Welcome
I’ve been championing theatre, online and offline, for more than 20 years. 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.
Since 2014, in addition to my activities 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 is a portal for independent theatre journalists and bloggers.
Join me: ‘Legendary’ post-show Q&As
Chairing post-show Q&As and panel discussions that give unmissable insights to audiences is my favourite thing to do. Upcoming events include: in the West End, the hotly anticipated revival of Peter Nichols‘ A Day in the Death of Joe Egg; brand-new plays like The Crown Dual and At Last; the European premiere of acclaimed Off-Broadway musical Queen of the Mist; stellar musical revival Cabaret; new takes on classics like Robert Louis Stevenson‘s Jekyll & Hyde and David Hare‘s The Permanent Way; and a weekend at HighTide Festival with legendary director Deborah Warner. More events added every week.
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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
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
Q&A photos: Caught in the grey zone with Actually‘s stars and director
12 August 2019 | 0 comments Can we ever really know what happened between two people behind closed doors? That's the question at the heart of Anna Zeigler's provocative new two-hander Actually, and one the company, audience and I grappled with after Friday's performance. One night.…
Q&A video and photos: Swapping worst date stories with Games for Lovers stars
8 August 2019 | 0 comments After last week's runaway success with The Girl on the Train post-show Q&A, director Anthony Banks and I had to squeeze in another one together to his second current hit, Games for Lovers - which also meant I got to return…
The Time Of Our Lies Q&A video and photos: Did historian Howard Zinn predict our era of Trump & #fakenews?
7 August 2019 | 0 comments A quick show of hands at last night's Q&A at the Park Theatre bore out my suspicion: most people, even left-leaning people, have not heard of Howard Zinn. Like those in the audience, before this show, I counted myself amongst…
The View Upstairs video and photos: What happened in New Orleans on 24 June 1973? Why should we remember?
4 August 2019 | 0 comments I had just enough time to wipe away my tears - I was sobbing - at the end of The View Upstairs before jumping up after the curtain call to announce this post-show Q&A at Soho Theatre. My family are from…
Q&A video and photos: Discussing Paula Hawkins’ hit thriller The Girl on the Train with Samantha Womack and cast
2 August 2019 | 0 comments What is it about a great whodunnit thriller? What makes us keep turning the page? How does that inquisitive excitement translate onstage? As modern thrillers go, they don't get much more successful than Paula Hawkins' The Girl On the Train.…
Q&A video and photos: Do you know How to Save the World through Chekhov?
1 August 2019 | 0 comments I'm a firm believer that one of the best means of ensuring a long career is an ability to create your own work. Patrick Bayele has honed this skill very early on... and, after seeing what he's accomplished with his triple-threat professional…
Q&A video and photos: What happens when audience & cast are shipwrecked together in The Tempest?
29 July 2019 | 0 comments After chairing events for London transfers of Creation Theatre's The Pit and The Pendulum and Dracula, I was chuffed to be invited to see them on their 'home turf' in Oxford and host a post-show Q&A for their new gaming…
Q&A photos: Why was working on Peter Shaffer’s Equus so freeing for the cast?
24 July 2019 | 0 comments How many different ways can one play be interpreted? The company of Equus were very keen not to impose their opinions but the audience at last night's post-show Q&A at Trafalgar Studios had plenty of their own. Which were right? All of…
The Falcon’s Malteser Q&A video and photos: How to detect an Anthony Horowitz page-to-stage hit
22 July 2019 | 0 comments How did New Old Friends come to adapt Anthony Horowitz's 1986 children's novel The Falcon's Malteser into a hit family stage show? How has a new gender-equal, four-strong cast brought it to life for its London premiere? And what do…
