A plea or a gripe-depends where you are

Norma said: >> Thanks for the support from most of you. "Poster Designer" has entirely >> missed the point- as with most trolls. Sorry Norma, I think that's an entirely unfair slur, as I believe "Poster Designer" answered your question fairly accurately, although not with the answer you'd perhaps prefer, and I don't consider that trolling. The answer s/he gave seems to be quite a logical reason that the year is usually left off. A poster's primary function is to have a short prominent life, prior to a particular event. That's not to say it's the 'be-all and end-all' reason, and your request is still a reasonable one also....one which I support. We have almost 20 years of posters at Barking Gecko (no doubt most clubs would have a longer history and fuller archives than that), and they serve more of an ongoing purpose than simply their primary one, prior to the season. They document the history of the company and demonstrate its prestige. I think it's a shame we can't easily determine the year...virtually none of ours (or any other professional theatres) have any indication, apart from some Festival-related ones. But we probably all have the same desire to archive. In some venues that like to keep old posters up on display, it becomes confusing to distinguish between which shows are upcoming and which have been and gone. Sometimes we have remounts of particular productions, and it would be good to distinguish between different productions of the same play. It seems pretty simple to include the year in the design, even in a small token date stamp somewhere. Surely that wouldn't add anything to the overall cost. Cheers, Craig ~<8>-/====\---------