tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post7060596822931754256..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Perth Festival: Beautiful Burnout, Driving Into WallsAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-19686448466097215702012-03-02T15:23:36.668+11:002012-03-02T15:23:36.668+11:00Hi Tom - thanks for that - fascinating. Of course,...Hi Tom - thanks for that - fascinating. Of course, the only way you'd know for sure was by seeing it in both places, but the York Theatre sounds like exactly the wrong kind of space. I wonder if anyone did see both? Fwiw, I liked the performances I saw, which seemed real and invested. Finding sympathetic venues is a real challenge for a touring show.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-83946792203000488752012-03-02T11:23:08.737+11:002012-03-02T11:23:08.737+11:00A friend of mine, whose taste is usually fairly in...A friend of mine, whose taste is usually fairly in line with mine, saw <i> Beautiful Burnout </i> in Perth and loved it as well. I, however, saw it in Sydney and was pretty underwhelmed overall. I agree that the venue probably had a lot to do with it. The Seymour's York Theatre is a cavernous energy-sucking sort of a space. There were a lot of empty seats the night I saw it, too, which alwaysTom Conroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-62631550217446694992012-02-29T15:46:00.692+11:002012-02-29T15:46:00.692+11:00Maybe read a little more of "this site",...Maybe read a little more of "this site", Anon. You might stumble across the negative review of Propeller's The Winter's Tale, which seemed to cause so much angst.<br /><br />What do you mean by "objective criticism"? Is there such a thing? Or is a review only "objective" if it's negative?<br /><br />That aside, you have a point, in that I have totally Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-29448166855680432632012-02-29T13:47:57.359+11:002012-02-29T13:47:57.359+11:00This site reads like someone co-opted by a Festiva...This site reads like someone co-opted by a Festival to write positive reviews of every show, no matter their worthiness. I'd be curious as to the exchange of goods, services, freebies, etc being given. I don't see much in the way of objective criticism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-9809012120026687132012-02-29T08:33:39.824+11:002012-02-29T08:33:39.824+11:00Hi Cameron - the general reaction in Perth seemed ...Hi Cameron - the general reaction in Perth seemed to be much more positive, it must be said, so I suspect the venue might have had something to do with it. So much depends on the spatial relationship with the audience.<br /><br />And yes, innovation is one of those buzz words... It describes an important quality, without which the culture would be stale; but sometimes it's just about novelty.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-53785095281215105552012-02-29T00:51:04.166+11:002012-02-29T00:51:04.166+11:00Great review of Beautiful Burnout. I agree with ev...Great review of Beautiful Burnout. I agree with every word, so now I don't have to write one. I saw it Perth too. Perhaps venue is a factor. <br /><br />As for 'innovation' ... it's overrated: our society is saturated with it, why should our theatre be? Remember the audible groans whenever it was mentioned at the Australian Theatre Forum last year? Self-conscious striving for Cameron Woodheadhttp://cameronwoodhead.comnoreply@blogger.com