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New Work

Tue, 2 May 2006, 12:10 pm

Logos13 posts in thread

I am interested in seeing some opinions. I am a playwright living in Adelaide now after living in UK for some ten years or so. Some of my plays have been published in the UK and are very rarely performed but here in Adelaide my issue is that people don't seem to want to go to new work. Particularly if it is locally written. . Any comments from any one else. Do you share my observations. Love to hear from you.

Marketing could ...

Tue, 2 May 2006, 12:51 pm

Logos

be the issue. However in Adelaide during the Fringe I was involved with two productions that received identical marketing. They were in fact marketed together as they were produced by the same company in the same venue. The new work (two one woman plays) averaged an audience of about 3 and the established work averaged an audience of about 90. The comapny did not expect to get super audeinces for the one handers (traditionally harder to sell) but did expect to do better.

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New Work— Logos2 May 2006

New Adventure— Labrug2 May 2006
- Meant To Be; an all-new musical— Walter Plinge8 May 2006
Marketing could ...— Logos2 May 2006
Marketing is everything— Na2 May 2006
New works.— Walter Plinge2 May 2006
- New Work— Walter Plinge3 May 2006
  - Plays— Logos3 May 2006
    - New Works— Walter Plinge5 May 2006
    - New works— Walter Plinge7 May 2006
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        One handers— Logos7 May 2006
Writers Groups— Logos3 May 2006
- Can't live with...— Labrug3 May 2006

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