Programmes
Fri, 1 July 2011, 11:17 amGordon the Optom16 posts in thread
Programmes
Fri, 1 July 2011, 11:17 amA 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.
The problem with
Fri, 1 July 2011, 01:04 pmThe problem with incorporating it into the cost of the ticket, is that when two people buy tickets, they will want only one programme, and will then whinge that they have had to pay for two. It also means printing a lot more programmes that will end up in landfill.
Maybe we should just print 100, give them away, and ask that they be returned at the end of the night?
$2 if you want to keep them.
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