tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post6291743667000802167..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: A series of digressionsAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-59623774510188533452007-12-03T11:08:00.000+11:002007-12-03T11:08:00.000+11:00Hi Jen - thanks for that great comment. Yes, you'r...Hi Jen - thanks for that great comment. Yes, you're right about the perceived hole: but the Playbox model of workshops, commissioned plays that weren't performed etc wasn't working either, esp when added up to an average (was it?) 30 per cent box office. <BR/><BR/>Supportive as I am of the Malthouse, I do think they've turned away from a writer-led theatre (not the same as abandoning writers). Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-56847633906995712512007-12-03T09:41:00.000+11:002007-12-03T09:41:00.000+11:00Alison,you are quite right in your assessment of t...Alison,<BR/>you are quite right in your assessment of the Malthouse's programming, but i think there are two different arguements at play here. While Malthouse Theatre does program Australian writers (and in fact commission them) it is not open to new playwrights and untested works in the same way that Playbox was perceived to be (I wasn't in Melbourne during Playbox's time so I am loath to make Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16665336031595741443noreply@blogger.com