making theatre "mainstream"...

Fri, 26 May 2006, 01:12 pm

abbz41 posts in thread

Hey all, Abbey here, and a newbie to the forum. There's been a question on my mind...based on limited brain-picking from general public, and finding the general belief is theatre is not a "mainstream" source of entertainment the way rock concerts, movies and partying on a weekend at a club/bar/pub are...so.... Why is it that theatre is not "mainstream" the way film is? I believe to a larger extent it has to do with accessibility and conveneince, but there must be other reasons. Things like: Is it because theatre going is generally seen as a "high-risk" venture? Because the stories are seen to be not as good? People do not want to confront the live actors and the potential breakdown of the fourth wall into personal space...? What is your opinion? And yet another question: any thoughts on how to make theatre more mainstream?

I don't think theatre is

Fri, 16 June 2006, 02:04 pm

I don't think theatre is making a 'comeback' - when a new technology enters society, there is an obvious slight downfall in a previous one. Book sales decrease slightly as e-books become more popular. Records go out of style (and return as 'fashionable retro items') as tapes come in. Tapes go out of style when CDs come in. CDs go out of style when MP3 players come in. Theatre is the oldest form of communication, and has survived thousands of years in one format or another, despite technological advances. We're just feeling the brunt of these changes... I don't necessarily think it will get better, but I don't think theatre will die off completely. It will just change and merge and re-emerge with other ideas and ways of doing things. The Prompt Copy Networking emerging theatre professionals www.thepromptcopy.com Sticky Apple Legs http://stickyapplelegs.artsblogs.com

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making theatre "mainstream"...— abbz26 May 2006

It's a damn good question— Logos26 May 2006
Mainstream necessary?— Neville Talbot26 May 2006
Mainstreaming the streamed— Na27 May 2006
dollars— Neville Talbot27 May 2006
- Cheap?— Na27 May 2006
  - yep, cheap.— Neville Talbot27 May 2006
Government Responsibility— Logos27 May 2006
Please don't quote me on— abbz28 May 2006
- Audience figures— Grant Malcolm29 May 2006
Doing Theatre— Logos28 May 2006
Big Brother...— Neville Talbot28 May 2006
Big Brother is a symptom— Logos29 May 2006
Offstream Theatre— Don Allen29 May 2006
- to Don— MMS0116 June 2006
Fringe v mainstream— Na29 May 2006
Fringe again— Logos29 May 2006
- The media— Na29 May 2006
Fringe again— Logos29 May 2006
Sorry I doubled up— Logos29 May 2006
MAINSTREAM THEATRE.— Eugene29 May 2006
- I so agree— Logos29 May 2006
Main street— Walter Plinge29 May 2006
Carry on— Alicia Starr29 May 2006
Arts ministers and the theatre— Na30 May 2006
- Arts Ministers and the Theatre— Paul Treasure1 June 2006
  - And in SA— Logos1 June 2006
    - I'm sorry Paul— Logos1 June 2006
- Stirring the pot— David Ryding1 June 2006
  - >The Age i think has a good— Na2 June 2006
    - I think if you were to— Walter Plinge2 June 2006
help— Walter Plinge31 May 2006
- Email?— Na1 June 2006
- Sus Username— Labrug1 June 2006
  - Common garden caution— Grant Malcolm1 June 2006
DixiJeff WatkinsPerth based— Labrug16 June 2006
Yes well, I think we're beginning— Logos16 June 2006
I don't think theatre is— Na16 June 2006
- Fashion and Trends— Labrug16 June 2006
  - Slowly from the ashes, the phoenix will arise...— Bass Guy16 June 2006
maybe theatre will never— melody22 June 2006

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