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This post may place me in grumpy old man territory, however, having failed miserably in my quest to stop people using the self-serve checkouts at the supermarkets, I shall turn my attention to the dreaded community theatre raffles. I'd like to find out if anyone in (Perth) theatre land feels as I do, that the customary community theatre raffle is somewhat nauseating and outdated. I think I've said before, that the raffle is but a relic of days gone by, that we, as a community, insist on hanging onto. Recent conversations alerted me to the fact that our audiences seem to be dwindling, due in part to the fact our audiences are gradually leaving this earth in search of fluffy cloud territory. My only wish is that one of the dearly departed would take the raffle instruction booklet with them on their way out the door. Seriously guys, if we have to hold a raffle to keep the doors open, then we're in a bad way? Do correct me if I'm wrong. Secondly; we the people are bombarded by raffles day and night, by phone, by door knockers, by shopping centre trestles. Wouldn't it be nice to find respite from the same, even to find said respite, one must turn to the land of make belief. Of course, people will argue that the raffles raise funds, and yes they do, because our patrons are too polite not to buy the bloody things...trust me, I've been selling them. It's hard to escape eye contact in a matchbox sized foyer....my final word honest...I wonder if anyone else has a thought on the matter..

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Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Trial by Jury’ accompanied by two comedies, ‘How to Make Your Theatre Pay’ and ‘Dinner for One’. Three shows for the price of one at Phoenix Theatre, within the Hamilton Hill Memorial Hall, corner of Rockingham Road and Carrington Street, Hamilton Hill.  The evening performances are at 8.00 pm until the 19^th May, with matinees on the 12^th and 20^th May at 2.00 pm.

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Amateur (n.) Fr. “lover of”. Orig. from L. amatorem (nom. amator) “lover”, agentive noun from amatus, pp. of amare “to love”. Its meaning as a “dabbler” as opposed to serious professional, is first being used circa 1786 and as an adjective from 1838.

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‘Emma’ is a Regency romantic comedy, written by playwright Jane Austen at the age of thirty-nine. This was the follow-up to ‘Mansfield Park’ and took a year to write. Completed in March of 1815 (although the fly page says 1816) and published in December 1815 the three volume book was dedicated to Prince Albert, an ardent admirer. ‘Emma’ initially sold only 1,500 copies and by the time Jane died only a year and a half later, she had earned less than forty pounds from the book. ‘Persuasion’ and ‘Northanger Abbey’ were published posthumously.

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