If They Ran Theatre Like Sports
Tue, 30 Oct 2001, 05:50 pmGrant Malcolm4 posts in thread
If They Ran Theatre Like Sports
Tue, 30 Oct 2001, 05:50 pmI rarely check the new headlines that appear down the left hand side of the front page on this site, but this one is worth a look!
A few of us remember a once prominent local festival director telling a theatre company to take its lead from sporting clubs. I wouldn't mind betting the philistine had something like this in mind.
I won't reproduce it all here, that would infringe someone's copyright, but here's a few snippets:
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- Audience members would be allowed to blow big plastic stadium horns any time they liked.
- The director would be seen at the side of the stage chewing gum tensely during big scenes.
- Actors' credits would be flashed on a big scoreboard as they made their entrances.
- Performers could stop shows in the middle of a scene for a "Time out" so they could decide how to do the next scene.
- Action would come to a complete halt every 15 minutes so commercials could be inserted.
- If an actress hit a really big note, the whole show would stop, and we'd get to watch her hit the note from 17 different angles, while the critics offered expert analysis like, "That was a REALLY BIG NOTE."
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:-)
Cheers
Grant
A few of us remember a once prominent local festival director telling a theatre company to take its lead from sporting clubs. I wouldn't mind betting the philistine had something like this in mind.
I won't reproduce it all here, that would infringe someone's copyright, but here's a few snippets:
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- Audience members would be allowed to blow big plastic stadium horns any time they liked.
- The director would be seen at the side of the stage chewing gum tensely during big scenes.
- Actors' credits would be flashed on a big scoreboard as they made their entrances.
- Performers could stop shows in the middle of a scene for a "Time out" so they could decide how to do the next scene.
- Action would come to a complete halt every 15 minutes so commercials could be inserted.
- If an actress hit a really big note, the whole show would stop, and we'd get to watch her hit the note from 17 different angles, while the critics offered expert analysis like, "That was a REALLY BIG NOTE."
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:-)
Cheers
Grant