Walking Out Of Performances at interval.
Sun, 29 July 2001, 05:48 pmGambler28 posts in thread
Walking Out Of Performances at interval.
Sun, 29 July 2001, 05:48 pmWalking out of a performance at interval or at any stage is serious bad form. Not only is it disrespectful to the cast, crew and anyone else associated with the show; it is a waste of money. The first act of travesties, for example, is confusing but the second act ties up most of the confusion. There are medical conditions in which case it is perfectly fine to leave at any stage(Unless they are faked), but I have no respect for anyone who leaves a performance because they don't understand it.
RE: Walking Out Of Performances at interval.
Mon, 30 July 2001, 04:42 pmHello Melissa,
I understand your argument that "we're doing this for fun", and have encountered it repeatedly in amateur theatre, but if you want to defend that argument, then you can't expect the public to pay for your fun. Can you afford to waive the admission fee?
The simple truth is that yes! we do have to cater to what the audience wants, unless we have project funds coming out of some massive grant scheme, we have to be commercial.
That doesn't mean we have to produce "whoops, vicar" shows, and it doesn't mean we can't be experimental, but we DO have to be entertaining.
But besides all this, no performance can expect every single audience member to go away satisfied, especially if they PAID good money and didn't get what they were expecting.
If we want to be in this industry, then we have be mature enough to respect the audience, whatever they may think of our productions.
Also I think you're being very simplistic to assume people either want "naked vicars" or "cutting-edge". There's a hell of a lot in between. And it can all be either great or crappy.
Cheers.
I understand your argument that "we're doing this for fun", and have encountered it repeatedly in amateur theatre, but if you want to defend that argument, then you can't expect the public to pay for your fun. Can you afford to waive the admission fee?
The simple truth is that yes! we do have to cater to what the audience wants, unless we have project funds coming out of some massive grant scheme, we have to be commercial.
That doesn't mean we have to produce "whoops, vicar" shows, and it doesn't mean we can't be experimental, but we DO have to be entertaining.
But besides all this, no performance can expect every single audience member to go away satisfied, especially if they PAID good money and didn't get what they were expecting.
If we want to be in this industry, then we have be mature enough to respect the audience, whatever they may think of our productions.
Also I think you're being very simplistic to assume people either want "naked vicars" or "cutting-edge". There's a hell of a lot in between. And it can all be either great or crappy.
Cheers.
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