under rehearsed
Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 01:43 pmGordon the Optom33 posts in thread
under rehearsed
Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 01:43 pmGenerally 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.
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Sun, 29 Aug 2010, 05:07 pmj
Just a tanners worth.
From memory of proeatre,when I was a wee beren, they spent on average about 250 hours in rehearsals for a show. Which was over normally over about 6 weeks & a similar time frame to us lot in ameatre, yet we only afford around less than half the actual rehearsal time, not including the sets & staging of the mis en scene. Which is not given that much thought untill a few weeks before the dress rehearsals or even latter.
So wouldn't it come down to firstly the group commitee followed by the director, as suggested in the previous posts?
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