The Demise of Hayman Theatre at Curtin Uni
Wed, 22 June 2005, 12:17 pmCrispian42 posts in thread
The Demise of Hayman Theatre at Curtin Uni
Wed, 22 June 2005, 12:17 pmHi Peoples,
With the recent announcement that Curtin Uni will be cutting the number of courses it will run by over 300, it seems the Hayman Theatre is about to be a casualty.
The following was posted by Tony Nicholls on an online forum run by Hayman students:
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IÂ’m sorry to say that this course is now under serious threat of closure.
Curtin recently changed the way funding is distributed to the various Divisions. Teaching areas are now expected to pay for the space they use. In most cases this makes little difference but the Hayman Theatre is a large space to which we have exclusive access. The annual ‘rent’ has been calculated by the university as about $200,000 per year.
The Division of Humanities and our Faculty of MSC are both considerably in deficit already. Closing the Hayman, as you can see, is from that point, an attractive and some would say, necessary choice.
My view is that without a theatre there can be no worthwhile theatre course.
We shall obviously be making every effort to find an alternative solution but as high school students will very soon be making their applications to university courses a final decision must be made within a very few weeks about the continuance of Performance Studies.
The Guild has been informed of the situation.
I believe the university has an obligation to allow students currently enrolled to complete their course.
There is considerable goodwill towards PS within the Division for many reasons not least of which is the contribution theatre students have made to the cultural life of the campus. However we now appear to have moved to a rather less than brave new world in which our leaders cannot distinguish between value and price.
TONY NICHOLLS
22/6/05
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Would love to hear the thoughts of any ex-Haymanites out there or from any patrons who have come to a Hayman performance, on the demise of this course.
Perth's theatrical and cultural landscape will suffer as a result of the closure of this course. Hayman Theatre has been a testing ground for new writers, directors, performers and tehcnical crews who have gone on to successful careers in the local, national and international theatre industry.
Without the Hayman Theatre, the ladder to a professional career in theatre arts has just become longer.
Crispy.
With the recent announcement that Curtin Uni will be cutting the number of courses it will run by over 300, it seems the Hayman Theatre is about to be a casualty.
The following was posted by Tony Nicholls on an online forum run by Hayman students:
***************************
IÂ’m sorry to say that this course is now under serious threat of closure.
Curtin recently changed the way funding is distributed to the various Divisions. Teaching areas are now expected to pay for the space they use. In most cases this makes little difference but the Hayman Theatre is a large space to which we have exclusive access. The annual ‘rent’ has been calculated by the university as about $200,000 per year.
The Division of Humanities and our Faculty of MSC are both considerably in deficit already. Closing the Hayman, as you can see, is from that point, an attractive and some would say, necessary choice.
My view is that without a theatre there can be no worthwhile theatre course.
We shall obviously be making every effort to find an alternative solution but as high school students will very soon be making their applications to university courses a final decision must be made within a very few weeks about the continuance of Performance Studies.
The Guild has been informed of the situation.
I believe the university has an obligation to allow students currently enrolled to complete their course.
There is considerable goodwill towards PS within the Division for many reasons not least of which is the contribution theatre students have made to the cultural life of the campus. However we now appear to have moved to a rather less than brave new world in which our leaders cannot distinguish between value and price.
TONY NICHOLLS
22/6/05
*********************************************
Would love to hear the thoughts of any ex-Haymanites out there or from any patrons who have come to a Hayman performance, on the demise of this course.
Perth's theatrical and cultural landscape will suffer as a result of the closure of this course. Hayman Theatre has been a testing ground for new writers, directors, performers and tehcnical crews who have gone on to successful careers in the local, national and international theatre industry.
Without the Hayman Theatre, the ladder to a professional career in theatre arts has just become longer.
Crispy.
Re: The Demise of Hayman Theatre at Curtin Uni
Mon, 27 June 2005, 10:24 amWalter Plinge
Hi guys,
What a wonderful world we live in hey?
I am a graduate of the Ballarat University's Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Production course which is finishing up the last five graduate students at the end of 2005 after they announced the closure of the course two years ago.
Although this latest fiasco is a different kettle of fish altogether, we also put up quite a large fight over the canning of our course as it was the only regional course of its kind in Victoria and graduates had quite a good reputation out in the industry.
Without the course that I attended, I would not currently be working on the Australian and World Premiere season of Dirty Dancing in Melbourne. Others would not have gone on to work on other large scale professionals shows including The Lion King.
Of course I will be writing my letters to the appropriate people as will all of our colleagues, but I would just like to offer my support if there is any advice I can give about how to fight this (although our fighting did little to sway the people at the top of our food chain!) I would be more than happy for people to get in touch.
As someone else's post in this thread states "This cannot happen!"
Chookas!
Tanje
What a wonderful world we live in hey?
I am a graduate of the Ballarat University's Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Production course which is finishing up the last five graduate students at the end of 2005 after they announced the closure of the course two years ago.
Although this latest fiasco is a different kettle of fish altogether, we also put up quite a large fight over the canning of our course as it was the only regional course of its kind in Victoria and graduates had quite a good reputation out in the industry.
Without the course that I attended, I would not currently be working on the Australian and World Premiere season of Dirty Dancing in Melbourne. Others would not have gone on to work on other large scale professionals shows including The Lion King.
Of course I will be writing my letters to the appropriate people as will all of our colleagues, but I would just like to offer my support if there is any advice I can give about how to fight this (although our fighting did little to sway the people at the top of our food chain!) I would be more than happy for people to get in touch.
As someone else's post in this thread states "This cannot happen!"
Chookas!
Tanje
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