Charitable Performances
Mon, 27 Sept 2004, 03:23 pmWalter Plinge19 posts in thread
Charitable Performances
Mon, 27 Sept 2004, 03:23 pmI have noticed, lately, a few charitable organisations popping out of the woodwork and putting on theatre productions. The advertising clearly states that "all proceeds go to ( insert charity)"
Well How true is that statement really
The Director, MD, Choreographer, SM, Musicians and even the ticket sellers are paid.
Then we have the theatre, the lighting designer, set designer , set builder etc etc etc ...all paid
As these are "amature" productions ...the cast are NOT paid.
So how true is the statement that "all proceeds go to the (insert charity)"??
These organisations are run by marketing people who , once again , get paid. It is in their best interests to make a profit to fund their next production.
However when the public purchaes a ticket to a show that states all proceeds go to ...whichever organisation I suspect the paying public think their money is going to help those people afflicted by the particular condition/illness/disease and not line the pockets of production teams, marketing gurus,publicists and the like.
Well How true is that statement really
The Director, MD, Choreographer, SM, Musicians and even the ticket sellers are paid.
Then we have the theatre, the lighting designer, set designer , set builder etc etc etc ...all paid
As these are "amature" productions ...the cast are NOT paid.
So how true is the statement that "all proceeds go to the (insert charity)"??
These organisations are run by marketing people who , once again , get paid. It is in their best interests to make a profit to fund their next production.
However when the public purchaes a ticket to a show that states all proceeds go to ...whichever organisation I suspect the paying public think their money is going to help those people afflicted by the particular condition/illness/disease and not line the pockets of production teams, marketing gurus,publicists and the like.
Re: Confusion say heading for a fall
Mon, 18 Oct 2004, 01:28 amGrant Malcolm wrote:
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> crgwllms wrote:
> > It doesn't please me to say I told you so...but why do I feel
> > like Nostradamus?
>
> It's probably not so much feeling like Nostradamus but a
> sickening sense of deja vu.
> Every spring for the last five years this debate has arisen
> in some form or other.
Hi Grant
Yes, the deja vu feeling is sad, but not as sad as the Nostradamus feeling that it will only happen again next year, and the year after that....
Cheers
Craig
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> crgwllms wrote:
> > It doesn't please me to say I told you so...but why do I feel
> > like Nostradamus?
>
> It's probably not so much feeling like Nostradamus but a
> sickening sense of deja vu.
> Every spring for the last five years this debate has arisen
> in some form or other.
Hi Grant
Yes, the deja vu feeling is sad, but not as sad as the Nostradamus feeling that it will only happen again next year, and the year after that....
Cheers
Craig
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