All about production photos
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This week, I am doing a series on getting great visual to accompany your marketing and PR for your show. On Monday, I talked about […]
The importance of a good publicity photo
If you are producing a play, you know you need them. Gone are the days of putting the word out about a photo call, and having a bunch of photographers and TV cameras show up to get a shot to […]
Stubmatic–a new online ticketing option
If you are independently producing theatre in Vancouver, your options for ticketing are limited. For those starting out, I’ve often seen producers get a dedicated phone line with voicemail. The outbound message gives info about the show, and people can […]
Ten seconds with David French
The summer I turned 13, my parents and I, and my older brother Stan, moved from the heart of Kitsilano, on the edge of UBC’s Endowment Lands, to Frenchman’s Cove, Newfoundland. Population: 200. I spent my formative teenage years growing […]
Inside the (UBC) Actor’s Studio with… Kim Cattrall
Last week, I got a once-in-a-lifetime chance, and by golly, I took it! Billed A Conversation with Kim Cattrall, this was, in actuality, an hour-long Inside the Actor’s Studio-like interview of Kim with Jerry Wasserman, head of the Theatre Department […]
On getting away from it all…
Hoo boy. You should have seen me in mid-December. I was a mess–making dumb mistakes, being forgetful, generally quite useless. I’m a little embarrassed to admit, it actually. Truth was, I was suffering from burnout. The last three very busy […]
The Four Hour Workweek
How I spent my Christmas vacation: 4 days, my certain special someone, a cabin on Mayne Island, books, magazines, movies, good food, and wine. It was fantastic. Like most people who are ‘getting away from it all’, my main goal […]
2009 is all A-Twitter!
Welcome to 2009! I’m back after a couple of weeks that included family time, being unable to leave the house because of record amounts of freak snowfall, and finally, four days of doing nothing on a Gulf Island. I have […]
…and to all a good night!
Well, gentle readers, this is my last post for a bit. Yep, I’m taking a blogging break. The past few months have been frenetic, to say the least, and it is time for me to lay off for a while, […]
Where is our future audience?
Last night I went to see the Vancouver Playhouse’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone (which is, by the way, a wonderfully cheese-filled romp through musical theatre lead by Jay Brazeau–go if you get a chance). I was happy to see […]