what the...
Wed, 21 Dec 2005, 08:05 amWalter Plinge6 posts in thread
what the...
Wed, 21 Dec 2005, 08:05 amok, so who was it who said that australian theatre is sub standard?
granted the local companies could perhaps do with a cash injection, and the actors are less than impresive, but some do go on to better things..like neighbours!
are there any people who attend nada and wapa, that have any talent or do they just let any body in?
granted the local companies could perhaps do with a cash injection, and the actors are less than impresive, but some do go on to better things..like neighbours!
are there any people who attend nada and wapa, that have any talent or do they just let any body in?
Walter PlingeWed, 21 Dec 2005, 08:05 am
ok, so who was it who said that australian theatre is sub standard?
granted the local companies could perhaps do with a cash injection, and the actors are less than impresive, but some do go on to better things..like neighbours!
are there any people who attend nada and wapa, that have any talent or do they just let any body in?
granted the local companies could perhaps do with a cash injection, and the actors are less than impresive, but some do go on to better things..like neighbours!
are there any people who attend nada and wapa, that have any talent or do they just let any body in?
Walter PlingeWed, 21 Dec 2005, 11:39 am
Re: what the...
phillip wrote:
>
> ok, so who was it who said that australian theatre is sub
> standard?
> granted the local companies could perhaps do with a cash
> injection, and the actors are less than impresive, but some
> do go on to better things..like neighbours!
> are there any people who attend nada and wapa, that have any
> talent or do they just let any body in?
Not sure about nada and wapa, but Im pretty sure NIDA and WAAPA have a few talented kids in them.
SJS
>
> ok, so who was it who said that australian theatre is sub
> standard?
> granted the local companies could perhaps do with a cash
> injection, and the actors are less than impresive, but some
> do go on to better things..like neighbours!
> are there any people who attend nada and wapa, that have any
> talent or do they just let any body in?
Not sure about nada and wapa, but Im pretty sure NIDA and WAAPA have a few talented kids in them.
SJS
Walter PlingeWed, 21 Dec 2005, 01:40 pm
Re: what the...
bobo thinks that phillip should go to nada or wapa.
you will see bobo there!
bobo xoxox
you will see bobo there!
bobo xoxox
crgwllmsFri, 23 Dec 2005, 12:06 am
Re: NADA just about sums it up
SJS wrote:
>
> phillip wrote:
> >
> > ok, so who was it who said that australian theatre is sub
> > standard?
> > granted the local companies could perhaps do with a cash
> > injection, and the actors are less than impresive, but some
> > do go on to better things..like neighbours!
> > are there any people who attend nada and wapa, that have any
> > talent or do they just let any body in?
>
> Not sure about nada and wapa, but Im pretty sure NIDA and
> WAAPA have a few talented kids in them.
>
> SJS
Who was it who said that Australian spelling is less than 'impresive' ?
Any body or anybody?
And really, I wonder what the whole point is of training to be an actor? The ABC is down to about six minutes a day of local drama, and the commercial networks are scraping the barrel. Apparently we'd rather be watching Big Brother, Australian Idol, Dancing With The Stars, any number of Do-it-yourself and travelogue info-programmes, cheap Reality TV, Survivor-style competitions, and everything else the USA feeds us. Thank the current government for ignoring the arts industry when it negotiated the free-trade agreement with the USA, because there's now going to be MORE American product flooding our market and less Australian content being made, because we cannot compete with the US infrastructure and economies of scale.
Neighbours isn't necessarily a 'bigger and better' thing, but don't knock it, because it's one of the ONLY things.
Cheers,
Craig
>
> phillip wrote:
> >
> > ok, so who was it who said that australian theatre is sub
> > standard?
> > granted the local companies could perhaps do with a cash
> > injection, and the actors are less than impresive, but some
> > do go on to better things..like neighbours!
> > are there any people who attend nada and wapa, that have any
> > talent or do they just let any body in?
>
> Not sure about nada and wapa, but Im pretty sure NIDA and
> WAAPA have a few talented kids in them.
>
> SJS
Who was it who said that Australian spelling is less than 'impresive' ?
Any body or anybody?
And really, I wonder what the whole point is of training to be an actor? The ABC is down to about six minutes a day of local drama, and the commercial networks are scraping the barrel. Apparently we'd rather be watching Big Brother, Australian Idol, Dancing With The Stars, any number of Do-it-yourself and travelogue info-programmes, cheap Reality TV, Survivor-style competitions, and everything else the USA feeds us. Thank the current government for ignoring the arts industry when it negotiated the free-trade agreement with the USA, because there's now going to be MORE American product flooding our market and less Australian content being made, because we cannot compete with the US infrastructure and economies of scale.
Neighbours isn't necessarily a 'bigger and better' thing, but don't knock it, because it's one of the ONLY things.
Cheers,
Craig
DmacThu, 29 Dec 2005, 03:01 pm
Re: NADA just about sums it up
"the arts industry"?
I don't think theatre or TV drama production qualifies to be called an industry in WA. For that you must actually produce something. Two professional theatre companies producing 10 or so heavily subsidised shows a year with about two dozen actors and the odd childrenÂ’s television series every year or so, an industry does not make. A cursory examination of the stats published by government instrumentalities in WA show most screen production is documentary. Maybe it could be called a cottage industry, but even that is stretching the definition.
Walter PlingeFri, 30 Dec 2005, 09:55 am
Re: NADA just about sums it up
yes dean love, i couldn't agree with you more there. i think you have brilliantly summed up what we are talking about. my friends and i often gather for a glass or two to discuss the merits of our industry, and end up cottaging as well...it really does dunk my biscuit darling.