Frankenstein Snatches the Rent
Sun, 5 Mar 2006, 02:04 amWalter Plinge3 posts in thread
Frankenstein Snatches the Rent
Sun, 5 Mar 2006, 02:04 amUp front, let me say that I am a member of the cast of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' currently in season at Harbour Theatre Fremantle. But I am so sick of our Review page being used as a cathartic enema for those associated with Campbelltown's production of 'Rent' that I felt compelled to kick off a new line of diatribe regardless. (Go Dockers!)
On Friday morning 3/03/06, I received the following email from a friend who I hadn't realised had attended our charity preview the night before:
"Hi! Pete,
I saw the show tonight. Great performances by all the cast.
Your ugliness was astounding.Your acting horrifying and you never lost your lines once.
We thoroughly enjoyed it.
Congratulations to all involved on a terrific production,
Ann"
I repied immediately:
"Hey thanks Ann.
Would you be so kind as to write a review for the ITA website? It's invaluable
from a publicity point of view, but of course we can't write it ourselves.
Dead easy - use a nom de plume if you like - just go to www.theatre.asn.au and
follow your nose (so to speak).
Catch up soon,
Pete"
I subsequently had a call saying:
"I've looked at that website. I'd love to write a review but the page seems to be dominated with some angst-ridden cr@p from the ES. What do you suggest?"
I said:
"Hold on I'll see if I can give you a bit of a leg-up. Only trouble is, as a member of the cast, all I can really comment on is the amazing attention to detail the directors have given in their choice of set, costume, sound and light design people - perfectionists all! That and to pay tribute to other great productions of Frankenstein I have seen, in particular that put on by (I think it was) Vagabond Theatre a few years back which has been a big influence on my own performance (thanks Grant and Patrick).
As I recall, I wrote a review for it at the time, which caused a minor civil war on this very page. No wonder I allowed myself to risk my own credibility yet again!"
Anyhow, come and see this show and hang about for a quiet one at Clancy's afterwards!
Cheers & Crackers,
Pete N
Thou artless pottle-deep dewberry!
On Friday morning 3/03/06, I received the following email from a friend who I hadn't realised had attended our charity preview the night before:
"Hi! Pete,
I saw the show tonight. Great performances by all the cast.
Your ugliness was astounding.Your acting horrifying and you never lost your lines once.
We thoroughly enjoyed it.
Congratulations to all involved on a terrific production,
Ann"
I repied immediately:
"Hey thanks Ann.
Would you be so kind as to write a review for the ITA website? It's invaluable
from a publicity point of view, but of course we can't write it ourselves.
Dead easy - use a nom de plume if you like - just go to www.theatre.asn.au and
follow your nose (so to speak).
Catch up soon,
Pete"
I subsequently had a call saying:
"I've looked at that website. I'd love to write a review but the page seems to be dominated with some angst-ridden cr@p from the ES. What do you suggest?"
I said:
"Hold on I'll see if I can give you a bit of a leg-up. Only trouble is, as a member of the cast, all I can really comment on is the amazing attention to detail the directors have given in their choice of set, costume, sound and light design people - perfectionists all! That and to pay tribute to other great productions of Frankenstein I have seen, in particular that put on by (I think it was) Vagabond Theatre a few years back which has been a big influence on my own performance (thanks Grant and Patrick).
As I recall, I wrote a review for it at the time, which caused a minor civil war on this very page. No wonder I allowed myself to risk my own credibility yet again!"
Anyhow, come and see this show and hang about for a quiet one at Clancy's afterwards!
Cheers & Crackers,
Pete N
Thou artless pottle-deep dewberry!