re:Omnibus Antes the Ups
Tue, 12 Oct 1999, 04:12 pmWalter Plinge31 posts in thread
re:Omnibus Antes the Ups
Tue, 12 Oct 1999, 04:12 pmwell what can i say. i have read grants original message & the responses given, (hi to Brooke & James if your reading), firstly i'd just like to say that the tickets weren't $50 they were actually $35.I have been working with Omnibus for the past 3 years now (as well as many other amateur theatre co. around perth) & I was a cast member of the Secret Garden, I guess when it comes down to it I would have liked to have gotten paid (wouldn't we all) but it wouldn't be called ametuer theatre then would it???? technically it would be professional theatre & if that was the case then they could have used a big name as the lead like the syd. & mel. production used marina prior.
I'm sure that if any of us (that are involve in the co.) would like to see the books or where the money is going then they would be more than willing. but surely you must be able to see that it's going back into the theatre to produce bigger & better shows for Perth. basically you can't expect to be as lucky as people like chelsie gibbs (chicago) & walk straight out of wappa into a paid professional show with the lead role. if we don't start out doing unpaid amtateur theatre then how do we know that's what we want to do. alot of people that do this sort of thing do it for the pure love of the theatre & or are on there way to auditioning & studying at wappa (or other such assoc.)& i think you'll find that about 95% of people studying at wappa were involved in amateur before getting in & all shows they are involved in while at wappa are also unpaid, it's what you call experience, otherwise what are you going to right on your biog for you next audition - my name is fred flinstone & i like singing, i don't think that would work. seriously what do you care, you weren't the one that spent nearly the last year working on the show trying to get it on to the regal stage, for me(and many others) my pymt doesn't involve money, it's the satisfaction of knowing that i was involved in something so beautiful that made many of perth people laugh & cry while watching us do something that comes so natural to us, trust me when you love the theatre it's not a chore.
i have to ask grant, are you involved in theatre yourself or are you just someone that has too little time on his hands & way too many opinions. can you do us all a favour & hurry up & buy that ticket to england!!!!
I'm sure that if any of us (that are involve in the co.) would like to see the books or where the money is going then they would be more than willing. but surely you must be able to see that it's going back into the theatre to produce bigger & better shows for Perth. basically you can't expect to be as lucky as people like chelsie gibbs (chicago) & walk straight out of wappa into a paid professional show with the lead role. if we don't start out doing unpaid amtateur theatre then how do we know that's what we want to do. alot of people that do this sort of thing do it for the pure love of the theatre & or are on there way to auditioning & studying at wappa (or other such assoc.)& i think you'll find that about 95% of people studying at wappa were involved in amateur before getting in & all shows they are involved in while at wappa are also unpaid, it's what you call experience, otherwise what are you going to right on your biog for you next audition - my name is fred flinstone & i like singing, i don't think that would work. seriously what do you care, you weren't the one that spent nearly the last year working on the show trying to get it on to the regal stage, for me(and many others) my pymt doesn't involve money, it's the satisfaction of knowing that i was involved in something so beautiful that made many of perth people laugh & cry while watching us do something that comes so natural to us, trust me when you love the theatre it's not a chore.
i have to ask grant, are you involved in theatre yourself or are you just someone that has too little time on his hands & way too many opinions. can you do us all a favour & hurry up & buy that ticket to england!!!!
Re: Who's Grant?
Fri, 15 Oct 1999, 07:52 amWalter Plinge
Hi Dave> I suspect someone doesn't know nearly as much as she'd like to
> think she does about theatre in Perth, when she has to ask who Grant
> Malcolm is.
>
> I won't elaborate on Grant's huuuuge wealth of experience in
> Perth theatre, but I will say this:erm... hehe thanks Dave (et. al.)before the hyperbole gets entirely out of hand....The Internet can be a very anonymous medium. Unless you have met a correspondent "in the flesh", the only way you can judge whether or not to accept what someone says as true, is to carefully read what they have to say and how they support their argument or idea. Even then, it doesn't mean you have to agree.Support from others can be meaningless. Unless, people in the debate know you personally, you could just be me posting under another name. Debates have to stand on their own merits. It's a shame this one has strayed into ad hominen argument - on both sides :)> P.S.: When is this somewhat slow message board going to evolve
> into a fully fledged newsgroup? 'aus.theatre.perth-community' perhaps?ah! something i really would like to talk about!!The new message boards are very nearly ready. We're not likely to ever make full newsgroup status - although the site sees about 5 times the traffic of aus.theatre - but a new feature is very likely to be the ability to email responses directly to the boards.hehehe Brooke should appreciate that!Cheers
Grant
> think she does about theatre in Perth, when she has to ask who Grant
> Malcolm is.
>
> I won't elaborate on Grant's huuuuge wealth of experience in
> Perth theatre, but I will say this:erm... hehe thanks Dave (et. al.)before the hyperbole gets entirely out of hand....The Internet can be a very anonymous medium. Unless you have met a correspondent "in the flesh", the only way you can judge whether or not to accept what someone says as true, is to carefully read what they have to say and how they support their argument or idea. Even then, it doesn't mean you have to agree.Support from others can be meaningless. Unless, people in the debate know you personally, you could just be me posting under another name. Debates have to stand on their own merits. It's a shame this one has strayed into ad hominen argument - on both sides :)> P.S.: When is this somewhat slow message board going to evolve
> into a fully fledged newsgroup? 'aus.theatre.perth-community' perhaps?ah! something i really would like to talk about!!The new message boards are very nearly ready. We're not likely to ever make full newsgroup status - although the site sees about 5 times the traffic of aus.theatre - but a new feature is very likely to be the ability to email responses directly to the boards.hehehe Brooke should appreciate that!Cheers
Grant
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