CURTAIN UP
Wed, 18 Apr 2007, 04:08 pmGordon the Optom7 posts in thread
CURTAIN UP
Wed, 18 Apr 2007, 04:08 pmWhat time is acceptable for a show with a stated time of 8.00 pm to start? If late, what are acceptable reasons?
Buses, trains, cinemas all start on time, however I have found that the greater majority of theatre productions - at all levels - in Australia start between 5 to 15 minutes late, for no apparent reason. The audience have learnt to turn up late, 'they'll wait for us!'
I once had
Thu, 19 Apr 2007, 09:09 ama lighting board crash on me losing the entire show after a matinee slightly less than 2 hours before curtain. I had to get another board and replot the show. It was vastly simplified but we only went up twenty minutes late.
From experience it is almost always late audience members that make a show go up late. Just finished the fringe in Adelaide with lot of really quick turnarounds and while we did occasionally go up late due to slow turnarounds we simply didn't wait for audiences at all. After the first week we found that people were mostly on time, always were a few late ones though
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