Comments on: Section 98 – Open Source Entry #7 – Harbourfront Centre Tech Day in 2 Minutes or Less

By: Margo Dunnet

Margo Dunnet — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:46:01 +0000

I don’t go to theatre because I have trouble suspending disbelief. I feel like I would have liked theatre more if I’d been exposed to it as a student, maybe even a young child. A general lack of appreciation for the theatre prevades it seems. Perhaps it is because people no longer spend as much time face-to-face.

By: Buddy J

Buddy J — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:24:06 +0000

I pretty much never go to the theatre even though I usually enjoy myself when I do. I’m just unaware of what’s currently out there unless I make an effort…as opposed to movies where it’s nearly impossible to not know what’s playing. Since I don’t follow theatre, it seems more of a crapshoot and the thought of sitting through bad theatre is worse than sitting through a bad movie — wait, actually that could be entertaining in its own way. I guess in the end, I’m just lazy…

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:32:57 +0000

Thanks for everyone’s responses!

We still have a few more comps left for this initiative, so spread the word to any of your potential guests that they too can have a ticket waiting at the door if they don’t regularly make it to theatre and tell us why here.

Yev – your answer DOES count. Also, you should contact theatres you like about ushering opportunities. Show up 45 minutes early, hand out some programs, see the show for free.

By: JW

JW — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:42:11 +0000

I do not regularly go to theatrical performances. I’m not sure there is one specific reason why; after all, I actually do enjoy theatre when I’m there.

It may be for the same reason that I don’t go to the cinema, watch television, or go to other performance art events very often: I’m not one for entertainment. The reasons that come to mind: I feel like I should be doing something else, like work (always work); it’s a bit of a luxury that I may not have “earned”; it’s not returnable – if it’s terrible, my time and my money are both gone (yes, rather silly); legal concerns and a lack of physical capability (I’m not particularly big, you see) restrict me from exacting appropriate punishment on other members of the audience who engage in disruptive activities; and, finally, I don’t often find a story that appeals to me.

By: Yev

Yev — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:05:22 +0000

I’ve been out of a job since November. So since then I’ve only seen shows that were free This makes 2 shows I’ve since November – I don’t know if that qualifies as “not going to the theatre regularly”, but I miss it.

By: Lorina Stephens

Lorina Stephens — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:33:41 +0000

Love theatre. Don’t go. Why? Time, plain and simple. Arthritis, another factor. We’re out in the bucolic boonies, work long hours, and the last thing either of us want to contemplate is a long drive to be entertained, confined to restrictive seating that will be uncomfortable for one, excruciating for the other, and then face another long drive home, late at night, when both of us would rather be snoring in bed.
We don’t even go to cinema anymore. In the winter it’s reading and possibly a DVD. In summer it’s music in the garden and the moon hanging in the willow.

By: Cindy Rozeboom

Cindy Rozeboom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:32:57 +0000

I would go to the theatre every weekend if I could. But I haven’t been in a really, REALLY long time because babysitters are expensive. I can’t even use a free ticket if you give me one, unless it comes with a capable, free 19 year old willing to take on the kiddlies. (Do you have one of those? I could use one of those.)