bloody sherry
Sun, 2 Sept 2001, 09:32 pmgemcoplayers14 posts in thread
bloody sherry
Sun, 2 Sept 2001, 09:32 pmWhat is it with sherry and amateur theatre?
I Enjoy the theatre and the arts
I really enjoy drinking
I love a beer/red wine/port
I dont like cheap sherry (does any one out there like it - if so please feel free to contact me and you can come along to any of the shows and have my free sherry - sorry tickets to the show not included)
For us hardened theatre buffs - ahat about a nice single malt scotch - alright dreaming - how about a can of Emu Bitter - I'll even pay
The greatest irony this week was I was allowed a free sherry but that was the only alcohol served at the bar - what was even worse was that the actors on stage actually got to have a few beers whilst we were watching (no offence Dons Party was excellent) but this must be the only show where the actors can get pissed and the audience stays sober?
PS I am not an alcoholic - yet
I Enjoy the theatre and the arts
I really enjoy drinking
I love a beer/red wine/port
I dont like cheap sherry (does any one out there like it - if so please feel free to contact me and you can come along to any of the shows and have my free sherry - sorry tickets to the show not included)
For us hardened theatre buffs - ahat about a nice single malt scotch - alright dreaming - how about a can of Emu Bitter - I'll even pay
The greatest irony this week was I was allowed a free sherry but that was the only alcohol served at the bar - what was even worse was that the actors on stage actually got to have a few beers whilst we were watching (no offence Dons Party was excellent) but this must be the only show where the actors can get pissed and the audience stays sober?
PS I am not an alcoholic - yet
RE: bloody sherry
Tue, 4 Sept 2001, 11:11 pmHi Linda
linda wrote:
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> Why not get a bar license? The profits can be quite staggering
> and can often make a difference to a struggling theatre
> company. Of course I don't know how much they cost, but
> worth a thought.
Great idea! And the licence isn't that expensive.
Except that, in the case of occasional liquor licences, there are two problems.
Firstly, the Liquor and Licensing mob place ridiculous restrictions on the number of occasional licences they will issue.
My understanding is that theatre companies must apply for an occasional licence for every evening they wish to open a bar. But incorporated associations can only apply for something silly like 3-4 licences per year!! With an occasional licence you can open a bar for 4 or 5 hours - we've tried explaining that while we're applying for a period from 7.30pm-11pm, the bar actually only operates for at most about 90 minutes each occasion hoping to squeeze an extra few licences, but to no avail
So you might be able to run an alcoholic bar only two nights every season - with all the attendant confusion, disappointment and left over booze.
Secondly, some venue managements actually prohibit you from running an alcoholic bar by refusing to sign occasional liquor licence papers. They've usually got good commercial reasons, but it doesn't make it easy.
This leaves the only option for an alcoholic bar to be allowing the venue management to run the bar themselves. In which case you say good bye entirely to any profits you might otherwise have made on a "soft" bar.
Sheesh!
:-/
At least at Don's Party you can get the smell of hops into your nostrils!
:-)
Cheers
Grant
PS. You can check out some discussion on this topic from three years ago:
linda wrote:
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> Why not get a bar license? The profits can be quite staggering
> and can often make a difference to a struggling theatre
> company. Of course I don't know how much they cost, but
> worth a thought.
Great idea! And the licence isn't that expensive.
Except that, in the case of occasional liquor licences, there are two problems.
Firstly, the Liquor and Licensing mob place ridiculous restrictions on the number of occasional licences they will issue.
My understanding is that theatre companies must apply for an occasional licence for every evening they wish to open a bar. But incorporated associations can only apply for something silly like 3-4 licences per year!! With an occasional licence you can open a bar for 4 or 5 hours - we've tried explaining that while we're applying for a period from 7.30pm-11pm, the bar actually only operates for at most about 90 minutes each occasion hoping to squeeze an extra few licences, but to no avail
So you might be able to run an alcoholic bar only two nights every season - with all the attendant confusion, disappointment and left over booze.
Secondly, some venue managements actually prohibit you from running an alcoholic bar by refusing to sign occasional liquor licence papers. They've usually got good commercial reasons, but it doesn't make it easy.
This leaves the only option for an alcoholic bar to be allowing the venue management to run the bar themselves. In which case you say good bye entirely to any profits you might otherwise have made on a "soft" bar.
Sheesh!
:-/
At least at Don's Party you can get the smell of hops into your nostrils!
:-)
Cheers
Grant
PS. You can check out some discussion on this topic from three years ago:
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