KWINANA THEATRE UNDER THREAT!!
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 09:26 pmWalter Plinge19 posts in thread
KWINANA THEATRE UNDER THREAT!!
Sun, 29 Oct 2000, 09:26 pmEvery Theatre group's dream is to have their own home!
Why is it then that after 30 years KTW seems to be losing theirs.
KTW was enticed to move from their lovely digs in Atkinson Road to the now Kwinana Arts Centre on the proviso that they would have no less than they already had. For ten years this has been working perfectly, now it would seem KTW is faced with Arts Centre and Council indifference. Why are so many obstacles being thrown in their way in regards to the new lease agreement.
It would appear that the almighty dollar is greater than the community spirit of the Theatre. Over the years KTW has shown the quality of its productions through winning many awards. Most recently the Bunbury Festival Award for "Chinamen" and the oustanding production of "Too Far To Walk" which has been invited to present at the Finlay Awards. It would be a shame to see a theatre such as KTW be disbanded through greed of the almighty dollar...surely KTW is what community theatre is all about!
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Why is it then that after 30 years KTW seems to be losing theirs.
KTW was enticed to move from their lovely digs in Atkinson Road to the now Kwinana Arts Centre on the proviso that they would have no less than they already had. For ten years this has been working perfectly, now it would seem KTW is faced with Arts Centre and Council indifference. Why are so many obstacles being thrown in their way in regards to the new lease agreement.
It would appear that the almighty dollar is greater than the community spirit of the Theatre. Over the years KTW has shown the quality of its productions through winning many awards. Most recently the Bunbury Festival Award for "Chinamen" and the oustanding production of "Too Far To Walk" which has been invited to present at the Finlay Awards. It would be a shame to see a theatre such as KTW be disbanded through greed of the almighty dollar...surely KTW is what community theatre is all about!
If you care enough to show your support, we welcome your comments returned to this e-mail address. Thank you for reading this.
RE: KWINANA THEATRE UNDER THREAT!!
Wed, 1 Nov 2000, 01:12 pmWalter Plinge
How is it that a message like this receives one reply, and even that one is a bit of a slap on the wrist for this club? Here is a community theatre company with a thirty year history in the town of Kwinana who are about to lose their home to corporate greed. I realise that these art centre's have to be run at a profit, otherwise why run them at all. However the Kwinana Community Arts Centre has two theatres. One of them was built for the community and the other was for the sole use of the Kwinana Theatre Workshop alone. They pay a lease for the use of the place yearly and pay for the upkeep themselves. On top of this the proceeds from each opening night at KTW go to a charity within the community. Over the past 30 years they would have donated more than $60,000 back into the Kwinana community. Now they face the very real possibility of losing their home becuase they cannot agree to the terms that are being set before them by the Council. The management of the Arts centre wants to take two weeks out of every Eight week season at KTW for the use of other groups. The Theatre company originally fought them on this, but finally gave in. They agreed, but only if they could run the technical side of thing (keeping in mind all of the equipment withing the theatre belongs to the club) and the front of house. This was all to stop them being locked out of their own theatre. They aslo wanted to have the right of saying who could and who couldn't use their theatre. The management would not agree to this. It now has to go back to the Council and if an agreement cannot be reached before December 31st, KTW will lose their home. People we need to put a stop to this now. Over the past few months I have watched as on theatre company after another have lost their theatres and no one seems to be doing anything about it. Write to your local MP, email the Government start petitions, just don't sit by and watch this happening saying that it's basically the company's fault for not seeing it coming.
Right, now that I've fininshed my rant, I thank you for reading this far.
Right, now that I've fininshed my rant, I thank you for reading this far.
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