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barringtonWhile I wait for the dust to settle in the aftermath of Melbourne Fringe 2005, I've not been able to rest; the registration deadline for the Adelaide Fringe is tomorrow, so I've been budgeting, planning, phoning, emailing, wheeling and dealing and working shit out. Adelaide will mark an important milestone for me, since it'll be the first time I've taken any show - let alone my own - on the road, and as we all know, the road is a B-I-itch, my friend. But if I can't make it to Adelaide, then what hope do I have for my dream of doing the great Westward festival tour in Canada next year?
Adelaide is tough for all sorts of reasons; for starters, it's more like the MICF than the Melbourne Fringe, in terms of its scale, audience enthusiasm, number of international acts and, of course, cost. Melbourne Fringe's registration fees are ever increasing, but Adelaide is already equal to the Comedy Festival last year. Then, of course, there's the potential folly of doing a show about evolution in the City of Churches... I'm going to have to work hard for my audience, and factoring in all the extra costs of a season away from home - travel, accommodation, technician and equipment hire - it was looking all but impossible, particularly because I couldn't find a venue that charged less than double what I'm used to paying over here.
Normally of course if your costs go up then so must your ticket prices, but I think there's a ceiling on what Joe Public is willing to pay for an hour's lecture about Darwin and natural selection, so I was despairing of bringing those costs down...until today, when I found the perfect place. The venue sounds like a corker - they're an existing bar who are taking over another, and are keen to get people into their new space - and my budget is a whole lot happier. Once this is all sorted, it's back to job searching and rewriting the show to make it the best it can be, using what I learned on the first run. Oh, and there's next Friday to think about:
The 3rd Annual King Kahuna Ginormous Acoustic Guitar Festival
Friday, October 22nd at 8pm, at Gertrude's on Gertrude Street Fitzroy.
Monique Brumby, Liz Stringer, Rob Longstaff, Chris Matthews and the Melbourne Guitar Quartet, all in one venue, for one night, hosted by yours truly, for just $10 at the door. Rock up, drink up, shut up and listen to some of the sweetest tunes around, plus win fabulous prizes (most likely King Kahuna bean bags).
The road is fucking hard; the road is fucking tough. There's no question that it don't take no guff...
Adelaide is tough for all sorts of reasons; for starters, it's more like the MICF than the Melbourne Fringe, in terms of its scale, audience enthusiasm, number of international acts and, of course, cost. Melbourne Fringe's registration fees are ever increasing, but Adelaide is already equal to the Comedy Festival last year. Then, of course, there's the potential folly of doing a show about evolution in the City of Churches... I'm going to have to work hard for my audience, and factoring in all the extra costs of a season away from home - travel, accommodation, technician and equipment hire - it was looking all but impossible, particularly because I couldn't find a venue that charged less than double what I'm used to paying over here.
Normally of course if your costs go up then so must your ticket prices, but I think there's a ceiling on what Joe Public is willing to pay for an hour's lecture about Darwin and natural selection, so I was despairing of bringing those costs down...until today, when I found the perfect place. The venue sounds like a corker - they're an existing bar who are taking over another, and are keen to get people into their new space - and my budget is a whole lot happier. Once this is all sorted, it's back to job searching and rewriting the show to make it the best it can be, using what I learned on the first run. Oh, and there's next Friday to think about:
Friday, October 22nd at 8pm, at Gertrude's on Gertrude Street Fitzroy.
Monique Brumby, Liz Stringer, Rob Longstaff, Chris Matthews and the Melbourne Guitar Quartet, all in one venue, for one night, hosted by yours truly, for just $10 at the door. Rock up, drink up, shut up and listen to some of the sweetest tunes around, plus win fabulous prizes (most likely King Kahuna bean bags).
The road is fucking hard; the road is fucking tough. There's no question that it don't take no guff...
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Date: 2005-10-13 02:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-10-13 02:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-10-13 03:48 am (UTC)*grin*
Mmmm... tasty fish.
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Date: 2005-10-13 04:24 pm (UTC)...But thatsd all that existed at that time... ME!?!
When are you back?
Aeoris three weeks and counting....
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