LES MIS being shown @ Regal

apparantly the On Stage Theatre Company is showing Les Mis at the Regal in June... anyone know anymore about this? any audition dates or ways i could a hold of the director of the company? cheers guys!
~Corey

Corey Harrison wrote:
>
> apparantly the On Stage Theatre Company is showing Les Mis at
> the Regal in June... anyone know anymore about this? any
> audition dates or ways i could a hold of the director of the
> company? cheers guys!
> ~Corey

Hi Corey,

I would recommend you go back and look at posts in regard to the production of Les Mis at the Regal 3 years ago before you consider. Do a search on this site. You'll find some VERY interesting reading, especially considering that OnStage and Music Spectrum are/were both "run" by the same producer.

According to "The King and I" program, a musical that was just put on by the MS Society who are apparently putting the production of Les Mis on - it is coming in October. Maybe the auditions are in or just after June?

Cheers!

I am so sick of that topic.

Alexis wrote:
>
> I am so sick of that topic.

Get over it. Its an important one.

Was a great show though despite all the dramas! Hopefully it'll be even better this time round, minus the dramas!

Somehow I doubt that. The cast of the previous one was phenomenal, which is why it was so good - but we live, we learn.

Believe me, nobody knows that more than I do. But I am so sick of everyone pulling it to pieces. It's over, and what has been done with the King and I has been done, regardless if you agreed with what happened or not. I don't think the understudies should have been sacked, especially since it was such a hasty decision, but the performance was bad. I'm not blaming anybody, but it was bad, and what needs to be taken into account was the fact that the MS Society had never produced a show before and did have to answer to their sponsors. I'm not sticking up for what they did, all I'm saying is that you have to listen to both sides before your opinion is truly valid.

The sad thing is that nobody has acknowledged the money raised, only the drama that went on backstage. And the gossip behind the set was so much harder to deal with than the show itself.

Corey, you really need to decide for yourself whether you try out or not. I learnt a lot last year from my cast members and until all this stuff started, it was a good experience. But unfortunately it seems inevitable in theatre that people will voice their opinions about something if they think that they will be heard, and this can lead to a lot of upset. I'm sure the production will be great, certainly better than the version several years ago which everybody seems now to love.

And Simon, absolutely nothing gives you the right to speak to me like that, regardless of whether it is in person or on the net.

Yes, it was nice of the MS Society to apologise and clarify all the facts surrounding the matter, wasn't it?

I mean, especially if they want people to audition for their production and reassure them it will never happen again. But it couldn't, could it?

Not after all that backlash and media attention? People issue warnings for a reason... and how come no one ever said how much money actually was raised for the MS Society and the percentage of which would go to MS sufferers, hmm?

I would pretty much agree with Simon - it is an important issue and if someone or whoever has had enough of it, then that is their problem to get over.

I don't particularly see anything that rude or arrogant or condescending
about his comment. It could only be the inflection with which it is said that may cause feathers to be ruffled, and as it is in print, we don't know what the tone of "voice" was. We can only read into it and that can be a very dangerous thing.

Alexis wrote:
>
> And Simon, absolutely nothing gives you the right to speak to
> me like that, regardless of whether it is in person or on the
> net.


Are you referring to him saying 'Get over it' in a single sentence? Because I don't see the difference in tone to your previous one-sentence answer to him; 'I am so sick of this topic'.


Both could be read as equally beligerent...or if you like, equally UN-beligerent.

So there's no point in taking offence, because the upset is entirely caused by how YOU choose to interpret....



Cheers
Craig

Alexis wrote:
>
> Believe me, nobody knows that more than I do. But I am so
> sick of everyone pulling it to pieces. It's over, and what
> has been done with the King and I has been done, regardless
> if you agreed with what happened or not. I don't think the
> understudies should have been sacked, especially since it was
> such a hasty decision, but the performance was bad. I'm not
> blaming anybody, but it was bad, and what needs to be taken
> into account was the fact that the MS Society had never
> produced a show before and did have to answer to their
> sponsors. I'm not sticking up for what they did, all I'm
> saying is that you have to listen to both sides before your
> opinion is truly valid.

So therefore, what exactly IS your "side of the story"? I think Simon was only talking about Les Miserables from a couple of years ago. He didn't even mention The King and I.

> The sad thing is that nobody has acknowledged the money
> raised, only the drama that went on backstage. And the gossip
> behind the set was so much harder to deal with than the show
> itself.

So what you're saying is that as long as money is raised, it doesn't matter what happens to the people who raised it??

im very, VERY confused... all i wanna know is what drama's there where... i can see that the understudies got sacked, which to me is a wierd thing to do, but what else happened?

From what i heard, MS society wanted to put on les mis this year.
I heard this whilst King and I was on. But those from Onstage Productions dont want to be involved with the MS society, they quit whilst the show was in season. So I would assume that it would be done purely by the people at MS society.
and from what i hear, it would be a bad move to be involved with the MS Society in shows.

so to answer the question, No, Onstage Productions are not putting on Les Miserables.

Im sure that the next production of Les Mis could be quite as phenomenal if not better. Doesn't have to be the same cast in order to be good... would be nice to see some fresh new faces for a change. Though I did enjoy both the last "Les Mis" and "King and I" - despite the dramas associated with both!

Let's wait and see how it turns out!

Cheers!!

I was unaware of most of the scandal surrounding the understudy/Les Mis affair. I do hope that it doesn't tarnish this shows reputation or dissuade the public from going to see it. It's nice to have shows of this nature in Perth, whether pro or am - good to have a night out in Subi with the family and enjoy the individual performances given.

No one can deny that Les Mis has wonderful music - years of popularity have shown this - so let's all just watch it without preconceived notions ey? Then any construction criticism afterwards can be well-directed and reasonable!

Sorry to have a bit of a rant but I think it's so sad that this site turns into a slagging match just for the sake of it!

Regarding Simon's comments - I don't think they were offensive - this time. He is developing rather a reputation for being an explosive 'poster' and putting forward his negative opinions (rather harshly) on some shows before the curtains even rise on opening night! Ruefully, I have to say that many of his comments are probably well directed and I have personally experienced his expertise on stage. He's a very talented guy - however it does smart a bit when he uses his theatrical know-how to bring down the efforts of others.


Thou dankish clapper-clawed moldwarp!

I think there may be a bit of confusion somewhere along the line, the Murray Music and Drama Group (near Pinjarra, WA for the uninitiated) are producing Les Mis in about May of this year, presumably in Pinjarra or possibly Mandurah.

Thou loggerheaded fly-bitten barnacle!

but Les Mis has been booked to be performed at the Regal during the Last 2 weeks of October and the first week of November, and the production company is On Stage Theatre company... this information was given to me by the admin at the Regal.

Interesting - isn't it unusual to give permission for two productions of a popular musical like Les Mis to be performed twice in the same area (roughly speaking) in the space of a few months?

No. It happened a few years ago. Les Mis was on first in Rockingham, then a larger "pro/am" production was put on in Perth a few months later.

They seem to have much more flexible rules in this regard ( for amatuer shows I mean) than professional ones. My experience may not be the norm. but here are just four examples of concurrent (or almost) amatuer seasons.

Rockingham and Mandurah staged about five years ago the same pantomime at the same time. (Half an hour travel time between theatres.)

When I directed Calamity Jane at Pinjarra in November 2002 the Roleystone Theatre had also applied to do it at the same time. The rep from the licensing place asked me if I though ticket sales would be impacted upon for either production, and I said I felt not - as the theatres were a good hours drive apart. So they let us both go ahead.

And yet a few years prior to that I was unable to do "Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in Pinjarra WA because there was a professional touring company doing it and from memory it wasn't even in Australia at the time but in one of our neighbouring Asian countries. (Personally I didn't think that our ticket sales in Pinjarra would have made much difference to their show - but that seems to be how it works!)

And yet when I finally got the rights to do it a couple of years later there was another amatuer production of it staged in Perth just a few weeks prior to ours.

Going back a good twenty five years when I was performing in Camelot at Roleystone - Pinjarra were staging it at the same time.

Phew! That was all a bit long winded, but I occasionally read these things and never before have I made a post. (Tonight I've made two! A record indded!) It was nice to actually something contribute to a discussion for once! It'll probably be another six months now before I look at these again!

Not a rarity at all - for example, "Into The Woods" was staged in Sydney twice last year by different production companies within months of each other