Who has responsibility for customer service in your organisation? If you produce your own product it may seem straightforward but, if you are a receiving venue, perhaps the boundaries are less clear. Add in ticket agencies, producers and production companies, and the situation blurs even more. Does it matter? Well in these times of increasing…
What is a theatre review, and what is a theatre critic? They may seem simple questions but topics that seem to be vexing many people at the moment. Is there a difference between a theatre reviewer and a theatre critic? Should reviews only be positive and not cover any negative aspect of a production?…
So should I stop going to the theatre? If I do go should I limit myself to booking a restricted view seat at the back of the theatre? Why am I asking? Well I’m 6’2 tall and from the comments I’ve started receiving from fellow audience members it seems this is far too tall to…
So should I stop going to the theatre? If I do go should I limit myself to booking a restricted view seat at the back of the theatre? Why am I asking? Well I’m 6’2 tall and from the comments I’ve started receiving from fellow audience members it seems this is far too tall to…
So Love Never Dies won’t be heading to Broadway this November after all. Really Useful have announced that the production will be delayed until ‘Spring 2011’ on medical orders. http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/27792/love-never-dies-delays-broadway-run-until Given what can only be at best described as ‘mixed’ reviews, it is perhaps an opportunity for the creative team to go back to the…
So Love Never Dies won’t be heading to Broadway this November after all. Really Useful have announced that the production will be delayed until ‘Spring 2011’ on medical orders. http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/27792/love-never-dies-delays-broadway-run-until Given what can only be at best described as ‘mixed’ reviews, it is perhaps an opportunity for the creative team to go back to the…
So the first quarter of the year has already been and gone and its 20 shows down. Some I’ve sat through some good, some average and some just darn right bad theatre in the last three months. So time to hand out both the bouquets and the brickbats, for the best and the worst, of…
So the first quarter of the year has already been and gone and its 20 shows down. Some I’ve sat through some good, some average and some just darn right bad theatre in the last three months. So time to hand out both the bouquets and the brickbats, for the best and the worst, of…
Okay – in this day and age of open and honest communication I need to declare an interest in this subject. Having spent many a happy year working in various box offices, it’s a subject close to my heart. This week The Society of London Theatre has just published findings showing that, since 2003, online…
Okay – in this day and age of open and honest communication I need to declare an interest in this subject. Having spent many a happy year working in various box offices, it’s a subject close to my heart. This week The Society of London Theatre has just published findings showing that, since 2003, online…
Today sees the birthday of the greatest musical theatre composer of his time. Over the years he was redefined the landscape of Broadway and the West End and has reinvented the genre. His songs have become instant classics and his scores admired by those outside of theatre. This year he is being celebrated by shows…
Today sees the birthday of the greatest musical theatre composer of his time. Over the years he was redefined the landscape of Broadway and the West End and has reinvented the genre. His songs have become instant classics and his scores admired by those outside of theatre. This year he is being celebrated by shows…
Why is it that I now seem to remember a production or venue more for the fellow audience members than for any artistic endeavours onstage? Now audience etiquette does evolve and bad behaviour is by no means limited to theatres – just don’t get me started on cinema audiences but I do wonder why some…
Why is it that I now seem to remember a production or venue more for the fellow audience members than for any artistic endeavours onstage? Now audience etiquette does evolve and bad behaviour is by no means limited to theatres – just don’t get me started on cinema audiences but I do wonder why some…
So Andrew Lloyd Webber isn’t happy that people have been blogging about Love Never Dies before it officially opens tonight. Given that punters have been paying up to £90 for ‘premium’ seating (or even more if booked via a ticket agency) and that his Lordship states the show is a work in progress what did…
So Andrew Lloyd Webber isn’t happy that people have been blogging about Love Never Dies before it officially opens tonight. Given that punters have been paying up to £90 for ‘premium’ seating (or even more if booked via a ticket agency) and that his Lordship states the show is a work in progress what did…