under rehearsed

Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 01:43 pm

Generally the standard of community theatre is excellent, each person pulls their weight and everyone has a good night, audience and cast together. However, recently, I have seen three shows which were well directed, had experienced actors and yet were struggling due to lack of rehearsal.

I have even seen a few veteran actors who do not seem to be tuned in – dare I even say disinterested? Possibly they think that they are there just to ‘fill in’, or capable of performing their part without any real effort.

Sadly, the result is that not only do they label themselves as second rate, but cause some amateur theatres to be constantly avoided by the public because ‘their shows are always very poor.’ It is very sad that the odd badly rehearsed show, or lazy actor, can put an unjustified bad label on future productions for that theatre or group for months to come.

To all those who bring my life so much pleasure, a very big thank you.

hmmmm

Sat, 28 Aug 2010, 07:19 pm

Walter Plinge

As a female director, language matters. You may think it is irrelevant or off-topic but it matters. I started following this thread because in my line of work actors being under-rehearsed can be a problem and I was interested in what people had to say on the topic. However I am always turned off when I see something like this because frankly it's lazy and rude. I think it was exactly the fact that the writer was male that he chose to use the male pronoun and despite you thinking his/her is clumsy I noticed that somebody else in this thread took the trouble to use it. In discussing the qualities of a good director perhaps you should also mention that a good director uses inclusive language so that no-one feels trivialized or belittled. Words matter! It is a brave director or actor that would argue they don't. Jeff - I am winding you up ever so slightly and I know that there was never any intention to be rude or sexist. I just wanted to make the point that words are very powerful things and it is worth taking the trouble with them because they matter.

Thread (33 posts)

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under rehearsed— Gordon the Optom24 Aug 2010

Names, dammit Gordon. We— jeffhansen24 Aug 2010
It's Ok Jeff, I've never seen you under-rehearsed.— David Hardie24 Aug 2010
- I think you hit it on the— Tom Camp25 Aug 2010
  - All nice...— Labrug25 Aug 2010
    - Fair enough. I suppose then— Tom Camp26 Aug 2010
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        Speaking for myself— Labrug26 Aug 2010
At odds with Jeff— Theo Messenger26 Aug 2010
- Thank you Theo— Labrug26 Aug 2010
Fair Call— Theo Messenger26 Aug 2010
- Some agreeance— Labrug26 Aug 2010
a small question— Walter Plinge28 Aug 2010
- An odd question. Without— jeffhansen28 Aug 2010
- Gentle-folk— Labrug28 Aug 2010
a relevant question nevertheless— Walter Plinge28 Aug 2010
- A pronoun had to be used.— jeffhansen28 Aug 2010
- Is this seriously the best— Na28 Aug 2010
  - Tell 'em to rad the FAQ, Na....— Bass Guy28 Aug 2010
hmmmm— Walter Plinge28 Aug 2010
- As a female— Na28 Aug 2010
- Touché— crgwllms30 Aug 2010
well if you put it like that— Walter Plinge28 Aug 2010
- He said / She said— crgwllms29 Aug 2010
jJust a tanners worth.From— JoeMc29 Aug 2010
apologies— Walter Plinge30 Aug 2010
- The point in itself— Labrug30 Aug 2010
Probably a digression — Logos30 Aug 2010
rehearsal time— Lisa Skryp30 Aug 2010
- Hey Lisa— Labrug30 Aug 2010
I think we need a DIGRESS— jeffhansen30 Aug 2010
- To consider— Labrug30 Aug 2010
  - Digress?— Walter Plinge30 Aug 2010
Back to Gordon's original posting...— stinger30 Aug 2010

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