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Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 11:50 am
Norma26 posts in thread

This is a plea which may well sound inconsequential or not worth bothering about and may well bring down the wrath of God on my head but..........

 

To everyone who designs/makes-up/is responsible for Posters

 

Please. Please PLEASE include the year of production in your designs.

Now this may sound obvious/trite/not worth bothering about BUT I do assure you that in time to come when some poor soul is trying to make sense of the archives (which are usually in a mess when some  brave person decides to get them in some kind of order) it saves much frustration and hair-pulling out.

And this is where I get myself into more trouble- the design is not as important as the basic information-WHAT-WHERE-WHEN-HOW MUCH-WHERE DO I GET TICKETS

 

OK off my soap-box

I know it is irrelevant

Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 12:14 pm
I know it is irrelevant information on the current poster. If you wander around most theatres, you will see posters of previous productions. Mostly, the year is not on the poster. While this may not be relevant, somtimes these posters are the only record of what was produced, and when. I guess Norma is involved in the process of trying to make sense of a bunch of posters, and sort them into some sort of chronological order. www.meltheco.org.au

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