Doubling Up
Fri, 21 Feb 2003, 12:41 pmMelissa Merchant2 posts in thread
Doubling Up
Fri, 21 Feb 2003, 12:41 pmThis is something IÂ’ve been thinking about for a while now. IÂ’ve noticed that there is a lot of doubling up going on. Different theatre companies are doing the same shows, often in the same year.
Is there a lack of scripts to be found? Are people just coincidentally choosing the same scripts? Or are Directors seeing the shows at other companies and thinking to themselves “by crikey I’d like to do that”.
What do people feel the protocol is here, how long should a director wait if they want to do a show thatÂ’s already been done? Should they wait at all? Is there enough of an audience in WA (or other states) to sustain, for example, three productions of A Midsummer NightÂ’s Dream or two of Jack the Ripper?
Melissa
Is there a lack of scripts to be found? Are people just coincidentally choosing the same scripts? Or are Directors seeing the shows at other companies and thinking to themselves “by crikey I’d like to do that”.
What do people feel the protocol is here, how long should a director wait if they want to do a show thatÂ’s already been done? Should they wait at all? Is there enough of an audience in WA (or other states) to sustain, for example, three productions of A Midsummer NightÂ’s Dream or two of Jack the Ripper?
Melissa
Melissa MerchantFri, 21 Feb 2003, 12:41 pm
This is something IÂ’ve been thinking about for a while now. IÂ’ve noticed that there is a lot of doubling up going on. Different theatre companies are doing the same shows, often in the same year.
Is there a lack of scripts to be found? Are people just coincidentally choosing the same scripts? Or are Directors seeing the shows at other companies and thinking to themselves “by crikey I’d like to do that”.
What do people feel the protocol is here, how long should a director wait if they want to do a show thatÂ’s already been done? Should they wait at all? Is there enough of an audience in WA (or other states) to sustain, for example, three productions of A Midsummer NightÂ’s Dream or two of Jack the Ripper?
Melissa
Is there a lack of scripts to be found? Are people just coincidentally choosing the same scripts? Or are Directors seeing the shows at other companies and thinking to themselves “by crikey I’d like to do that”.
What do people feel the protocol is here, how long should a director wait if they want to do a show thatÂ’s already been done? Should they wait at all? Is there enough of an audience in WA (or other states) to sustain, for example, three productions of A Midsummer NightÂ’s Dream or two of Jack the Ripper?
Melissa
Walter PlingeMon, 24 Feb 2003, 12:44 pm
Re: Doubling Up
And the other question:
What do you do as a director / producer when you've been preparing a show for months and another group decides, on the spur of the moment, to trump your plans and ends up beating you to the punch by a couple of months?
Paul "I would've thought twice if I knew everyone else was going to do it also" Treasure
What do you do as a director / producer when you've been preparing a show for months and another group decides, on the spur of the moment, to trump your plans and ends up beating you to the punch by a couple of months?
Paul "I would've thought twice if I knew everyone else was going to do it also" Treasure