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Post by zahidf on Nov 7, 2019 15:54:08 GMT
In the wannamaker
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Post by learfan on Nov 7, 2019 18:00:50 GMT
How surprising!!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 7, 2019 22:28:42 GMT
Ah the joys of nepotism
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Xanderl
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Nov 7, 2019 22:34:45 GMT
It's the Greg and Anthony show all over again!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 7, 2019 22:38:26 GMT
Nepotism is writ large in the entertainment industry. Someone needs to take a stand - but people are scared of telling the truth for fear of it costing them work.
Yes, directors build up relationships with people they have worked well with in the past and are thus more likely to work with them in the future. But if you are leading a national company, there should be rules in place to regulate this sort of obvious favouritism.
This is not to say that the people involved aren't talented enough in their own right to get cast in such productions - but perceptions matter. If you want to work with your other half on a show, do it away from the company you are in charge of running.
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Post by Jan on Nov 8, 2019 7:47:56 GMT
Tough one. Employing relatives is only the most obvious manifestation of this. It has always seemed odd to me that virtually all the younger directors who work at one particular subsidised theatre have the same agent as the AD - it might be coincidence, it might not, but it is impossible to know.
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Post by lynette on Nov 8, 2019 11:58:06 GMT
O are Terry and Ready an item? Didn’t know. Who would want to do this with his/her other half?
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Post by Jan on Nov 8, 2019 16:21:47 GMT
O are Terry and Ready an item? Didn’t know. Who would want to do this with his/her other half? Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor did. |
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Post by learfan on Dec 24, 2019 14:37:44 GMT
I see they will announce the 2020 summer season on 22 January. Anyone heard anything? Wonder what Terry will cast herself as, Iago, Angelo, Leontes?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 24, 2019 15:10:15 GMT
And, of course, which roles she will offer her husband...
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 24, 2019 18:23:20 GMT
Merged
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