Rent @Campbelltown

HI. I really don't want to be the awful one who comes on here and says all negative stuff but i will give an honest opinion of the show...
i have just read all the reveiws on here and all i will say is self praise is no reccomendation!! its obvious who wrote all those reviews!!
Honestly guys.. i came and saw the show as i went and saw all... and im sorry but you were no where near the most pro, polished or by far no where near the best!! although you had some nice moments and you your ensemble sung well.. over all it was a mess!!
i almost felt like you were taking the piss out of RENT!!! you didnt even try to be professional i mean i had Benny sell me my ticket which might i add was a 50c reffel ticket???? really?? you could have tried a little harder than that, i mean i understand you have a budget but i mean even print them out at home.. seriously. then the cast was all out over the stage before the show started... have you ever seen a show with cast members befor the show hanging around OUT OF CHARACTER.. not even at high school were we being that un-professional!!
Now Casting??? wow... ok... i'll start with the possitives.. Mimi was good, nice voice little bit void emotionally but quite good over all!! Collins was good, beautiful voice but a bit too much with the "emotions" bit over acting but well done. Angel again beautiful voice bbut acting a little dull, beautiful voice but. and joanne was ok too. and ensemble even though a little lost at times vocally nice.
the weakest thing about this show was the direction or lack of!! half the time people didnt know what they were doing... i just dont think that was fair on them.. they had potential but NO direction. Now i do alot of professional work and even if your the most talented person it wont show without good diretion!!
ROGER??? ok... i'l try and be tactful here... you were not very good. your pitch, your acting you understanding of the character and most of all your attitude was just all wrong. This really pulled the show down. Roger.. a young stuggling "rock star", sexy, sad, intimate, caring, rough looking.. you didnt fit any of these.. you sung it operetic and very out of key i dont know how mimi did it at times and i was certain you were going to come out in that santa dress too. now i dont want to appear homophobic and if your gay thats fine but Roger isnt and you played him like a little puncy gay man who had no emotion at all. very bad casting by the director!!!
MAUREEN??? ok, vocally could not cary this role at all... over the moon although full of energy was in at least 17 different keys. again just bad casting. the understudy although a little young seemed better for the role.
MARK. this guy has a lot of potential really nice voice... way too young and inexperienced to play this role.. you didnt really understand it did you?? its like everyone especially roger just tried to over shine you and the role of Mark then appeared as a featured ensembble not THE LEAD!!
Look i know your a musicall society and i didnt walk in the doors and expect full on professional but i would have liked you to try a little harder just simple things like the tickets and being back stage at the beg and intermission in character.. you just didnt seem to take it seriously! and the fact that you put down other productions that were done... its not cool. i deliberately didnt compare you too penrith, rockdale or chatswood cause you all have diffent casts, interpretations and budgets it wouldnt be fair to compare!! but i will say at least they tried to be as professional as they possibly could!!
i was less than impressed with the lack of preperation and professionalism of this production. I feel sorry for some cast members... mimi, would love to see you do that role with a differnt roger where you can really work off some real emotions!!
well done ensemble. and just remeber self praise is no recomendation.