Auditions for Drama Institutions...
Sun, 18 Nov 2001, 01:33 amHannah26 posts in thread
Auditions for Drama Institutions...
Sun, 18 Nov 2001, 01:33 amWell, its that time of the year again, the time that we can look forward to auditions for the performing arts courses all over Australia.
I was wondering how many people on the site have auditions coming up over the next few months/weeks for WAAPA or NIDA or VCA, or all of them as it may very well be.
My auditions are now only two weeks away for Musical theatre and Classical music at WAAPA.
NIDA has already had their auditions haven't they? How did people go?? I like to hear about these things... :)
C'mon people, share!! It's good therapy.
I was wondering how many people on the site have auditions coming up over the next few months/weeks for WAAPA or NIDA or VCA, or all of them as it may very well be.
My auditions are now only two weeks away for Musical theatre and Classical music at WAAPA.
NIDA has already had their auditions haven't they? How did people go?? I like to hear about these things... :)
C'mon people, share!! It's good therapy.
RE: Hayman Theatre no longer....
Sun, 2 Dec 2001, 06:47 pmWalter Plinge
Well,
I once read actor's although adaptable are not great ones for change.
I say: "So what? Who needs change?"
I find it difficult to understand why the need for a name change when Hayman has suited us all perfectly for years on end. I also find it pathetic that curtin needs to use the theatre as a toy as a cat would, rolling it here and there under its tiny paws and sharp claws to see what can be done with this seemingly unwanted portion of the communications and cultural studies department.
From threats to turn it into a lecture hall to the closing of the theatre all together, where are the brains of these "educated" people? Can they not see what Curtin's theatre course needs are more people like Barbara Dennis and Tony Nichols and lets not forget the trusty secretary behind his computer - the god of the theatre himself, to develop an already fantastic theatre course into something more. Curtin could rival the other schools in Australia (And I ain't gonna have a bitch session about them right now cos I am impressed by some of the shortlisted people I have heard about cos you're all damn fine actors) and that is evident through the fact soo many of the curtin students and graduates are being selected for these other courses. But the university should see that with development, these students wouldn't need to go onto further study if they only gave the course the time of day and financial support it requires.
We could have our own little CPAA or Curtin Performing Arts Academy and be producing even more talented people in Perth, perhaps enhancing the community theatre in general for doing so.
Thats the other thing. So many Curtin students are involved in community theatre, if the course is to plunge, what is to happen to their chance of learning? of developing their skills? Are we to sit back and watch as this struggling but worthwhile course succumbs to the commercial schools like WAAPA and NIDA. Maybe we should do a Drama School series on Curtin and see how they like that. (Just an idea)
Okay, Curtin theatre may not be closing, but with all the rumours, who can blame me for getting carried away? When I first went to curtin, I was not one to fit into it all easily. I had problems with some things, how they were handled, the politics, but after finishing my degree and hopefully passing an honours degree and working with some absolutely fantasticly talented people who deserve better than to be shoved out into the cold with no where to go and no one to teach them. And I must say without Barbara Dennis, a much loved and respected lecturer at Curtin and Tony Nichols, a man beyond description with his pantomimes and Both for their wealth of knowledge and experience, and I know it is not entirely the universitys fault for their decisions, but perhaps with more support and more lecturers like these two, Curtin theatre could be looked upon as a true source of education for the people who aspire to be on stage.
Just amy two cents and I have a habit of babbling so I'll shut up now.
Anthony
I once read actor's although adaptable are not great ones for change.
I say: "So what? Who needs change?"
I find it difficult to understand why the need for a name change when Hayman has suited us all perfectly for years on end. I also find it pathetic that curtin needs to use the theatre as a toy as a cat would, rolling it here and there under its tiny paws and sharp claws to see what can be done with this seemingly unwanted portion of the communications and cultural studies department.
From threats to turn it into a lecture hall to the closing of the theatre all together, where are the brains of these "educated" people? Can they not see what Curtin's theatre course needs are more people like Barbara Dennis and Tony Nichols and lets not forget the trusty secretary behind his computer - the god of the theatre himself, to develop an already fantastic theatre course into something more. Curtin could rival the other schools in Australia (And I ain't gonna have a bitch session about them right now cos I am impressed by some of the shortlisted people I have heard about cos you're all damn fine actors) and that is evident through the fact soo many of the curtin students and graduates are being selected for these other courses. But the university should see that with development, these students wouldn't need to go onto further study if they only gave the course the time of day and financial support it requires.
We could have our own little CPAA or Curtin Performing Arts Academy and be producing even more talented people in Perth, perhaps enhancing the community theatre in general for doing so.
Thats the other thing. So many Curtin students are involved in community theatre, if the course is to plunge, what is to happen to their chance of learning? of developing their skills? Are we to sit back and watch as this struggling but worthwhile course succumbs to the commercial schools like WAAPA and NIDA. Maybe we should do a Drama School series on Curtin and see how they like that. (Just an idea)
Okay, Curtin theatre may not be closing, but with all the rumours, who can blame me for getting carried away? When I first went to curtin, I was not one to fit into it all easily. I had problems with some things, how they were handled, the politics, but after finishing my degree and hopefully passing an honours degree and working with some absolutely fantasticly talented people who deserve better than to be shoved out into the cold with no where to go and no one to teach them. And I must say without Barbara Dennis, a much loved and respected lecturer at Curtin and Tony Nichols, a man beyond description with his pantomimes and Both for their wealth of knowledge and experience, and I know it is not entirely the universitys fault for their decisions, but perhaps with more support and more lecturers like these two, Curtin theatre could be looked upon as a true source of education for the people who aspire to be on stage.
Just amy two cents and I have a habit of babbling so I'll shut up now.
Anthony
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