So where to now?
Thu, 24 Feb 2005, 01:48 amWalter Plinge23 posts in thread
So where to now?
Thu, 24 Feb 2005, 01:48 amThere has been some discussion on this forum of late that arises out of the current poll. I think that is a highly important subject and one which has to be addressed.
It seems that theatre as a form of entertainment and a means by which people converge together and socialise is slowly dying. It seems that of late theatre has become in the general publics opinion seen as a pretentious artform meant to be experienced only by those that deem they can afford it. It is sad that often the publics general opinion and the truth of the matter are the complete opposites.
There are many reasons for this taking place, a number of which have been discussed in the other thread. I now want to put it to the wider forum community that something has to be done to counter the situation and it won't happen by accident. The question before us is, how? How do we do this? We must all work together ametuers and professionals alike and for awhile, at least, dispose of our ego's to re-inforce the rocky foundations of Australian theatre.
In short:
There's a problem that i deem needs fixing, how do we fix it?
It seems that theatre as a form of entertainment and a means by which people converge together and socialise is slowly dying. It seems that of late theatre has become in the general publics opinion seen as a pretentious artform meant to be experienced only by those that deem they can afford it. It is sad that often the publics general opinion and the truth of the matter are the complete opposites.
There are many reasons for this taking place, a number of which have been discussed in the other thread. I now want to put it to the wider forum community that something has to be done to counter the situation and it won't happen by accident. The question before us is, how? How do we do this? We must all work together ametuers and professionals alike and for awhile, at least, dispose of our ego's to re-inforce the rocky foundations of Australian theatre.
In short:
There's a problem that i deem needs fixing, how do we fix it?
Re: So where to now?
Mon, 21 Mar 2005, 12:41 pmWalter Plinge
Money isn't the problem, population and geographics are. We are, what 20 million people on 20 million square miles. I have just spent the last ten years working in the UK. They can afford to tour an adaptation of Wuthering heights through England because the travel distances are short between two audiences. There are over 50 million people in the UK, over 200 million in Germany. I have absolutley no idea how many in France. And they are close together. London and Athens are the same dsitance apart as Perth and Melbourne. Try touring in Aus like you do in Europe and you'll go brokr on travel expenses and per diem payments . Effectively public subsidy is needed to just get to another capital. See above, only 20 million peope. No theatre is not dying but it does need to be sharp and clever. Where is the stream of narrative theatre that used to be so strong, Isn't this was the public want. Well told stories with deep feelings. Public money doesn't seem to go that way.
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