Gibbs Calls for Tech Killings
Fri, 25 May 2001, 08:01 amGrant Malcolm7 posts in thread
Gibbs Calls for Tech Killings
Fri, 25 May 2001, 08:01 amGeoff Gibbs slams a current Blue Room production:
"Jacquie Reid in her one woman show Crime! The Musical survived one of the most devastating first nights I have ever witnessed."
"Had she shot the sound technician, murdered the director, dismembered the designer and garrotted the lighting operator everyone in the audience would have defended her action as justifiable."
In between taking shots at practically everyone involved in the production, Gibbs does find time to compliment Reid's performance as "a significant addition to Australian cabaret repertoire by an exceptional woman."
Check out the review at the link below:
"Jacquie Reid in her one woman show Crime! The Musical survived one of the most devastating first nights I have ever witnessed."
"Had she shot the sound technician, murdered the director, dismembered the designer and garrotted the lighting operator everyone in the audience would have defended her action as justifiable."
In between taking shots at practically everyone involved in the production, Gibbs does find time to compliment Reid's performance as "a significant addition to Australian cabaret repertoire by an exceptional woman."
Check out the review at the link below:
THE FIRST LAW OF THEATRE:Blame the Technicians!!!
Fri, 25 May 2001, 12:53 pmWalter Plinge
Firstly I would like to point out that Geoff Gibbs seems to have fallen in love with his own eloquence in this review. (Although "Opening Nightmare" is very cute.)
Secondly I would like to state that whatever technical difficulties were experienced in this show (which I haven't seen) the problems, to my actual knowledge, began much earlier.
It is all a question of organisation. Even the most inexperienced Technician can run an excellent show with enough practice. A good Technician can just as easily be nobbled by rushed technical set-ups and insufficient rehearsal time.
But remember the first law of theatre: Blame the Technician!