Les Miserables... just for something different :)
Tue, 2 Oct 2001, 07:26 pmWalter Plinge35 posts in thread
Les Miserables... just for something different :)
Tue, 2 Oct 2001, 07:26 pmJust a quick reminder that Les Miserables previews at the Regal Theatre on Wednesday October 10th then opens officially on Thursday.
Come to enjoy, come to review, come to have a bitch, just come!
For more info. check out the new website: >http://imagine.unlimited.com.au/lesmis<
Come to enjoy, come to review, come to have a bitch, just come!
For more info. check out the new website: >http://imagine.unlimited.com.au/lesmis<
RE: Leah's comments.
Thu, 4 Oct 2001, 10:44 amDean Schulze wrote:
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>It sounds like you are saying that virtually everyone (orchestra, set-builders, light
>crew >and sound crew) are being paid but not the performers.
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>Am I reading this correctly?
Yes.
>If so, on what basis are the performers considered unworthy?
Because we're insane schmucks who do what we do for the love of it, and the only reward we need is bums on seats and a little support from our mates for the three months of unpaid slog and personal finances we've put into this show.
Leah, I'd offer you my comps but we don't get any.
Review Master - when you write your review could you please make careful note of the performers that night? The only night when all of the principals are on is opening night - every other night is littered with swings and understudies, and with at least two principals as regulars on this website, we don't want our names besmirched if it ain't us you're seeing.
And as my two cents in this whole debate, I consider myself a professional performer as I have been known to get paid for what I do, and fully intend to claim expenses incurred for this show on tax (oops...did I type that out loud?). The cast itself is also littered with pros - you can't walk 30cm in rehearsal without bumping into a WAAPA or a Con graduate with a swag of credits from TV commercials to the WA Opera under his or her belt.
Just because the producers are raking in the profits of this show doesn't, in my opinion, make them worthy of the 'professional' title. 'Nuff said on that score...at least til the show is over ;-)
MD, orchestra, techies - there's a lot less of them than there are of the cast. And when you consider that apart from the afore mentioned professional performers in the cast, there are a lot of highschool kids, first-timers, and uni students in the chorus. Do they really deserve to get paid as much/as well as the MD, orchestra, techies who have all had years of training? So where do you draw the line? How do you determine who gets paid, and how do you work out how much they get?
Yes, I think the ticket prices stink. No, I don't like the idea of everyone else getting paid, and some people making a lot of money off the work of 70 odd volunteers. But I don't see Cameron Mackintosh offering me Mme Thenardier. I don't see Gill doing Eponine on Broadway. So we're at the Regal in Perth, Western Australia, living out our childhood fantasies for, really, a relatively small sacrifice of time and money.
All we can expect is a little solidarity from our peers. If we don't even get that, why are we doing it? And why does that make you guys saying you won't come on principal any better than those people making the money? At least they'll be supporting us by applauding at the end of the night and buying us a drink at the cast party.
Amanda Chesterton
PS There is a student rush for $10 on the night of the preview, Weds 10 October. I think you can book these tickets in advance.
'Thou tottering beetle-headed giglet!'
Sorry... I really dig that button! :-)
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>It sounds like you are saying that virtually everyone (orchestra, set-builders, light
>crew >and sound crew) are being paid but not the performers.
>
>Am I reading this correctly?
Yes.
>If so, on what basis are the performers considered unworthy?
Because we're insane schmucks who do what we do for the love of it, and the only reward we need is bums on seats and a little support from our mates for the three months of unpaid slog and personal finances we've put into this show.
Leah, I'd offer you my comps but we don't get any.
Review Master - when you write your review could you please make careful note of the performers that night? The only night when all of the principals are on is opening night - every other night is littered with swings and understudies, and with at least two principals as regulars on this website, we don't want our names besmirched if it ain't us you're seeing.
And as my two cents in this whole debate, I consider myself a professional performer as I have been known to get paid for what I do, and fully intend to claim expenses incurred for this show on tax (oops...did I type that out loud?). The cast itself is also littered with pros - you can't walk 30cm in rehearsal without bumping into a WAAPA or a Con graduate with a swag of credits from TV commercials to the WA Opera under his or her belt.
Just because the producers are raking in the profits of this show doesn't, in my opinion, make them worthy of the 'professional' title. 'Nuff said on that score...at least til the show is over ;-)
MD, orchestra, techies - there's a lot less of them than there are of the cast. And when you consider that apart from the afore mentioned professional performers in the cast, there are a lot of highschool kids, first-timers, and uni students in the chorus. Do they really deserve to get paid as much/as well as the MD, orchestra, techies who have all had years of training? So where do you draw the line? How do you determine who gets paid, and how do you work out how much they get?
Yes, I think the ticket prices stink. No, I don't like the idea of everyone else getting paid, and some people making a lot of money off the work of 70 odd volunteers. But I don't see Cameron Mackintosh offering me Mme Thenardier. I don't see Gill doing Eponine on Broadway. So we're at the Regal in Perth, Western Australia, living out our childhood fantasies for, really, a relatively small sacrifice of time and money.
All we can expect is a little solidarity from our peers. If we don't even get that, why are we doing it? And why does that make you guys saying you won't come on principal any better than those people making the money? At least they'll be supporting us by applauding at the end of the night and buying us a drink at the cast party.
Amanda Chesterton
PS There is a student rush for $10 on the night of the preview, Weds 10 October. I think you can book these tickets in advance.
'Thou tottering beetle-headed giglet!'
Sorry... I really dig that button! :-)
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