Programmes

These are usually something that is thrown together at the last minute or delegated to someone in publicity who usually struggles to get enough information to put in them, because they change for every show, or do they?

Went to see Unkle Vanya last week, great show and very thorough bio of everyone in the show but no seperate synopsis of the show, list of acts or the fact that there is an interval, for how long?. The name of the stage character is listed but it would be usefull to have their role i.e. Doctor, Kitchenhand, to make it easier to piece the plot together. The synopsis was in amongst the directors notes which are a great addition to a programme, but there could have been a few sentences set aside for all to see.

The garrick Theatre used have a history of the club and building on the back of their programmes but that disappeared, maybe because they thought everyone knew it but there are always new patrons attending shows.

And because we are web based, why not put your programme on the web before your show opens so people can see who is in it. I am sure you will get more spontaneous attendances rather that people not attending because "that person" is in it. We do get a following of actors by an audience as they move between diferent theatres.

It may become a usefull archive for the club.

Don