As you can see by the poster above, it's official. Opening night for this awesome show is less than 3 weeks away. You can find fun facts on the Deception Rock Opera face book page here: https://www.facebook.com/deceptionrockopera and ticket sales here: http://anicaproductions.com/tickets.html
As a fortunate volunteer for this mighty endeavour, I've been out postering for the last 2 days (with a couple of more days to go yet). It has been at times a lonely task and other times very social and rewarding. During the "walking" moments between "taping" and "pegging" I've done a lot of thinking about the Humble Poster (in general). Do you know what a poster really is or represents? It is far more than just a piece of paper stuck somewhere.
Our particular poster displays characters and play dates/locations. All good info. But, let's look deeper into what/where this poster (and others of it's kind) came from.
Someone had a dream, an idea. In our case it was Katey Day. That person had a story to tell and wrote it down. Next, they dreamed about it being showcased in some manner. Katey turned her story into a Rock Opera. She wrote the script, developed the characters, wrote the entire musical score (each and every song used in this play). Then for years she promoted it to anyone who would listen and could give advice on how to get her idea to the next stage. Leap ahead several years... Katey the Producer now has a full cast of new and semi-seasoned actors/singers - more people with dreams and aspiring careers. Katey has an assistant director (John Dunsworth from Trailor Park Boys), a mighty stage manager Cat Mack, printer, media people, lots and lots of helpful volunteers and finally... venues for her story to be showcased at.
But, the story of the poster is not done. There are all of the photographers, lighting people, printers, distributors, disclaimers, poster-putter-uppers and finally, the folks who actually glance at the poster. So, when you pass a poster, please think of all the hard work that has literally gone on for years by so may people that culminates in the poster you see, the poster everyone hopes will propel their dreams (and theatre tickets) forward.
Respect the poster folks, or next, I will have to talk about the amazing graphic artistry, paper type/quality, ink, bindery and related sundry technologies involved in just the physical construction of the lowly poster! LOL
night all :)
As a fortunate volunteer for this mighty endeavour, I've been out postering for the last 2 days (with a couple of more days to go yet). It has been at times a lonely task and other times very social and rewarding. During the "walking" moments between "taping" and "pegging" I've done a lot of thinking about the Humble Poster (in general). Do you know what a poster really is or represents? It is far more than just a piece of paper stuck somewhere.
Our particular poster displays characters and play dates/locations. All good info. But, let's look deeper into what/where this poster (and others of it's kind) came from.
Someone had a dream, an idea. In our case it was Katey Day. That person had a story to tell and wrote it down. Next, they dreamed about it being showcased in some manner. Katey turned her story into a Rock Opera. She wrote the script, developed the characters, wrote the entire musical score (each and every song used in this play). Then for years she promoted it to anyone who would listen and could give advice on how to get her idea to the next stage. Leap ahead several years... Katey the Producer now has a full cast of new and semi-seasoned actors/singers - more people with dreams and aspiring careers. Katey has an assistant director (John Dunsworth from Trailor Park Boys), a mighty stage manager Cat Mack, printer, media people, lots and lots of helpful volunteers and finally... venues for her story to be showcased at.
But, the story of the poster is not done. There are all of the photographers, lighting people, printers, distributors, disclaimers, poster-putter-uppers and finally, the folks who actually glance at the poster. So, when you pass a poster, please think of all the hard work that has literally gone on for years by so may people that culminates in the poster you see, the poster everyone hopes will propel their dreams (and theatre tickets) forward.
Respect the poster folks, or next, I will have to talk about the amazing graphic artistry, paper type/quality, ink, bindery and related sundry technologies involved in just the physical construction of the lowly poster! LOL
night all :)