HSC Drama dramas
23 Jul 2004Hmm. Well, that production sucked. That is to say, the performance was good, and the technical side of things was not so good.
Which only serves to further disappoint, it’d seem – there are some productions where there is little or no dependance on technical resources… but this wasn’t one of them. Then there are productions that suck so much because of the performance that technical can’t suck more. But this wasn’t one of them, either.
I could blame it on a whole heap of things. Lack of monitor, or even open windows the day prior (we couldn’t hear, so we didn’t know cues for performances). In the end, we didn’t get monitor even on the night, which was just frogging marvellous for trying to cue things (we were running the show from CD, because there wasn’t time to rip tracks to my laptop – I got there at about 4:15, having left Sydney Uni at 4:00, and we were in rehearsals from then until the show started). Dinner? Pfft! Fast food isn’t fast enough!
Yeah. There’s my justification for it. The real story is that our communications sucked, and logistically, it was impossible to have the right people for the right show. That, and authoratiarian control over everything right down to the bloody locks on the windows (which, might I add for future reference, WILL be broken if the show is about to start and they’re still shut, regardless to the cost or inconvenience incurred to the Dictators of SACS) certainly didn’t help matters.
Yeah, I’m angry, bitter and twisted. What’re you going to do? I’m not doing the show tonight, and I’m kind of glad. Maybe it’ll suck less. Maybe communication will happen. Maybe venue difficulties won’t be so prohibitive.
That said, there’ll still be no monitor audio, and the one guy with access to all required resources (and the one guy on payroll to do this stuff) has decided that it’s not convenient for him to be there. Good luck, Ben.
To year 12: Sorry, I’m glad you’re not getting marked on Technical.