We began the audition process for the Adelaide premiere production of RENT last weekend. It was really successful – so many wonderfully talented people came along and sang their hearts out. Well not literally – we didn’t have to pick any hearts up off the floor of Leigh Warren’s studio. Mind you…there were a couple of minor spillages on the day…but four lapdances in 3 minutes can have that effect, right FF?
We are so blessed by the support of not only the local theatre community which has been wonderful so far, but also by the support of the local media. Six months before opening night the show has already been mentioned a couple of times in the Sunday Mail and particular thanks must go to Blaze who ran a great interview with director Scott Nell a few issues ago and have supported our ‘Search for an Angel’ campaign as well.
We made it really clear at our information night that Blaze would announce the RENT cast with a cover photo as soon as the show was cast. I thought it was a good idea – because it is. A great idea, in fact!
In my mind, if Blaze is announcing the cast, they’d like it to be exclusive to them. I think that’s fair enough. I’m certainly not going to publish the cast details here before the Blaze cover is released. If you’re wondering, they’re not spilling the beans at Catchy Title either.
So why would people start sharing what news they think they know on sites like Facebook? It’s not that private, you know. Even the private profiles on Facebook are pretty public. I’d like to think that anyone who was at or involved with the auditions last weekend would care enough about the production to help respect the support shown to us by Blaze and not blab/gossip information all over the place.
It’s not cool.
Tags: Matthew Carey, Rent, Leigh Warren, Catchy Title Productions
