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Curtain Down, Phone Out: What Really Happens When They Scan the Programme

Curtain Down, Phone Out: What Really Happens When They Scan the Programme

A QR code looks like the tidy little bow on a marketing plan. In practice, it is a doorway with a draught. Here is the audience journey from curtain-down curiosity to mailing-list sign-up, plus the consent, privacy and link-rot bits that get forgotten between the printer and the interval.

Playing to the Pavement: A Shopfront Theatre Diary

Playing to the Pavement: A Shopfront Theatre Diary

This year I helped turn an empty retail unit on a UK high street into a tiny theatre for a 2026 show. Here is what the permissions, the clip lights, the curious shoppers and the awkward silences taught me about making performance visible.

Parish Rooms and Pay-What-You-Can: Notes From a Village Hall Tour

Parish Rooms and Pay-What-You-Can: Notes From a Village Hall Tour

I've spent this year loading a one-person show into parish rooms with badminton lines on the floor and a kettle that takes eleven minutes to boil. Here's why village halls have quietly become the most interesting rooms in the country, plus a practical checklist for anyone thinking of joining me.