Rechabites Hall- what's the story??
Wed, 29 Aug 2001, 12:27 amEliot McCann18 posts in thread
Rechabites Hall- what's the story??
Wed, 29 Aug 2001, 12:27 amJust come in from seeing Wolf Lullaby (yes I know!!! I'll shut up about it now- won't mention it again!!! Read my review) and I have a few questions, which maybe thems in the know can help me with:
Who runs the Rechabites' Hall? Can you please step forward so's we can beat you with strands of linguini?
Speaking as an audience member (never been onstage) This "venue" is DIABOLICAL. Dirty, messy, unkempt, ill eqipped to handle humans- god HELP you if you're on crutches or in a wheelchair! When one of the rats in the building is so disgusted with its abode that it DIES in one of the change rooms, you know the building has problems. It is a disgrace that a performance venue should charge people money to use such a hovel. In fact, when was the last time an officer from Occupational Health and Safety went over it with a fine-tooth comb?
It is hard enough for independant theatre groups to produce their work, without having to resort to "putting up with" conditions that verge on the unsanitary. And HOW DARE YOU expect people to blindly fork over the money to sit in a uncomfortable dust-filled BARN and call it a "nice night out".
It is NOT good enough- it is laughable. The building has cancer. Either funnel some money into it or knock it down.
Must "independant" and "co-op" ALWAYS be synonimous with "ramshackle" and "half-assed"??
Eliot
Who runs the Rechabites' Hall? Can you please step forward so's we can beat you with strands of linguini?
Speaking as an audience member (never been onstage) This "venue" is DIABOLICAL. Dirty, messy, unkempt, ill eqipped to handle humans- god HELP you if you're on crutches or in a wheelchair! When one of the rats in the building is so disgusted with its abode that it DIES in one of the change rooms, you know the building has problems. It is a disgrace that a performance venue should charge people money to use such a hovel. In fact, when was the last time an officer from Occupational Health and Safety went over it with a fine-tooth comb?
It is hard enough for independant theatre groups to produce their work, without having to resort to "putting up with" conditions that verge on the unsanitary. And HOW DARE YOU expect people to blindly fork over the money to sit in a uncomfortable dust-filled BARN and call it a "nice night out".
It is NOT good enough- it is laughable. The building has cancer. Either funnel some money into it or knock it down.
Must "independant" and "co-op" ALWAYS be synonimous with "ramshackle" and "half-assed"??
Eliot
RE: Rechabites Hall- what's the story??
Wed, 29 Aug 2001, 10:55 amWalter Plinge
Oh come ON Eliot, quit beating about the bush and tell us what you REALLY think...........
Last night was my first time in the Hall from Hell, and to be brutally honest, I really liked it. It's like stepping back in time and has an almost surreal quality to it. I remember thinking at some point, how sad it is that there are not more theatres left with as much character. True, a lick of paint and a quick hoover wouldn't hurt, but I found it really quite charming.
Sadly I couldn't convince my poor butt of the merits of the venue. By the end of the show, said butt was SCREAMING!!!!! Sitting atop a parking meter could not have caused this much discomfort!
Julia
Last night was my first time in the Hall from Hell, and to be brutally honest, I really liked it. It's like stepping back in time and has an almost surreal quality to it. I remember thinking at some point, how sad it is that there are not more theatres left with as much character. True, a lick of paint and a quick hoover wouldn't hurt, but I found it really quite charming.
Sadly I couldn't convince my poor butt of the merits of the venue. By the end of the show, said butt was SCREAMING!!!!! Sitting atop a parking meter could not have caused this much discomfort!
Julia
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