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A Practical Guide to Theatre and the Web: Facebook

Sinead Mac Manus looks at the world’s largest social networking site to gauge its potential for theatre artists and companies.

May 5 2010 | View Comments

Green and Pleasant Neverland

By Stephe Harrop

There’s even the odd pirate, redskin and fairy to be sighted among the motley and comprehensively lost crew.

Apr 22 2010 | View Comments

Journey to the Heart of the Sun

By Andrew Eglinton

Chronicle of a journey to the Cartoucherie de Vincennes to see Théâtre du Soleil’s latest production, Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir.

Mar 10 2010 | View Comments

A Practical Guide to Theatre and the Web: Twitter

By Sinead Mac Manus

Do you tweet? What can Twitter do for your work in the creative industries? Sinead MacManus covers the main points of the world’s most used microblogging service.

Mar 1 2010 | View Comments

A Practical Guide to Theatre and the Web: Blogging

By Sinead Mac Manus

Writing a blog can be a powerful learning tool, it can promote critical and analytical thinking, both with regard to your artistic process and to issues at stake in the wider world.

Nov 23 2009 | View Comments

8th Women Playwrights Conference in Mumbai

By Beverly Andrews

The conference beautifully illustrated theatre’s capacity to celebrate both liberty and tolerance (two of the themes for this year’s festival) and transcend cultural and religious divisions.

Nov 7 2009 | View Comments

A Practical Guide to Theatre and the Web: Introducing Social Media

By Sinead Mac Manus

One of the main reasons why you might use social media tools is that the entry barriers are low, both technologically and financially.

Oct 31 2009 | View Comments

A Practical Guide to Theatre and the Web: WordPress (Part 2 of 2)

By Sinead Mac Manus

In part 2 of her practical guide to website building with WordPress, Sinead Mac Manus covers design and functionality to achieve a unique look and feel to your new site’s design.

Oct 1 2009 | View Comments

Scratch Festival

By Matt Boothman

Battersea Arts Centre’s Scratch nights have always been about risk-taking and experimentation, and with Freshly Scratched – one of the two parallel programmes in this year’s Scratch Festival – the…

Sep 20 2009 | View Comments

Practical Guide to Theatre and the Web: WordPress (Part 1 of 2)

By Sinead Mac Manus

In part 1 of her practical guide to theatre and the Web, Sinead Mac Manus shows you how to set up a site at little cost using the ever-popular WordPress content management system.

Aug 29 2009 | View Comments