Where are you all?

There is usually a drop in postings on this site during the Christmas period, and it picks up again in February. This year though, it feels as though nobody at all is posting - even us regulars seem to be posting less and less. Where are you all? I know I've been a bit busy (but then I'm always busy, and still manage to post)... is it simply busy-ness, or is it that people don't have anything interesting to say? Or perhaps we need another controversy, like Blackbox etc, to come along... Don't tell me there's nothing going on out there - there's plenty!! ... So I offer up a topic of question - I'm currently helping a girl get into puppetry, by introducing her around the place, inviting her to view rehearsals, sending her info, etc. It's the first time I've done something like this (though it does fit within my normal activities of helping fellow theatre people), and I'm just wondering how many people go out of their way to help newbies - and how many people have been turned down/accepted by those they admire/ask for help. Any comments? Na

I haven't been around lately because I had a log in problem and I've been up to my neck in High School Musical rehearsals- we've just been informed we're the Australian Premiere. Anyway. The other thing that might influence people with how much they 'teach' work experience kids is the amount of kids they'd get through that only want to be a celebrity one day- don't realise how deep the industry is or how much work is involved. Just think of how many application forms must go through a theatre or a production group that are probably just because this person wants to be famous, not really work in the industry full time for the rest of their life. A few of these kids and the motivation to teach flys away. It's been similar in my drama class at school. The amount of people who have taken it over the years because they think it's a bludge. It really annoys me when I have to work with them, because they won't work (not to mention they're not usually creative) and they rely on me to carry them through the assesment. Then they drop out half way through the year. _____________________________________________________________ Currently working on: "The Ultimate Broadway Musical" The Three-Person, Audience Interactive, Little Bit Of Improv, Mini-Musical event of 2007.

I haven't been around

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