Dracula Triumphant

No, it probably isn't all that difficult. If I had really intended to obfuscate things I wouldn't have mentioned my source, but, in the end, it's at the very least polite to not narrow it down to one of two or three rather than one of five.

I'll acknowledge an effort against odds when it's something worth campaigning for - this just felt like a horrible waste. I think, in the end, what is really irking me is that in the beginning this was originally presented as a professional production with a solid budget behind it - in other words, something worth spending weeks in Sydney for. Not, as you say, a 'community effort'.

Of course, I'd be willing to hear how those responsible managed to botch the set, botch publicity, and botch costumes! Presumably they had a decent amount of theatre experience - they wouldn't risk the tens of thousands of dollars it requires to book a theatre, push publicity, and hire a 24-piece orchastra if they didn't! I'm hoping that there's a better excuse than simple mismanagement and "bad luck"!