Can't believe that in this week's Observer, there was a foonote under the Dress Drehearsal picture that the Theatre Group were not sending tickets to the Observer due to a bad crit. 2 years ago !
Have been a member for at least 35 years and will have to find out more.
We are Amateurs I know, however, have always taken on board any personal constructive criticism of my performance and try to do better next time. A reporter can only report what they see and try to be honest, whilst commending any good efforts, etc.
Some groups only wish to see the good ones all the time which may not be the truth. We do get the feeling, however, that the reporters draw straws of a Monday evening to who will attend and pretty obvious sometimes that they are very wet behind the ears with regard to the theatre. The crit. we received from Simon Thacker on 'Touched' was a waste of space, no mention of the performances particularly or the production, just basically a synopsis of the play and how he felt about it.
Gayle .. were you the culprit here ??