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.
Too cheap??
Sat, 2 July 2011, 12:46 amI'll bet most punters who go to Wicked are happy to pay the $20 for a programme. $4 seems really cheap to me, you pay more than that for a half decent cup of coffee! If you are going to the theatre and want to know who is in the cast, who directed etc then you would buy a programme. MPAC always had a classy programme and always achieved good sales. Do it right sell some advertising to cover most of your costs and programme sales can be a nice little earner for the club.
In my opinion Gordon to worry about $4 yet be happy at $3 is ridiculous. What can you buy with the dollar you are so concerned about?