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Theatre's in trouble

Mon, 20 Apr 1998, 04:32 pm
Grant Malcolm13 posts in thread
The rumour mill suggests that there are several community theatre companies in Perth currently facing financial difficulty.Would anyone care to comment on contributing factors? Is there anything that the ITA could/should be doing to assist these clubs or others?Just wondering...CheersGrant

Re: Theatre's in trouble

Fri, 24 Apr 1998, 08:48 am
Walter Plinge
I wouldn't suggest Acorn are in trouble, with only 28 seats to fill each night, we really would be in trouble if we couldn't at least almost fill the theatre.We were booked out for all 6 performances, however I agree with Sharon. At least 60% of the audience that booked for our latest show were Senior Citizens. It is great they are suporting us, however we need an injection of new younger blood into the Theatre's patron list.Any suggestion of where we can go to promote our theatre to a younger audience, would be appreciated.We are fine for when we do a "good English Comedy" but our members have many other types of productions the would like to perform, some of which are not to the Senior Citizens general approval.So where did the rumours come from anyway Grant?Sue Thomas> The rumour mill suggests that there are several community theatre> companies in Perth currently facing financial difficulty.> Would anyone care to comment on contributing factors? Is there> anything that the ITA could/should be doing to assist these clubs> or others?> Just wondering...> Cheers> Grant>

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