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Why is it so HARD?

Mon, 23 Apr 2001, 01:27 pm
Walter Plinge5 posts in thread
Can anyone out there help me? Why is it so hard to find a theatre company out there ? Why is it so hard to get a decent Agent ?

Its obviously not a question of talent, Anyone seen Home & Away?

I moved to Sydney from Brisbane, just to make a success out of my career, and here I am. Posting a msg to people who probably wont even read it.

I swear, sydney is horrible!

RE: Who said it was going to be easy?

Wed, 25 Apr 2001, 01:27 pm
Walter Plinge
"Life wasn't meant to be easy"... Hmmmm.. anyone care to guess if Mr Crisp's middle name is Fraser?

Trouble is, he's right. And as long as there are more attractive options for potential audiences which don't involve getting off their collective bottoms and... well, getting involved, it'll be a struggle. Most of our potential audience, I fear, is bone-idle. Witness the ratings for bilious TV atrocities such as Weakest Link, and the FOULNESS that is Big Brother.

Hooray, too, for the medium upon which I presently vent my spleen, pancreas and the lesser of my two livers. Good ol' technomogolical gimmickry is in danger of rendering "live experience" obsolete. I can see it now... "Megabyte Theatre Players presents the first interactive performance of 'King Lear'- YOU decide which of the three daughters gets voted off!!!"

How does one build an audience? Ay, there's the rub...

Eliot

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Why is it so HARD?Walter Plinge23 Apr 2001
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