Demystifying Social Media: A Workshop
I belong to a group of people that all to marketing for Arts Organizations, here in Vancouver. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know by now that we are suffering from loss of media coverage of […]
Happy World Theatre Day!
I feel like it’s Christmas–the last few weeks of preparation have finally come to this: March 27–World Theatre Day! Help us celebrate by going to the theatre, participating in a reading, aor backstage tour. Introduce a friend to the theatre. […]
Wanted: Theatre Reviewers
It’s a sad state of affairs, here in Vancouver. Theatre reviewers are becoming extremely rare. In the past few months, the Globe and Mail let go their Vancouver theatre reviewer, and cut their Vancouver theatre section entirely. Jerry Wasserman was […]
State of the Union: Social Networking
Okay, so I’m no Guy Kawasaki. I’m not even close to Seth Godin. But some interesting things have happened over the last few weeks, and I wanted to share them with you. First off, Twitter just celebrated its third birthday. […]
Hey, Vancouver–Come Celebrate Theatre: International Style!
A while back, I posted about a new blog that I started with a group of theatre artists from around the world to celebrate World Theatre Day on a truly international basis. Since then, we have changed the URL of […]
Fighting Chance brings RENT and Tick.. Tick… Boom! To Vancouver!
There is arguably one guy in Vancouver who is a bigger RENT fan that I am, and that person is Ryan Mooney. Artistic Director of Fighting Chance Productions, next month, they mount a production of tick…tick…BOOM! at The Jericho Arts […]
Why Theatre?
Last week, I did an interview with David Diamond for the World Theatre Day Blog. One of the questions I asked him was: why theatre? Here is his response: It’s about our ability to be transformed through the theatre. Communities, […]
Backstage with Carmen Moore
I’m starting an interview series! Because… well. Just because I want to. And it’s my blog. To kick it off, the lovely and talented Carmen Moore. You’ll probably remember her best at Simone, the sexy bartender from Godiva’s. Or maybe […]
How Businesses are Using New Media for Publicity
The mainstream media is shrinking. We’ve established that, and whether it’s temporary or permanent, only time will tell. In the mean time, we still need to get people through the door. Here are three examples of what some companies are […]
Are we losing the mainstream media? Part 2
A couple of weeks ago, I put up a post that outlined cuts to the local arts coverage. It’s happening all over again. This week, Jerry Wasserman, a local theatre critic that writes for Vancouver’s Province newspaper, had this on […]