Welcome
I’ve been championing theatre, online and offline, for more than 20 years – and am as passionate about it as ever.
For over 16 years, I was the driving force behind the British theatre website, WhatsOnStage.com, and the WhatsOnStage Awards. I co-founded the company and oversaw its editorial content, branding and events until December 2013.
Since then, in addition to blogging and tweeting here, I’ve launched two new, media businesses: StageFaves.com is a pioneering social media directory and fanbase-building platform for musical theatre; and MyTheatreMates.com, co-founded with fellow commentator Mark Shenton, is a portal for independent theatre journalists and bloggers, as well as home of the Also Recognised Awards.
Hire me: Off-the-shelf services
I love working with organisations to promote theatre through events, content marketing and social media. I have a range of affordable, off-the-shelf services for potential clients, listed below. I am also available to provide content strategy and consultancy on larger projects, and comment on wider theatre matters. Please do get in touch if you’d like to work with me.
Have a look at these packages:
- Event chairing – including post-show Q&As and panel debates
- Twitter masterclasses for shows and venues
- Twitter masterclasses for drama schools
NEW post-show Q&A: Wed 12 Dec
A dragon’s roar wakes Miranda into a fantastical lost world. Can she escape down the rabbit hole to find her way home? Jacky Ivimy‘s Dialektikon is a deliciously dark play of ideas, with 20th-century thinkers including RD Laing and Allen Ginsburg making appearances. Ex Nihilo Theatre’s founder, artist Adebayo Bolaji, directs. On Wednesday 12 December, I’ll talk to him and the company.
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NEW post-show Q&A: Sat 15 Dec
‘It’s the difference between getting it all.. and getting it all terribly wrong.’ After the film Killing Bono, Telegraph music critic Neil McCormick‘s memoir about his rock rivalry with childhood friend-turned-U2 frontman Bono, is adapted for the stage care of The Commitments‘ Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. After the matinee on Saturday 15 December at Soho Theatre, I’ll quiz the company of Chasing Bono.
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Testimonials
I’ve been following you on Twitter, and I’m so glad I found you. I’m an actor who finds it hard to keep up with all the various castings, season announcements, changes of personnel at theatres… and you do all the work for me, which is BRILLIANT. Also, on actorly ‘down’ days, it’s great to be reminded that there are people who are so genuinely enthusiastic about theatre out there.
I have enjoyed working with Terri for many years, on events around productions, as a journalist and a commentator. She is highly knowledgeable and perceptive, and a great champion of theatre.
Terri is a knowledgeable advocate for theatre in all its forms. Her enthusiasm for the medium is tireless and infectious. She has built an important bridge between the profession and the audience, and that work will continue successfully in various exciting new ways.
Recent blogs
Dialektikon Q&A video and photos: How much do you know about Stokely Carmichael? (And four other big thinkers)
13 December 2018 | 0 comments Author Jacky Ivimy was inspired to start writing Dialektikon after coming across film and transcripts from the Liberation of Dialectics Congress. At this two-week event, held at London's Roundhouse in 1967, some of the late 20th century's leading thinkers convened…
Hot Gay Time Machine Q&A video and photos: Celebrating birthdays, coming out and locker-room cocks
1 December 2018 | 0 comments You know you're at a different type of theatre experience when you find yourself singing along - loudly - about how much we all love looking at cocks in the locker room. (Even when you've never been in a cocker-room.)…
An Honourable Man Q&A video and photos: Has there ever been a more poisonous time in UK politics? (Insiders’ views)
22 November 2018 | 0 comments Populism, patriotism, political theatre, predictions for Brexit and the fast-paced nature of life-imitating-art-imitating-life were amongst the topics covered in an incredibly good-natured discussion across a wide partisan spectrum at the post-show debate I chaired on Wednesday night at the premiere…
Fanatical Q&A video and photos: How & when did sci-fi geekery became so cool?
21 November 2018 | 0 comments One of my favourite reviews of Fanatical, the new British musical currently receiving its world premiere season at London's Playground Theatre, opines: "It will remind you why you love whatever it is that you're a fan of". This warm, big-hearted,…
A Flea in Her Ear Q&A video and photos: From weekly workshops to a season of French comedies
18 November 2018 | 0 comments The Acting Gymnasium, founded by Gavin McAlinden, runs weekly creative performance workshops that help individuals develop their acting skills, build confidence, exercise their imagination, improve vocal techniques and... perform in a professional show. You can see the product of their…
Q&A video and photos: How to Catch a Krampus and celebrate the best of British drag
16 November 2018 | 0 comments How much do you know about the British tradition of drag? British drag artists are the "punks of performance", according to Ginger Johnson, who has written, directed, designed and performs in a show that brilliantly illustrates and celebrates this tradition. How…
The Pit & the Pendulum Q&A video and photos: Reimagining Edgar Allan Poe’s horror story with hijabs and headsets
14 November 2018 | 0 comments Edgar Allan Poe wrote the short story The Pit & the Pendulum in 1842, inspired by the idea of a political prisoner tormented during the Spanish Inquisition. In this new version, written and directed by Christopher York for Oxford-based site-specific specialists…
Looking for Gatsby Q&A video and photos: How does F Scott Fitzgerald’s story look from Daisy’s perspective?
13 November 2018 | 0 comments Swift but swinging! We had less than twenty minutes for last night's post-show Q&A for new musical Looking for Gatsby but - taking a leaf out of this incredible company's book - we made the most of it. It's amazing…
Yerma Q&A video and photos: What toll does the titanic title role take on an actress?
11 November 2018 | 0 comments Federico Garcia Lorca spent three months in Cuba in 1930 - six years before he was assassinated (aged just 38) by Franco nationalists in his native Spain. He fell in love with the Caribbean island nation and it with him.…
