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Just a thought...

Sat, 11 Sept 1999, 02:29 pm
Walter Plinge24 posts in thread
EMAILNOTICES>noHas anyone actually thought that the reason Effie Crump closed and is not being bailed out is because their productions are not all that good? Every so often one works but the rest... they might be employing actors and local scripts but if the production is up to shite, then why bother?

Re: Just a thought... thinking

Thu, 16 Sept 1999, 12:34 am
EMAILNOTICES>noBeing very good at tracking expenses is one thing. Having the expenses is another. Having the money to pay for expenses is a third.>Maybe, we as an ITA collective, could offer to donate our time and efforts to>help fill the money money viod, with a production on behalf of Effie. I will>be in it for one! So long as the full picture was disclosed first?> Lets be pro-active with this pre-negative (I hate these 'globby'> terms) and create a working circuit?Interesting idea. Become dependant on ourselves. Don't expect support from government or private sectors (but certainly ask for it, you might get lucky.)It is time we stood on our own two feet.Jeff "Which Foot Forward" Watkins

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