Rent @Campbelltown

I attended campbell towns production of RENT, and i unlike "viewer" and mr "md" I do not have any proffessional experience in the theatre, so i believe that it is people like me in which community theatre is aimed at.

So with me and people like me being the target audience i believe that the company producing the show should try to do as much as they can to convinced us "inexperienced folk" of what the theatre is about, allowing them to experience the full audience experience. And i suppose that is what i was expecting from campbelltown.
I was horribly let down in this category. I got there and bought my ticket or should i say raffle ticket off a guy in a booth wearing make-up and a mic, who handwrit 'admit one' on the ticket.
walking through the doors, to find me self struggling for space as more people with microphones and make up barged passed me shoving me and completly ignoring my presence.

Finally recovering from my shock, me and my partner found a seat and took a breath thinking "ahh the show is starting soon", well i mean a show did start, i suppose it was a sort of meet the personality behind the character- we sat there in complete amazement, as we watched the cast sit on the edge of the stage dangling their feet into the orchestra pit having a good ol chinwag to the band, watching cast members muck around on the stage and play with the props and set.
So i suppose this wasnt a good first impression. the show started, and first half i am totally supporting 'viewers' perception on the first half so i suppose its a waste of time sitting here rewording all her valid points.
But next up comes Intermission, i thought hmmm maybe they have calmed down a bit since the show started, but no, the guy who sold me my ticket who i soon learnt was benny was now selling me my can of lemonade, hmm.

the end of intermission alarm went off and we all shuffled bak in there to sit through the second half once again being trampled but cast members.

Now i dont know if i have put across me point but here it is in a nutshell.
If you are going to put on a show and advertise it to the wider community, the aim of the gaim is to entertain the audience who are paying 25 a pop to come and watch you.
Instead Campbelltown made me feel incredibly unnoticed un appreciated and uncomfortable, which made me have a negative attitude to everything else.
thanks for your time, and letting an inexperienced audience member have the'r little say :-)

So lets all play nice, be honest and take all opinions on board because in this world there is always room for improvements and let us not foget thats first impressions last, so when involved in a show have respect for those who come and support you.