Last week, I got an email from Michael Harris, who reviews plays for The Globe and Mail here in Vancouver. It said: I’m afraid I have some bad news… The Globe and Mail has cancelled its weekly Vancouver theatre listings, […]
Opportunities for connecting on the internet abound. There’s Digg, Fark, del.ici.ous, Stumbleupon, and on and on and on. Unless you do social networking for a living, it’s almost impossible to keep up with them all (in addition to your six […]
This week, I’ve been writing posts on the topic of visuals to accompany your publicity campaign. We talked about the two photo shoots you need for your show, the publicity shot, and the production photo. Today, I want to talk […]
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 getting a really great publicity shot, and how to do that. Today, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As the December comes to an end, we begin to turn our attention to the unvarnished potential of the new year. What’s next? How do we fill the theatre? Well, my dear pal, Simon Ogden (of The Next Stage) wrote […]
As the year winds down, I am finding myself embroiled in Excel spreadsheets of names and addresses. It’s that time of the year–to say thanks to your clients. I struggled a lot with what my Christmas/end of the year communique […]
Today, at 1 pm, Peter Fairchild, Chair of the Pantages Theatre Arts Society, accompanied by Santa and some elves, had an early Christmas gift for our new Mayor, Gregor Robertson. They presented Robertson and members of city council with a […]