs doing the same old shows again and again - Blak Yak offer you a new and different show - and nobody goes. You complain about having to travel too far to see shows - Blak Yak put on a show at Subiaco, couldn't get much more central - and nobody goes. You worry and fret about the future of Community Theatre, you want the Government to do something about it - but you don't support it! I have been involved with Community Theatre for 30 years; we have gone through good years and bad, and will do so again. The only thing that will bring about the demise of the community is apathy.
No, I'm not affiliated with Blak Yak, its one of the few clubs I have not yet worked with. As Nick, the director, told me, when they do stage adaptations of crappy TV shows they have to turn people away. When they do a 'real' play they get no audience. Why? Does the title being in Latin scare you? They are trying to establish a reputation for doing new, different, edgey stuff - which is what many of you claim to want - but you won't support them.
The play runs for one more week. They have to pay for the hire of the venue, help them to at least do that. Go and see it.
Rational thought
Wed, 2 July 2008, 11:24 pmWalter Plinge
Firstly: Thanks to Sue for posting. As mentioned she didn't see the show, but was good enough to encourage people to see it. Why? So they, like her, can make up their own minds regarding the shows merits or lack thereof.
I'd also like to point out that for word of mouth to circulate, people actually need to see the show in the first place.
And, yes. Blak Yak have done a few TV adeaptations, we've also done a lot of plays (more than TV shows, in fact). The only reason people continue to identify us as the TV Show club is because those adaptations are always massively successful which suggests, contrary to popular belief, that they are EXACTLY what people want to see. The actual plays fade into obscurity because no one sees them, therefore no one remembers them [despite the fact that Picasso's Women came third and Gemma won best actress at the Finley awards). Whatever we choose to do, we always do it to the best of our abilities and work on the strengths of each individual script, regardless of of origin.
A good script is a good script no matter where it comes from.
Almost done: when we do TV shows on stage, it's our way of making money. Other clubs do musicals, we don't have the resources for that so we do TV shows. This puts money in the bank so we can do shows like Deus Ex Quanta... which is playing to very small crowds. So if you want to avoid seeing Blak Yak doing more TV, come amd see the plays and we won't have to.
Lastly, and this may seem a bit off topic, but having read through the whole string of posts on this here website, let me just say: READ THE OTHER POSTS BEFORE YOU RESPOND and actually pay attention to what they say [this will prevent you from appearing foolish- and yes, I know a similar point was made by Kerri, but it was such a good one it needed reiterating]. And MOST IMPORTANTLY: if you're going to post, regardless of what you're saying [be it good bad or stupid] it's your opinion, so at least have the common decency to commit to that by PUTTING YOUR NAME TO IT. None of this Walter Plinge nonsense [and for all you Futurama fans out there: it's actually HEDONISM Bot, not Hedonist Bot... tut tut tut]
In closing: COME AND SEE MY SHOW AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MINDS.
Lots of love,
Nick Donald - that's the director of DEUS EX QUANTA, just to clarify.
Be Good
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