WE WILL ROCK YOU

Before I write this I would like to state that I am NOT a representing the Mandurah Little Theatre. This is the log in that I use to do their posts for their advertising. Wow! What a lot of fuss. I agree that everyone is entitled to their opinion. Bomber I think that the way you expressed yourself (words like worst and crap) in your first post is what created this explosion of posts. There were things that I liked and things that I didn’t like, but that is my view and I am not going to defend or slam the show WWRY or any of the posts. I was involved in the show and just wanted to give a little info. The set was new. It might have been viewed as being similar to the one used in the Bridge. And again I am not going to defend or slam the decisions made in the show. One of the main objectives of doing this show was to raise funds for the Freddy Mercury Foundation for Aids Research. The Mandurah Little Theatre doesn’t make any money from this show all Profits go to the Foundation. There was a lot of cost cutting done with this show as the less cost the more that could be raised for the Foundation. Maybe this could have been mentioned in the program and this is probably my fault as I did the program. (For Example the set. The original design for the set was going to cost around another three thousand dollars.) There was a very tight budget for this show and sometimes if is difficult to judge making a profit. Personally I do agree that the dressing of the set could have been improved but I also do agree with trying to get away with as much or as little as possible to cut costs when your objective is to raise funds for something as important as Aids Research. While I am here I will mention that the Mandurah Little Theatre has on many occasions supported community groups and events. They have been involved in raising funds and awareness for Youth at Risk, Youth Homelessness and Youth Suicide. They also run a program where community organizations can sponsor a night of a production. This basically means that a group covers the basic cost for a night of a production and the community organization gets the profits (I’m not sure if it is a full profit or a split) At the moment the theatre has two bands and a youth performance group that they support by giving free rehearsal space in exchange for them performing at a club night. This information may seem to some superfluous but the theatre is a club that is first and for most active for its key stakeholders (members and community) and does try to live up to its name ‘Little Theatre’. ( little theater: a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups). Personally I would like to see experimental theatre in the Peel region. It is not the sort of stuff that is appreciated by the masses but it is great to get the creative juices buzzing and mix with people that can think outside the box. I believe that Creativity is the last frontier of the true anti-discipline. Creativity in the region seems to dictate a discipline imposed by pleasing audiences. But that is just my opinion. Anyway, moving along, I’m sure that everyone is over it now. And we all know what it is like in theatre, usually more drama going on off the stage than on, But we all still love it. MWA JennyFer