Audiences need to lift their game
Mon, 19 Mar 2001, 06:10 amWalter Plinge6 posts in thread
Audiences need to lift their game
Mon, 19 Mar 2001, 06:10 amSo writes Timothy (Kafka Dances) Daly in this article in the Sydney Morning Herald.
"Let's be brutally frank: in the main, our theatre audiences are pleasant, well-mannered, not very knowledgeable, intellectually undemanding, slightly imaginative, and with a very strong comfort zone. A former artistic director of Sydney Theatre Company once complained that his subscribers "only care about having comfortable seats and good coffee""
Check it out.
Cheers
Grant
"Let's be brutally frank: in the main, our theatre audiences are pleasant, well-mannered, not very knowledgeable, intellectually undemanding, slightly imaginative, and with a very strong comfort zone. A former artistic director of Sydney Theatre Company once complained that his subscribers "only care about having comfortable seats and good coffee""
Check it out.
Cheers
Grant
RE: Audiences .. not needed??
Wed, 21 Mar 2001, 01:20 amSorry - I got the wrong end of the thingy again - But, after having first read the article, I beleived Grant's posting was the part of the topic, not the authors article as a whole - my mistake.
As this type of theatrical comments raise my dander - no matter who says it, I usually go off on a tangent with plastic milk crate in hand.
However, from the whole articles pionts raised, this guy has finally put into words, what should have been said a long time a go - This is not only here but on the other side of this big ball.
It is just as relevent when you read about famous actors chastising audiances during performances, because they have the gaul to cough or open thier bag of crisps at the wrong time.
Anyway please forget I responded in the first place - next time I will wait untill someone else responds, so as to ensure that I am on the right track. I will have to learn how to use my fingers on this key-boeard as my tounge gets stuck occasionally.
Chookas Malcolm - Thanks for setting me straight - I sometimes grab the nettle and only end up with prickles and sore hands (not necta - which is a rare-a-tee?)
Joe
As this type of theatrical comments raise my dander - no matter who says it, I usually go off on a tangent with plastic milk crate in hand.
However, from the whole articles pionts raised, this guy has finally put into words, what should have been said a long time a go - This is not only here but on the other side of this big ball.
It is just as relevent when you read about famous actors chastising audiances during performances, because they have the gaul to cough or open thier bag of crisps at the wrong time.
Anyway please forget I responded in the first place - next time I will wait untill someone else responds, so as to ensure that I am on the right track. I will have to learn how to use my fingers on this key-boeard as my tounge gets stuck occasionally.
Chookas Malcolm - Thanks for setting me straight - I sometimes grab the nettle and only end up with prickles and sore hands (not necta - which is a rare-a-tee?)
Joe