WAAPA AUDITIONS!!

That really pisses me off when I heard the comment that the CERT kids need to go away for a year or 2 to see how they go before they get into the BA. What happens to those who are from interstate and uproot everything to make Perth their home , but can only stay a year cos the powers that be reckon they should go practice somewhere else after the CERT. I think it is bullshit that these people think that kids have the money to go do every friggin course and pay for tuition and go overseas for experience. My mate did the cert course a few years ago. Have loads of experience in pro-am theatre, had been in musicals for years before hand but wanted the BA so badly but they said you gotta go and experience the world. How much more world do they want. They play God The idea of studying and doing a course is to learn, to prepare yourself for the big auditions and to improve your abilities. The introductory is the foundation and the BA is a building. Dont you think the teachers can see if a kid has got the passion and ability to go on further. You dont see a doctor doing a medical course for a year then going out to practice for a year or 2 for experience then come back and do the rest of his training. This is why WAAPA is getting a bad reputation and kids are looking to the eastern states