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Programmes

Fri, 1 July 2011, 11:17 am

A recent community play that I attended had a superb programme, beautifully printed hard card glossy cover, a total of twelve sides of A5. The layout was excellent, thumbnail colour photos of the cast and crew. The font was about 10 pt, well above the diabolical new normal of 4 point. The only trouble was it was $4 a copy.

I suspect that the theatre group may have a lot of unsold copies.

After buying the seat ticket, purchasing the dreaded 3 raffle tickets for $2, is $4 a little too much for a programme when a $2 (or perhaps $3) simpler version would suffice? Or am I a tight old whinge.

Personally

Fri, 1 July 2011, 11:37 am

Labrug

I myself think that it would be better that the ticket price incorporate the cost of Programmes (and even state this when purchasing the tickets are being advertised/bought) as most patrons would try to keep their evening spending money for any drinks or snacks. I know I do. Just my thoughts.

Absit invidia (and DFT :nono:)

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Programmes— Gordon the Optom1 July 2011

Personally— Labrug1 July 2011
Spotlight Theatre here in SA— Logos1 July 2011
Programmes— Norma1 July 2011
The problem with— jeffhansen1 July 2011
- Optional— Labrug1 July 2011
Too cheap??— maljo2 July 2011
Program Pricing— breevree3 July 2011
If you have local adverts— JoeMc4 July 2011
The issue of programmes is interesting— Logos4 July 2011
I recently directed a show— Walter Plinge8 July 2011
Programmes— Walter Plinge8 July 2011
When we did the first show— JoeMc8 July 2011
to Joe Mc— Gordon the Optom8 July 2011
Wye aye ah naa! C'n niver— JoeMc9 July 2011
- the question— Gordon the Optom9 July 2011

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