IPhone Apps for Theatre Types
I have an IPhone! And let me tell you, it’s a revelation. For the past two years, I have been using a Blackberry, for various reasons that expired as time went on. I get why workaholics like Blackberries. You can’t […]
Social Bookmarking… explained elegantly
Today’s post is a guest post by Stephanie Michelle Scott, who is a Consultant at Wildfire Effect Consulting. Think back to the Old Stately Manors in our favorite old movies. Kitchens had pantries and living rooms were divided into parlours […]
Enough About Me. What About You?
Gentle reader, we have been on this journey together for two years. Through good times and bad times… And I feel like I’ve been remiss. Sure, I know some of you, but I’d like to get to know more of […]
Social Media Marketing at The Vancouver Opera
Today, I interview Ling Chan, Social Media Manager at The Vancouver Opera. I have long been a fan of the VO’s forward-thinking and cutting-edge social media marketing techniques (which resulted in a Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver pick for Best […]
Friday Link Love
The blogosphere has been especially generous to me this week, so I thought I’d share some of it with you. ”In the theatre, the key audience demographic is women in their 40s to 60s. As a result, it’s helpful to […]
Banishing Adjectives
I recently read this this fabulous post over on 2amt by Trisha Mead: Kill the Adjective- 3 Reasons to Make Your Descriptions as Action-Packed as Your Plays. In it, Trisha advocates us to get rid of adjectives when writing our […]
Making It Interactive
Here in Vancouver, we have an outdoor sculpture exhibition called the Vancouver Biennale. Large, sometimes colourful, sometimes controversial outdoor sculptures dot parks and public spaces around town. Possibly the most popular one is at English Bay. It’s popular partly because […]
Making the Time
Iremember reading something a while back, I think by Seth Godin, about Time. We are living in a world, where, for the most part, we have abundance. Money. Stuff. Food. We work hard, we make good money, and we don’t […]
Making it a Capital-E Event
When I walked into The Gold Coast Arts Centre in Surfer’s Paradise, my jaw hit the floor. The complex includes the Arts Theatre, Gold Coast City Gallery, two Cinemas and the Arts Cafe. In addition, they were working on a small […]
Creating Theatre for Attention-Span Challenged Audiences
I get this phone call at least once a month. “What’s the running time of the show?” It’s usually a theatre critic who is coming to review. There is often an almost audible sigh of relief on the other end […]