your portal for australian theatre
Logos · 7 September 2008
Tony Moore (me) and Blackwood Players are urgently seeking a Stage Manager/Props person for their production of The Manchurian Candidate. There are a lot of props and the play is being done in an earl…
Read more →Logos · 26 August 2008
I am in the process of beginning a collection of antique theatre lighting. I already own two 1930's SEECOL groundrows (fully restored) plus a fairly extensive collection of the 1950's 1960's Strand La…
Read more →Logos · 7 August 2008
Tony Moore and the Blackwood Players are seeking a props manager in Adelaide for The Manchurian Candidate for it's season in late October. This is an unpaid position. The job is a big one. There are o…
Read more →Logos · 13 July 2008
The Manchurian Candidate In 1962 a film called The Manchurian Candidate starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey was released in the US. The plot involved a young brain washed veteran of the Korean…
Read more →Logos · 8 June 2008
So I hear you cry. Here we go again, Logos banging on his old drum again about censorship. I make no apologies for this. Given recent events I think it is one of the more important issues facing us in…
Read more →Logos · 20 February 2008
Well, we're here. Last night we opened. A couple of minor tech errors and some stumbled lines. We had some reviewers and I will be posting the reviews on my website (see below) as they arrive. This ha…
Read more →Logos · 16 February 2008
Recently there have been three very passionate threads on this site about three shows. Paris, The Wizard of Oz and Rock Apocalypse. All three shows were clearly performed by people who were very commi…
Read more →Logos · 16 February 2008
Well I haven't been around for a while because ... well there are several reasons. One was the issue of censorship over the Wizard of Oz thread, one was that I have changed from Internet explorer…
Read more →Logos · 12 January 2008
Well, It's been a while and much water has passed under the bridge since my last blog on 12/12. I spent some time playing the big red guy at a local shopping centre and did various other things to ear…
Read more →Logos · 12 December 2007
Well last night I got my cast together for the first read through. This is a new script and will need workshopping so I started that way. I am very hopeful. It is a strong script and even in a first r…
Read more →Logos · 9 November 2007
Well my casting went well and I found exactly the person I am looking for. A young man from India of a Muslim background. Yesterday I had a meeting with my composer and he played the initial inspirati…
Read more →Logos · 1 November 2007
Well, there isn't much to report on the continuing journey. I had some problems sorting out my venue as the Manager and the Fringe had some communication problems. I am not blaming anybody. I sim…
Read more →Logos · 11 October 2007
I have decided to do what one or two other people have done before and keep a sort of journal of getting my play on for the 2008 Fringe. First the play. I thought that I had left the passion of politi…
Read more →Logos · 23 September 2007
My production of "Rick" my own play finished last night. We went out on a high which is great, good audience both in terms of numbers and of response. At least some of them had come back for a second…
Read more →Logos · 21 September 2007
I am seeking advice. I am a playwright, I have never written for the screen but ... A production of one of my plays is currently windng down here in Adelaide. We have only two more performances to go.…
Read more →Logos · 14 August 2007
I put this blog on in fear and trepidation but Black Box Management have found their way to Adelaide. There was an ad in yeaterdays paper offering their usual incentives. I hope that people will do th…
Read more →Logos · 8 August 2007
Well, Its 29 days till we open and I have finally got off the phone from talking to an actor who I am confident will stay the course. Since my original post we have had very little luck except we had…
Read more →Logos · 31 July 2007
I am in the process of producing the World Premiere of one of my own plays. For reasons I won't go into we have lost a cast member. It is so frustrating, I am having real difficulty replacing that per…
Read more →Logos · 15 June 2007
I am seeking a composer. I have completed a script for a version of several of the stories of Winnie The Pooh. It is designed to be performed by a chorus or choir and a group of principals. It could b…
Read more →Logos · 27 May 2007
Recently we had a thread here bewailing the lack of men and women in the age range from mid thirties up. I just held a set of auditions for a cast with seven people in that age range and have only had…
Read more →