A Slightly Long Pre-Amble I've been writing notes for this blog for a little while - that's unusual - usually…
Audience: 32 (ish) Technical: Really great – I had the brilliant Jos (closely supervised by the amazing Katy) doing his first ever…
Audience: 9 Technical: Really great - a very different space to all the others with a high stage - a little adjustment…
Audience: 25 (Thu), 7 (Fri) & 7 (Sat) Technical: Really lovely again. Dan's a bit of a genius - really reassuring, knowledgeable…
Audience: 13 (Tues) & 9 (Weds - but thank you to the LBT staff for coming along!) Technical: Utter legends. Both technicians…
Audience: 8 Technical: Paul the technician was great. By far the best dressed technician I've ever seen. Black shirt, black braces, black…
Audience: 5 (of which 2 were staff, to whom I am eternally grateful. Technical: Amazing. Genuinely brilliant, supportive. It was such a…
Audience: 38 Technical: Again really good - Nathan was brilliant - it's a very simple show and we simplified it even more…
Audience: 8 Technical: There wasn't any communication beforehand so I was a bit apprehensive. I got there far too early (12pm) with…
Audience: 15 (sold 21) Technical: Ludicrously easy set up - Harrogate's staff were outstanding - the show is dead simple, but it…
I've decided to blog about my shows on the tour of Every Little Hope - a record for myself as…
First things first - 50 tips, easy-to-do or otherwise, is a fuck-load of tips. I've been wanting to write a…
How many of us send a season brochure? Pretty much most regional theatres right? Now we send them because we…
As I get older I've become more and more aware that these are things to help motivate me in life.…
It's late. The clock has just chimed midnight. Or at least it would have should I own a clock with…
It's been a long while since I wrote a blog post - to be honest, I've not written many for…
As many of you will know I wrote a new storytelling show last year called Every Little Hope You Ever…
I've not blogged for absolutely ages - here's my excuse: I've been making a show. To give the quick intro…
Astute regular readers of this blog will have noticed that, well, there's been nothing regular about this blog for a…
Or ideas of things to do over the next couple of months... I've been in a weird mood since Christmas…
I was reading a blog of someone who, since lockdown, has written down 7 things every day, keeping a record…
I'm currently having a week off from my "proper job" of Arts Marketing after a Christmas doing online support for…
Well fuck me thank God 2020 is over right? I mean don't get me wrong - there was some nice…
This is a parable about customer service. I don't do bills.Not because I'm a Elizabethan cad, rogue or rascal. Quite…
I've been feeling a bit down for the last few weeks - there's the obvious reason for that, but also,…
So here goes, this is a blog well outside my comfort zone of both arts marketing and winging about how…
To begin. This is not an Arts Marketing blog - for some people reading this that will be nothing but…
I started writing this post in late May, but then hit a block of "what the fuck am I writing…
Hey there! So if you've been here before then welcome back and if you're new well, where have you been.…
****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…