Gibbs Calls for Tech Killings
Fri, 25 May 2001, 08:01 amGrant Malcolm7 posts in thread
Gibbs Calls for Tech Killings
Fri, 25 May 2001, 08:01 amGeoff Gibbs slams a current Blue Room production:
"Jacquie Reid in her one woman show Crime! The Musical survived one of the most devastating first nights I have ever witnessed."
"Had she shot the sound technician, murdered the director, dismembered the designer and garrotted the lighting operator everyone in the audience would have defended her action as justifiable."
In between taking shots at practically everyone involved in the production, Gibbs does find time to compliment Reid's performance as "a significant addition to Australian cabaret repertoire by an exceptional woman."
Check out the review at the link below:
"Jacquie Reid in her one woman show Crime! The Musical survived one of the most devastating first nights I have ever witnessed."
"Had she shot the sound technician, murdered the director, dismembered the designer and garrotted the lighting operator everyone in the audience would have defended her action as justifiable."
In between taking shots at practically everyone involved in the production, Gibbs does find time to compliment Reid's performance as "a significant addition to Australian cabaret repertoire by an exceptional woman."
Check out the review at the link below:
tech rules
Sat, 26 May 2001, 06:52 pmThe main rule in theatre is the 5 'P's
Proper Planning Prevents Poor Production.
One day THEY might put up a monument or statue to "The Technician" - as thank God there will never be one put up in honour of a critic.
In most cases, beyond equipment failure, "the technicain" never sees a run through or even a Tech Rehearsal "Cue to Cue" as most Director's - even the pro's - have never heard of it.
The ultimate responsibility is on the head of the Director and thier mechanist "the Stage Manager" for the smooth show run - by the same token, those tech's who believe they should only do thier own cues are another story.
Actors have a good many hours rehearsal to polish and get it right - some are never able.
Technicains have to be able to do it right first time every time and never fail - with little or no rehearsal.
As Malcolm said the first rule of theatre is - so we get on with it.
Have a good one - Toi Toi Toi Chookas
Joe
Paul Treasure wrote:
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Not having seen Crime: The Musical
Nor knowing anyone involved with it...
I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Geoff Gibbs review...
This is what a good review is all about, well written and, dare I say it, poetic in its emotion (either positive or negative)
The review as an art form is one that has been achieved by very few people, and those whose reviews are still read decades after what they've reviewed has sunk into the mire of theatricalk obscurity, are read for one reason and one reason only, the lyricism of their vitriol.
Will any reviewer ever be remembered with as much fondness as the great Dorothy Parker:
"[Katherine Hepburn] ran the full gamut of emotions from A to B."
"And it was the use of the word 'hummy' that Tonstant Weader first fwowed up!" (Review of The House on Pooh Corner, written under the name Constant Reader)
Paul Treasure
Proper Planning Prevents Poor Production.
One day THEY might put up a monument or statue to "The Technician" - as thank God there will never be one put up in honour of a critic.
In most cases, beyond equipment failure, "the technicain" never sees a run through or even a Tech Rehearsal "Cue to Cue" as most Director's - even the pro's - have never heard of it.
The ultimate responsibility is on the head of the Director and thier mechanist "the Stage Manager" for the smooth show run - by the same token, those tech's who believe they should only do thier own cues are another story.
Actors have a good many hours rehearsal to polish and get it right - some are never able.
Technicains have to be able to do it right first time every time and never fail - with little or no rehearsal.
As Malcolm said the first rule of theatre is - so we get on with it.
Have a good one - Toi Toi Toi Chookas
Joe
Paul Treasure wrote:
-------------------------------
Not having seen Crime: The Musical
Nor knowing anyone involved with it...
I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Geoff Gibbs review...
This is what a good review is all about, well written and, dare I say it, poetic in its emotion (either positive or negative)
The review as an art form is one that has been achieved by very few people, and those whose reviews are still read decades after what they've reviewed has sunk into the mire of theatricalk obscurity, are read for one reason and one reason only, the lyricism of their vitriol.
Will any reviewer ever be remembered with as much fondness as the great Dorothy Parker:
"[Katherine Hepburn] ran the full gamut of emotions from A to B."
"And it was the use of the word 'hummy' that Tonstant Weader first fwowed up!" (Review of The House on Pooh Corner, written under the name Constant Reader)
Paul Treasure