That Time Of Year

Wed, 10 Dec 2008, 10:53 pm

stinger7 posts in thread

I can't help but notice that the fairy stories, viz 'Peter Pan' (Darlington) and 'Sleeping Beauty' (Harbour) are both sellouts for the rest of their seasons, whereas the big musicals are struggling to get good houses. This will surely not go without attention by play selection committees for next year :?

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stingerWed, 10 Dec 2008, 10:53 pm

jeffhansenWed, 10 Dec 2008, 11:56 pm

Houses

I can't speak for anyone else, but we've been quite pleased with the turnout for A Chorus Line at Melville. We had our first sold out opening night for many a year, and the final two shows this week are sold out, or as near as. That's four shows out of eight with near full, or full houses. None of the performances have played to less than half a house, which is a huge improvement on earlier in the year. www.meltheco.org.au

Walter PlingeThu, 11 Dec 2008, 08:37 am

Sound of Music was a

Sound of Music was a sell-out too. I think it is the shows that are well-known that do particularly well at this time of year. Lesser known shows eg bare and Amigos are not getting the audiences they deserve.

NormaThu, 11 Dec 2008, 12:28 pm

That Time of the Year!

And I have not got to either of the play Kim mentions-BECAUSE EVERYTRHING IS ON AT ONCE - and If one is involved in one-at any level- it's all but impossible to see the rest.

Agree with Stinger tho, put the well-known stuff on at this time of the year and leave the hard stuff alone!!

dancektpThu, 11 Dec 2008, 02:10 pm

Why?

If we only ever do the well known stuff people will just complain that it's always the same old shows. One of the comments i heard constantly in the bar after Bare was that it's nice to see something different.

LabrugThu, 11 Dec 2008, 02:19 pm

Nothing wrong with New

The only thing about doing new stuff is you have to market it even harder. Old shows sell themselves. New shows need to have a great hook!

Bare is one of those examples where the show is good enough that word of mouth can really sell it, but you have to put that word in somehow. I noticed that the publicty work was fairly extensive for this show with flyers and posters turning up all over the place - the local Video Ezy, Dominos, Shopping Centre and so on.

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Bass GuyThu, 11 Dec 2008, 02:30 pm

Old was once New, back in the day...

Let us not totally rule out the QUALITY of a show. How many "old" shows don't get done because they're not any good? How many "new" shows, like "Bare", will soon become staples of the scene because they ARE good? Who thinks the great modern "masterpieces", like "Rent", will soon become as old hat as The Sound Of Music et al? Think on't! El "Proud and insolent youth; prepare to meet thy doom!"

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