Comments on: Christopher Barron’s Olive Branch

By: Leon McDermott

Leon McDermott — Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:53:04 +0000

Aye, I'm kinda planning something on it, been delayed a bit because lots of pre-planned stuff needs to be run; might be able to get a good hearty news feature out of it, though...

By: Jack Mottram

Jack Mottram — Fri, 17 Oct 2003 16:30:40 +0000

Have you done anything in the Big Ish about this yet?

The press coverage so far (not counting the List) has given the SB an easy ride. Nothing against Phil, obviously, but I honestly can't see the argument in favour of the proposals, and Barron gets to make his case with little in the way of counter-argument...

Anyway, be good if you could get your rant on in print...

By: Jack Mottram

Jack Mottram — Fri, 17 Oct 2003 16:26:05 +0000

Yep - it really did sound like he was rubbing it in...

By: Leon

Leon — Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:31:59 +0000

It's not so much an olive branch as a stick shot through with nails and covered in sarcastic goo, really. You can almost sense the cattiness in the comments about how there's "not enough going on" at Tramway. Anyway, what I still don't get: why is there "no alternative" to Tramway for Scottish Ballet? Like I think I said before, we live in a city that's fucking awash with big old warehouses for them to practice pirouettes in. Pick one of them, tart it up, and be done with it.

I'm getting an impending sense of dread about the whole thing, though; Barron's smug fuck-you tone in that interview makes me suspicious.