I don't know these straight boys just can't throw properly.

"...the thump could be heard in the audience..." OWWWW
Adds a new dimension to 'MISSING THE WINDOW!'

ouch. radio (nearly) killed the video star.

Only Frodo can save her now!

Joel Edgerton is a fool.

Ash, don't you like Joel? He's certainly no Brando! and I do reckon he'll end up looking like Alwyn Kurts. (ie that prune-faced Senior Detective on 'Homicide' which was Australia's most popular show on TV in the days before you were born)

A professional STC production would encompass meticulous rehearsal, blocking & top notch execution by the actors of prop usage & interaction between actors. The fact Cate was hit in the head means that Joel wasn't standing/positioned exactly where he was supposed to, wasn't focused on the scene at hand or that Cate herself was not paying attention to his cues in that moment (unlikely given Cate's total embodiment of a character on-stage). In the STC production of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' (1997) at the Opera house a similar incident occured (George throwing snap dragons at Martha; got the actress straight in the eye). A flower stem is much like a spear when thrown & can easily hurt someone; it's lightweight and it can be easily forgiven for such a human error. But a RADIO is heavy and it would take a very clumsy throw to not hit the window...

It was a fit of passion!
Stanley is a hulking brute who's just come in from throwing bales 'round on the Mississippi wharves.
And that damn Blanche is a niminy-piminy who needs a good slap.

Opening night is Saturday so they are still in rehearsal. That aside, an accident is an accident, there's no unique protection for performers. I've worked as a stage manager, there are no guarantees.

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A professional STC production would encompass meticulous rehearsal, blocking & top notch execution by the actors of prop usage & interaction between actors. The fact Cate was hit in the head means that Joel wasn't standing/positioned exactly where he was supposed to, wasn't focused on the scene at hand or that Cate herself was not paying attention to his cues in that moment (unlikely given Cate's total embodiment of a character on-stage). In the STC production of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' (1997) at the Opera house a similar incident occured (George throwing snap dragons at Martha; got the actress straight in the eye). A flower stem is much like a spear when thrown & can easily hurt someone; it's lightweight and it can be easily forgiven for such a human error. But a RADIO is heavy and it would take a very clumsy throw to not hit the window...

jesus christ... accidents happen. get off the high horse and put the bloody hanging rope away.

jesus christ... accidents happen. get off the high horse and put the bloody hanging rope away.
We're talking about Sydney Theatre Company here, not the Cunnamulla Community Capers Theatre Club.

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jesus christ... accidents happen. get off the high horse and put the bloody hanging rope away.
We're talking about Sydney Theatre Company here, not the Cunnamulla Community Capers Theatre Club.

what elitist bullshit... your argument is incredibly stupid and bigoted.

we are talking about human error here, it doesn't matter what context it happened in.

The people of the Sydney Theatre Company are paid millions of dollars and swan around in million-dollar accommodation with million-dollar views. It is inevitable —as night follows day—that they will be perceived as special or elitist.

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The people of the Sydney Theatre Company are paid millions of dollars and swan around in million-dollar accommodation with million-dollar views. It is inevitable —as night follows day—that they will be perceived as special or elitist.

Special talent attracts special attention; special attention highlights talent. Most STC actors have graduated fom NIDA, an achievement that is not light-weight, nor is it to be so sumarrily dismissed lightly.. to be included in an STC ensemble takes talent, skill & the utmost technique, method & craft. RESPECT. Please. As any other professional. Acting is a craft, a discipline, an honoured profession. If you'd like to meet me one day, I'll have a coffee with you & speak of such matters....truly....Asherbella x

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what elitist bullshit... your argument is incredibly stupid and bigoted.

we are talking about human error here, it doesn't matter what context it happened in.

Who are you?
Have you studied the craft of acting?
What do you know about theatre?

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The people of the Sydney Theatre Company are paid millions of dollars and swan around in million-dollar accommodation with million-dollar views. It is inevitable —as night follows day—that they will be perceived as special or elitist.

is that a joke? theatre is not hollywood - it does not have that kind of money.

and my post was about Asherbella's attitude not about the STC. of course we all know that the STC is a well respected elite institute.

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Who are you?
Have you studied the craft of acting?
What do you know about theatre?

relevance?

... the craft of acting - you are so pretentious, haha.

i'm not directly involved in theatre, and it's definitely not a passion. however i have been to a number of wharf 2loud productions. my friend did an internship with Chris Mead who was the former literary manger for the STC while under Robyn Nevin. And also i know the current literary manager Polly Rowe.

all of which has absolutely nothing to do with my original point - that accidents can occur anywhere. opposed to you who thinks it can only happen to, and is acceptable to those uneducated (in performance), of low socio-economic backgrounds, and low status within society - eg. Cunnamulla Community Capers Theatre Club.

i'm not directly involved in theatre, and it's definitely not a passion.

Enough said.

that does not exclude me from the discourse or lessen my view point.

you purport to be a 'counsellor', so what ever 'insight' you claim to have of theatre is that of an outsider as well. despite the affinity you give the pretense of having, it is only the built up self importance of an arrogant prick wanting to give off a contrived air of being 'cultured', and assumes this requires a supercilious attitude. yet you fail and look like a plain old asshole.

I'm not here on Same Same in the professional capacity as a counsellor, never claimed I am, nor do I wish to be. I pointed out STC is a professional theatre company & described 3 possible factors that lead to Cate being hit in the head with a radio. How does that make me an 'arrogant prick'? This thread topic is about Cate being hit in the head: so that's what I'm discussing here in this thread. I have relatives who are professional actors, was brought up in the theatre; my ex is a dramaturgical assistant & I know how actors rehearse so as to minimize accidents. You're making mountains out of molehills, you're being dramatic because you're most likely bored. You openly admit that theatre is not a passion of yours, so you most likely know little to zip about theatre.

i worked for a number of years in the production department at sydney theatre company ash and so i know first hand just how much work goes into keeping actors safe. unfortunately accidents happen, it's a fact of life.

Yes.

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I'm not here on Same Same in the professional capacity as a counsellor, never claimed I am, nor do I wish to be. I pointed out STC is a professional theatre company & described 3 possible factors that lead to Cate being hit in the head with a radio. How does that make me an 'arrogant prick'? This thread topic is about Cate being hit in the head: so that's what I'm discussing here in this thread. I have relatives who are professional actors, was brought up in the theatre; my ex is a dramaturgical assistant & I know how actors rehearse so as to minimize accidents. You're making mountains out of molehills, you're being dramatic because you're most likely bored. You openly admit that theatre is not a passion of yours, so you most likely know little to zip about theatre.

if you were to actually read the context in which posts are written, then perhaps a fruitful dialogue would occur... yet you just see what you want to, twist it, and reply to that. getting off the original points, which you blatantly have no winning argument against. you've done it to a thread of mine before, and i've also witness you take other threads off track because you're not able to realise your limitations, publicly acknowledge it, be graceful and retire. instead you go off on tangents hoping to deride the original argument. you would make an excellent politician.

for example i never alluded to you acting in a professional 'counsellor' capacity here. so why would you even make that disclaimer? you're just waffling.

'so you most likely know little to zip about theatre' - continually rehashing attacks that i have answered, and aren't even relevant.

and because i'm not agreeing with you i must be making a mountain out of a molehill. yet what i'm simply doing is calling you out over the loaded language in your myopic posts. if you don't like that, then don't post.

You two boys need to get a room!
and thrash out your misunderstanding miscommunications in private