Comments on: Future site for Seven and a flash back in time for Michael Edgley http://watvhistory.com/2010/09/future-site-for-seven-and-a-flash-back-in-time-for-michael-edgley/ History of Western Australia's Television Industry Mon, 18 Jul 2022 03:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Eugene Nock http://watvhistory.com/2010/09/future-site-for-seven-and-a-flash-back-in-time-for-michael-edgley/comment-page-1/#comment-1954 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:56:52 +0000 http://watvhistory.com/2010/09/future-site-for-seven-and-a-flash-back-in-time-for-michael-edgley/#comment-1954 Hello Friends, i remember working with Brian Treasure,Mike Girilikis,
Mike Edgley,Edna Edgley,Gene Columbus,The Nocks in the 1975 Season for
The Peter Pan Unit of Disney. a MAGIC of a Production and Promotion
for the Austrailian Market. in a one week time frame these brain child of Promoters held,
The Jesus Christ Superstar Tour, The Peter Pan Disney Show and The
Bay City Rollers, Donaven and The Deep Purple Band all to packed houses.

Mike and Brian always made “All Access and VIP” available to me!
Those were great Events and Times.

Eugene Nock
President
Nock Entertainment Group Inc.
nockair@aol.com
http://www.nockwoldentertainment.com

]]> By: Bret treasure http://watvhistory.com/2010/09/future-site-for-seven-and-a-flash-back-in-time-for-michael-edgley/comment-page-1/#comment-1792 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:08:25 +0000 http://watvhistory.com/2010/09/future-site-for-seven-and-a-flash-back-in-time-for-michael-edgley/#comment-1792 The building was conceived as being as flexible as possible but the principal focus was on large theatrical shows such as Disney On Parade. They were targeted at family audiences and could fill the venue for months on end. These shows have fallen out of favour now and theatre goers who are older prefer more intimate venues. I don’t think a 3000 seat lyric theatre conversion as propsed here http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/the-entcent-can-rise-again-20100312-q3jf.html is viable.

The new State Theatre only seats 500 odd but this will cover the small theatrical market. His Majesties also has a proscenium arch and is larger.

The mainstay of the Entertainment Centre became concert events but as this article explains, blockbuster events require many more seats or an outdoor venue. I can’t really swallow the line that a new building -The Perth Arena- is justified on the basis of retaining The Hopman Cup. Filling a venue at that time of year is historically easy. I think the Entertainment Centre was well suited to the sporting events and smaller concerts. I suspect the real reason for its replacement had to do with intransigence in negotiations between Stokes and the State/local Governments.

]]> By: John Carusi http://watvhistory.com/2010/09/future-site-for-seven-and-a-flash-back-in-time-for-michael-edgley/comment-page-1/#comment-1770 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:44:44 +0000 http://watvhistory.com/2010/09/future-site-for-seven-and-a-flash-back-in-time-for-michael-edgley/#comment-1770 Is The Entertainment Centre still usable, despite the fact it has been mothballed for over eight years? Has it been stripped of its seating, carpet, stage equipment, PA, etcetera?

If it hasn’t been gutted yet, I think it’d be grand if it was cleaned up one last time prior to its demolition and given a fitting finale with a “one last time-WA made” extravaganza, with perhaps a few concert festival shows featuring the cream of WA’s music scene, such as John Butler Trio, Dave Hole, The Waifs, Eskimo Joe, Gyroscope, Sleepy Jackson, et al.

Better than the anticlimactic Christian Youth Pop show which was the last performance in mid-2002.

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