Welcome to the final installment on my series on the State of the Fringe. This week, I’ve talked to Ian Case and David Jordan, who run the Victoria and Vancouver Fringes. Today, I interview Jeremy Banks, who has acquired the […]
Today, in the second part of my week-long series on the State of the Fringe, I interview David Jordan, the Executive Director of the Vancouver Fringe Festival. RC: Tell us a bit about the Vancouver Fringe. DJ: This is our […]
Last month, an article in the Georgia Straight caught my eye. It was an interview with Ian Case, who runs The Victoria Fringe Festival. They have been hit hard by cuts to the arts, to the tune of $42,500. I […]
I’m reading Seth Godin’s Purple Cow right now. I’m about 20 pages in, and it’s making my brain ping off in all directions. It’s brilliant. Seth talks about what he calls the TV-Industrial Complex. Basically, TV advertising was king. If […]
Last week, I almost didn’t eat dinner at what is, quite possibly, the best restaurant in Kelowna. Quick back story: I was in the Okanagan for the premiere of The Beast of Bottomless Lake at the Okanagan Film Festival on […]
Today, we continue our series on how to market your Fringe show! As ever, feel free to share your best Fringe marketing tips in the comments below! Publicity and PR: Deb Pickman recently offered a workshop on this topic here […]
Here in Vancouver, there are 86 productions in The Fringe this year. Now, you aren’t going to be competing with every single one of those at any given time, but certainly you will be competing with some. On top of […]
The other day, I was driving down the street, and I saw this woman on the sidewalk wearing the most amazingly put-together outfit: dress, shoes, hose, accessories, she looked like she was straight from the streets of NYC. I remember […]
I must confess, motivation to get work done has been a bit of an issue for me lately. Maybe it’s because it’s summer, and the weather is good, and I’d rather be outdoors than chained to my computer. Maybe it’s […]
From an article called Geeks, Tweets, Bums in Seats from The Sydney Herald: In a Nielsen poll, Australian social media use was deemed to be the highest in the world, ahead of the US, Britain and mainland Europe. Almost a […]