rehearsal venues plea
Sat, 26 Aug 2000, 02:54 pmMelissa Merchant13 posts in thread
rehearsal venues plea
Sat, 26 Aug 2000, 02:54 pmJust putting the word out that Blak Yak are looking for a rehearsal venue for their latest production. We need somewhere fairly central (although that's negotiable) and cheap (that's not negotiable). If you know of anywhere, or have somewhere like that yourself, please please please either reply to this plea, email me on the above address or call me on:
041 799 4544.
Much appreciated.
Melissa Merchant
(Sourcery Production Manager)
041 799 4544.
Much appreciated.
Melissa Merchant
(Sourcery Production Manager)
RE: rehearsal venues plea
Sun, 10 Sept 2000, 10:11 pmHi BarbZ
> Community Theatre groups don't need 200+ seat fixed
> pros arch theatres which can't be filled each night &
> in which sharing with other groups/finances preclude
> use on a continual basis (eg for rehearsals/set
> building etc). Ideally, about 100 seats & the ability to
> do their own tech, run their own front of
> house/bar/suppers, do their own ticketing, re-arrange
> seating/staging to suit the production - that is, control
> the facility - would suit most small to medium groups!
hear! hear!
I couldn't agree with you more!! Bigger is absolutely _not_ always better!
Facilities like DRPAC can't possibly have been built with the "community" in mind. The driving rationale must always have been "how can we generate some commercial return from this facility". As i've stated in another post, they've been planned with an utter lack of appreciation for the very real value that community theatre can provide to our society.
Totally clueless thinking along the same lines as these glorified shopping malls they have the cheek to call "community" recreation centres! There's nothing community about them. The only difference between Leisure Australia and Westfield, is that you pay on the way in at a recreation centre and our taxes were used to build the monstrosities in the first place!!
Cheers
Grant
> Community Theatre groups don't need 200+ seat fixed
> pros arch theatres which can't be filled each night &
> in which sharing with other groups/finances preclude
> use on a continual basis (eg for rehearsals/set
> building etc). Ideally, about 100 seats & the ability to
> do their own tech, run their own front of
> house/bar/suppers, do their own ticketing, re-arrange
> seating/staging to suit the production - that is, control
> the facility - would suit most small to medium groups!
hear! hear!
I couldn't agree with you more!! Bigger is absolutely _not_ always better!
Facilities like DRPAC can't possibly have been built with the "community" in mind. The driving rationale must always have been "how can we generate some commercial return from this facility". As i've stated in another post, they've been planned with an utter lack of appreciation for the very real value that community theatre can provide to our society.
Totally clueless thinking along the same lines as these glorified shopping malls they have the cheek to call "community" recreation centres! There's nothing community about them. The only difference between Leisure Australia and Westfield, is that you pay on the way in at a recreation centre and our taxes were used to build the monstrosities in the first place!!
Cheers
Grant
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