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WA Repeats

Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 01:30 pm
dead28 posts in thread
Just a thought about WA Theatre and the lack of inspiration to try something different - every year is like a repeat. Consider the following: 1) 2007 Limelight Theatre - Cabaret // 2008 Kwinana Theatre Workshop - Cabaret Tough act to follow - winner of Best Musical 2007 Finley’s (so why?) 2) 2007 GRADS - Importance of being Earnest // 2008 Limelight - Importance of being Earnest This show is done almost every year - lets make a joint promise to give it a break for 5 years! 3) 2008 Marloo - Pirates of Penzance // 2008 G&S Society (city) - Pirates of Penzance I know which production I would rather see!! 4) 2006 Playlovers - Seussical // 2008 Mandurah - Seussical Again another tough match - give it a few years to settle And there are lots more - this does not help create a fresh theatrical market. Two points: 1) let's mix it up a bit and ensure we are not repeating ourselves (5 year gaps) 2) Take risks - too many theatres just play it safe - take a chance; there is so much more theatre work out there which has yet to be touched. Just thoughts ......... DW

Repeats

Sun, 17 Feb 2008, 08:12 pm
Walter Plinge
So we take the advice and do riskier plays, the audience dwindles, the coffers dwindle, what do we do get the audience back, we put on a pot-boiler. Why do we put on a pot-boiler? Because that’s what the audience want. We slowly build back our lost audience, and then try again. My question is why do we do theatre? Is it to entertain or to educate? I'll go for entertainment and perform to full houses every night thank you. If I am going spend 2-3 months of my life learning a script, putting my real life on hold, then I want a good script, a good director and a good audience. I did my time in fringe theatre where the cast is bigger than audience, been ripped to pieces by the crits, gone home soul searching for a deeper meaning and came to the conclusion people go to theatre to be entertained not educated.

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