****UPDATE 20 May - I've been rewriting lots of the info on here - as a result this blog is,…
Hi, welcome back if you've been to my blog before, and if you're new (which statistically speaking you probably are)…
I've been looking to see what proactive steps I and the team I'm part of can take while the jelly…
I'm likely not to be leaving the house for the next 6 - 10 weeks on account of being asthmatic.…
So, I decided I'd write down some ponderings of where my head is at, what I think the direction of…
Firstly this isn't my first gig. Every year I make new year's resolutions that are big objectives to achieve over…
It's that time again, when everyone insists they're becoming vegan, joining the gym and never drinking again shortly before, two…
Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for getting in touch to tell me how outraged/disappointed/angered (delete as applicable) you are because we…
So, here it is, strap in, I've got some truth bombs to release, I'm going to let rip, welcome to…
Things that make me cry or weepy (updated list): Babies being born and handed to sobbing fathers/mothers/relativesOutstanding sporting achievement against…
I got back from this year's Arts Marketing Association conference feeling quite pleased with myself - this is unusual -…
e train back from the AMA Conference after a really useful few days with some space to think, ponder and…
Ever since I came to my first AMA Conference (in Newcastle the last time round!) I've always written up my…
I've become conscious that I've not written much on this blog about Arts Marketing for while. A few reasons really…
I've not written a gig report for a few years - when I first started I used to write them…
I'm conscious that I don't often write deep and meaningful blog posts - let's be honest, it tends to be…
I've been pondering between a couple of ideas recently. Idea #1 is a storytelling show that, ultimately, I've started writing…
I recently found this blog post in my wordpress drafts (there's a few others in there I might dig into…
I'm currently on holiday in Lisbon having a bit of a break with my other half. I brought the mini-laptop…
Recently I've become acutely aware that I can be somewhat of a negative grump. Now I have excuses for the…
Every year, about this time, I write myself a list of resolutions to achieve over the following 12 months while…
“In an era of stress and anxiety, when the present seems unstable and the future unlikely, the natural response is…
****Please Note: This is unremittingly a blog about theatre marketing, data and being smarter**** How it all started About four…
Last week was, challenging. Basically I was meant to do a solo show in Liverpool and while I was there, sadly…
Hey Everyone, This is a long post (sorry). Just over a year ago I wrote a show, "Truth" which I…
Broad beans wot i grew I've recently found out that I like gardening. It's relaxing, pulling…
(This is part of a series of blogs I've mentally entitled "things that might be interesting at a marketing conference"…
It's been a couple of months since I wrote anything on here - a few reasons really, hyper-busy at work,…
It occurred to me, and I imagine every football fan who doesn't support a Manchester-based team this year that the…
I've recently been invited to go to a reunion with some people I went to university with. Different people have…
In no particular order: I've been feeding a pigeon that lives, on its own, in our back garden. I wonder…
In late December last year the playwright David Hare wrote an extended article for The Guardian offering his thoughts about…
It's that time again - the start of a new year, mild hangover, sleepy from fish 'n' chips and sat…
Provocative isn't it. A month ago I would have clicked on this blog post with venom in my mind and…
Life is about the choices we make, the friends we stand by and the moments where we courageously follow our…
I realised on the drive back from tonight's gig that I'd not written a gig report for a while. I…
So on Wednesday night this week I performed my new show, Truth, for the first time from start to stop.…
I've not written a proper "bloggy" post, I realised earlier today, for quite a while. I've tended to focus on…
I'm not at the AMA conference this year, yet, despite the fact that I've a habit of being über critical…
There are, it is said, two types of creative people. There are those who talk endlessly about the book they're going…
The Stage posted a poll on twitter today asking whether Theatre's Artistic Directors should be on fixed-term contracts. It's one…
This week I did something a bit silly. Naturally with an opening like that (and imagining for a second that…
A new poll has come out from YouGov surveying the carnage of the post-election landscape. It was incredibly interesting how…
There's a few gigs that, since I started, I've kept coming back and doing. They're not the most glamorous gigs…
I've been watching Sky's coverage of Jeremy Paxman vs Theresa May vs Jeremy Corbyn. It's been interesting watching it while…
It's 1:48am as I start writing this blog post. But before I get to the point, the crux, the pips…
On Sunday night Hot Water Comedy in Liverpool let me perform and so I could record my set. I've…
It's been a while since I wrote anything on here so, finding myself incredibly away at 12:46am I thought I…
So tonight I was on the same bill as a famous comedian. Regular readers will know that my general choice…
I have, recently, found myself writing fewer blog posts about arts marketing and my work. This is for a few…
Sometimes you make a mountain out of a molehill and build things up to a ridiculous degree in your head…
Regular, loyal readers will know that every year I write 10 New Year's Resolutions, then, at the end of the…
Boxing day in Scarborough always seems slightly different to many places. Not for Scarborough the simple consumption of excess chocolate…
I spent the last year writing a play. It's good. I wrote it. It must be. Surely. Sadly no-one agrees.…
Seriously now. Grow the fuck up and read the news. The Guardian - Click to read The Independent - Click…
When I first started writing this blog it was to have a voice. "I've interesting things to say" I thought,…
This is a gig I've done before (as compere and doing storytelling) and while I love it to pieces it…