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 UK premiere of The Starry Messenger, starring Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern, and the transfer of Peter Shaffer‘s Equus; new plays The Time of our Lies, Verity Bargate Award winner Citysong and Nina Simone-inspired Black Is the Color of My Voice; and new takes on classics like Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Robert Louis Stevenson‘s Jekyll & Hyde. 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
Vincent River Q&A video and photos: Tackling homophobia through talking and education
5 June 2019 | 0 comments Philip Ridley's Vincent River was premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 2000 and has been revived fairly regularly in the intervening years, including this production which was first seen at the Park Theatre last year and has now transferred to the West…
Q&A video and photos: How The Wardrobe Ensemble devised Education Education Education… to a 1990s soundtrack
4 June 2019 | 0 comments Remember D:Ream's "Things Can Only Get Better"? I was bopping along in my seat to that New Labour anthem and so many other chart-topping hits from my youth before curtain up at Education Education Education last night at Trafalgar Studios. The…
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery Q&A video and photos: Stealing more time with the mischief-makers
31 May 2019 | 0 comments I closed out #MischiefMay, celebrating the world-dominating achievements of the comedy masters at Mischief Theatre, with my second of two post-show Q&As to the company's two current West End hits. The Comedy About a Bank Robbery was the third West…
#MischiefMay: Celebrating 1,999 performances (sort of) with The Play That Goes Wrong‘s West End cast
24 May 2019 | 0 comments #MischiefMay is all about celebrating the world-dominating success of the comedy genius of Mischief Theatre onstage (running on all continents except Antarctica) and, increasingly, onscreen. I'm delighted to play a small part of this month's mischievous activities with back-to-back post-show…
Salome Q&A video and photos: What would the censor have made of this regendered version of Oscar Wilde’s play?
22 May 2019 | 0 comments After The Tempest and Lord of the Flies, my last of three post-show Q&As with Lazarus Theatre company for their 2019 season at Greenwich Theatre was last night to their new version of Oscar Wilde's Salome, adapted and directed (and designed!) by artistic…
Q&A photos and video: What would the late Michel Legrand think of this chamber version of his musical Amour?
15 May 2019 | 0 comments I'm in love with love... or more precisely with Amour, as in the lushly romantic Michel Legrand musical fantasy now receiving its UK professional premiere at Charing Cross Theatre. Amour is set in 1950 in post-war Paris where shy civil…
Q&A video and photos: Why is the Coronet the perfect home for The Glass Piano court tale?
9 May 2019 | 0 comments Visits to the Coronet Theatre, until last week known as The Print Room at the Coronet, make me miss the days when I lived in Notting Hill (or rather, near enough, Ladbroke Grove). Last week, I went to attend the…
Bromley Bedlam Bethlehem Q&A video and photos: How to turn traumatic family history into life-affirming drama
8 May 2019 | 0 comments Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week next week, Rachel Tookey's award-winning new play Bromley Bedlam Bethlehem receives its full-length premiere this week at the Old Red Lion Theatre. I got to speak to Rachel and her producer-sister Hannah about how…
The Reality Q&A video and photos: What’s the state of new Spanish playwriting?
6 May 2019 | 0 comments The Cervantes Theatre's headlines its third New Spanish Playwriting season with the full UK and English-language premiere of Denise Despeyroux's one-woman show The Reality, which had a dramatised reading at the theatre last year. Can you love the living like…
