bio box?

I donÂ’t disagree with what has been posted on the lack of considerations, of most community theatre venues. When it comes to audio requirements & the difficulty of operating in them. In most audio & itÂ’s caustics are an after thought or an all so ran to the overall management of the venue. Very few if any are purposely built for theatre & are converted buildings or halls previously used for other functions. Therefore what there is there is what you get & have to work with. Therefore what is an ideal working situation, so as not enter the equations - usually restricted by the available dollar.
I must admit that audio is the least of my worries for a play & only a factor for musicals. Which becomes cobbled together to assist the performance, not as crutch for performers. Who unfortunately have never been taught how to project or do breathing exercises, thus become totally reliant upon the technology available.
Now a days a lot of performers are unable to function without a mike stuck up their nose or blanket mike coverage of the acting area. So therefore they are not required to project ‘from the diaphragm & out the parrots beak’.
IÂ’m sure the problem will be sorted out some day - So until then it is the noisy & less ideal area of the Biobox with a programme speaker in most venues.
I doubt also this is being motivated by pure ego, but after receiving a request to be ‘lit in view’ - made me think otherwise!
IÂ’m sure none of the audio operators, working in community theatre, are ego driven anyway. As I have always found them to be hard working & genuine in all their endeavours.
Very artistically sensitive bods too!
GÂ’d onyas!
Chookas
Joe