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The season of joy and excitement is upon us and that makes Sell A Door Theatre Company’s production of Seussical at Arts Theatre the must have ticket for any family. Theatre made especially for children is a rare treat and when it’s done as well as this production it even brings a smile to an [...] Read more »
The prospect of turning a seed for performance into a proper professional production can seem daunting, what if I don’t get funding? What if no one buys tickets? And what if Edinburgh turns out to be nothing more than a hole in my pocket? These are all fears that have made me toss and turn during [...] Read more »
The Ovalhouse has been a centre for years now for artists who sit on the outer limits of society. It is a centre for actors, writers and directors whose work speaks to the marginal, the minority and the oft unheard. For an entire continent this little theatre in South London will be the stage that allows [...] Read more »
I spent my weekend in Brighton, checking out what’s on at this year’s festival of art, performance, dance and comedy, all happening by the sea side. And despite the relentless rain and freezing winds, I was not disappointed. I saw four shows and each of them, although unique, deserved at least four stars. Fringe theatre can [...] Read more »
Martin Figura is an award winning poet, performer, spoken word artist, photographer, teacher and the creator of Whistle; a multi-media depiction of loss, family and growing up in Post War Britain. I spoke with him about the process of turning a book into a performance, the retrieval of memory, writing autobiographically and why everyone should [...] Read more »
Email is still one of the strongest methods of marketing communication that is available online. The majority of people who go to the theatre not only have emails at work, but also smart phones that allow them to access their emails on the move. When sitting at a computer you are alerted every time an email [...] Read more »
Over the past few months I have noticed a growing tradition in the postmodern world of theatre: performance that is essentially about performance. I have been to see a number of performances that are either about refusing to meet the audience’s expectations of theatre, acting and character, in the overtly self-referential style of Forced Entertainment. Or [...] Read more »
With the online world developing faster than ever it is very difficult to keep up with every single change. There are more and more ways to promote your productions and less and less time to learn and implement them in. However, whatever changes with the internet there is one thing that will never change… Relationships are the [...] Read more »
I am sure that you have a fan page already but do you have a Facebook Gate? As a marketer you must have a complete marketing funnel setup to get leads and then convert your leads into sales. It doesn’t matter if you are selling widgets or tickets to a theatre production, the process is the [...] Read more »
A load of old factories and warehouses in Hackney Wick have been transformed into spaces for unknown musicians, performance artists and visual artists to exhibit their work. Last year I went to a performance art night in Hackney Wick (an event that, ten years ago, would have been extremely out of place). The event took place [...] Read more »
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