New Poll - Half baked
Wed, 9 July 2003, 02:47 amcrgwllms7 posts in thread
New Poll - Half baked
Wed, 9 July 2003, 02:47 amNew poll, prompted by a recent controversial one-man show where the actor didn't really know his lines, almost requiring more prompts than not. Also, thinking back to a show last year that copped a lot of flac for delaying the opening and recasting the lead players rather than presenting an unready show.
If your production is not quite ready by opening night, should it still go ahead, regardless?
The Poll-tergeist.
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If your production is not quite ready by opening night, should it still go ahead, regardless?
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Re: Poll results - Half baked
Mon, 21 July 2003, 03:27 pm115 responses in the last fortnight....3 to 1 in favour of going ahead, regardless of the fact that the show is not quite ready to open.
I found this interesting, that only 25% would be willing to delay the opening. In practise, that's obviously how it happens - we do everything we can to open as planned, and somehow we surmount the insurmountable to solve any problems and go on with the show.
But is it really THAT essential to go ahead if it's not quite ready? If you were recording an album, you'd probably go that extra distance to get the mixing right before you released it. Or making a sculpture, or writing a novel, etc...
Outside the arts, most goods/services are required to be up to scratch before being offered for sale. I know that this sometimes changes when a deadline becomes more important; and in fact perhaps not a lot of theatre would happen without the pressure of presenting it by a deadline....
But then, aren't WE the ones setting the deadline, not the audience?
The Poll-tergeist
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I found this interesting, that only 25% would be willing to delay the opening. In practise, that's obviously how it happens - we do everything we can to open as planned, and somehow we surmount the insurmountable to solve any problems and go on with the show.
But is it really THAT essential to go ahead if it's not quite ready? If you were recording an album, you'd probably go that extra distance to get the mixing right before you released it. Or making a sculpture, or writing a novel, etc...
Outside the arts, most goods/services are required to be up to scratch before being offered for sale. I know that this sometimes changes when a deadline becomes more important; and in fact perhaps not a lot of theatre would happen without the pressure of presenting it by a deadline....
But then, aren't WE the ones setting the deadline, not the audience?
The Poll-tergeist
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