King and I reviews?
Mon, 18 Oct 2004, 12:24 amWalter Plinge50 posts in thread
King and I reviews?
Mon, 18 Oct 2004, 12:24 amHi,
Has anyone seen the King and I in Perth? Any thoughts or reviews??
I'm thinking of seeing it this week.
Re: Goodnight sweet prince
Sat, 23 Oct 2004, 05:52 amHi Joe
Sorry to hear of your treatment in this production. I wonder if the MS Society have any idea of the negative impact their handling of this is likely to have?
Joe Isaia wrote:
> Why? he informed me that there had been some missed
> cues, dropped lines, non appearance of important props and 2
> phone calls from disgruntled patrons. I asked him what any of
> this had to do with my performance and he replied that he
> understood I was getting the rough end of the stick. I told
> him this was not good enough and that I did not accept his
> decision. He replied I had no choice. (He was right). I then
> asked him to put in writing his reasons for not to allowing
> me perform the agreed number of shows. He refused.
This all sounds pretty unreal.
I can't help feeling that there is something going unsaid in this sacking business. If, as Joe suggests, the few problems with the Wednesday matinee had nothing to do with him, what is the rationale for the sacking? I can't imagine the producer taking this sort of extreme action without some awareness that there would be consequences.
In an earlier post on this site someone, I can only assume the same David Bugden (Senior Manager, Marketing and Sales Development for the M.S. society of W.A.), posted
"The charitable not-for-profit sector is a highly sensitive environment largely dependent on positive public sentiment. Any actions or events generating a negative outcome or negative press, can adversely affect other charities through either direct or indirect association. This is because we all extremely reliant on trust and integrity to maintain public and corporate support."
http://www.theatre.asn.au/read.php?f=19&i=7083&t=7061
I can't see how this sits with the sacking.
Personally, if I were a fellow cast member and this were the only reason given for the sacking, I'd be walking or at least refusing to perform the Saturday matinee without the understudies. If this is the manner in which understudies for leading roles are treated, what is the treatment of the rest of the cast like??
I wonder if sackings of this type are part of the "very successful formula applied by MS South Australia over the last 4 years"? You might be able to get away with this in Adelaide, Adelaide doesn't have the strength of the theatre network that we have here in Perth.
Les Mis? Good luck!
David Bugden might also like to consider that the audience attending the King and I in the last couple days since the sackings has been well and truly outnumbered by the 4,000 people visiting this site. He may also like to try Googling "MS Society Perth"
http://www.google.com/search?q=ms+society+perth
The very first link points to discussion about these issues on this website.
Cheers
Grant
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Sorry to hear of your treatment in this production. I wonder if the MS Society have any idea of the negative impact their handling of this is likely to have?
Joe Isaia wrote:
> Why? he informed me that there had been some missed
> cues, dropped lines, non appearance of important props and 2
> phone calls from disgruntled patrons. I asked him what any of
> this had to do with my performance and he replied that he
> understood I was getting the rough end of the stick. I told
> him this was not good enough and that I did not accept his
> decision. He replied I had no choice. (He was right). I then
> asked him to put in writing his reasons for not to allowing
> me perform the agreed number of shows. He refused.
This all sounds pretty unreal.
I can't help feeling that there is something going unsaid in this sacking business. If, as Joe suggests, the few problems with the Wednesday matinee had nothing to do with him, what is the rationale for the sacking? I can't imagine the producer taking this sort of extreme action without some awareness that there would be consequences.
In an earlier post on this site someone, I can only assume the same David Bugden (Senior Manager, Marketing and Sales Development for the M.S. society of W.A.), posted
"The charitable not-for-profit sector is a highly sensitive environment largely dependent on positive public sentiment. Any actions or events generating a negative outcome or negative press, can adversely affect other charities through either direct or indirect association. This is because we all extremely reliant on trust and integrity to maintain public and corporate support."
http://www.theatre.asn.au/read.php?f=19&i=7083&t=7061
I can't see how this sits with the sacking.
Personally, if I were a fellow cast member and this were the only reason given for the sacking, I'd be walking or at least refusing to perform the Saturday matinee without the understudies. If this is the manner in which understudies for leading roles are treated, what is the treatment of the rest of the cast like??
I wonder if sackings of this type are part of the "very successful formula applied by MS South Australia over the last 4 years"? You might be able to get away with this in Adelaide, Adelaide doesn't have the strength of the theatre network that we have here in Perth.
Les Mis? Good luck!
David Bugden might also like to consider that the audience attending the King and I in the last couple days since the sackings has been well and truly outnumbered by the 4,000 people visiting this site. He may also like to try Googling "MS Society Perth"
http://www.google.com/search?q=ms+society+perth
The very first link points to discussion about these issues on this website.
Cheers
Grant
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