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"Queen of the post-show Q&A", Terri Paddock is a theatre influencer, panel moderator, event producer, and content and social media marketing strategist with over 20 years’ experience. She founded UK theatre websites WhatsOnStage.com, MyTheatreMates.com and StageFaves.com. She is also the author of two novels: Come Clean and Beware the Dwarfs.
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Am I Irish Yet? post-show video and photos: Irishness is Ireland’s greatest export ☘️

By |2023-09-27T20:12:13+01:0027 September 2023|Tags: , , , |

Dr Theatre came to the rescue at the White Bear Theatre for the London run of Am I Irish Yet?, the acclaimed one-woman show written and performed by Kate Kerrigan
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The Shatter Box post-show video and photos: The thrilling nature of torture and truth-telling

By |2023-09-27T15:41:25+01:008 September 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

How many post-show Q&As conclude with a discussion of worst-nightmare torture methods? A dark but hilarious first for me with my event at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre for The Shatter Box, the latest bold new play from resident company Proforca Theatre.
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The Way Old Friends Do post-show video and photos: The cast on ABBA, friendship and gender-swapping

By |2023-09-08T10:58:38+01:005 September 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

In my first West End post-show Q&A for The Way Old Friends Do last month, director Mark Gatiss was asked for his thoughts on the actors who bring to life his husband Ian Hallard's new comedy about the world's first ABBA drag tribute band. At the follow-up session last night, we got to hear what the cast thinks of Mark! 
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Dumbledore Is So Gay post-show photos: What was it like growing up queer under Section 28?

By |2023-09-05T20:23:33+01:0027 August 2023|Tags: , , , , |

In a note in the programme, Dumbledore Is So Gay author Robert Holtom admits that, while growing up in the UK in the Noughties, they could have never imagined writing the acclaimed queer coming-of-age comedy.
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The Way Old Friends Do post-show video and photos: Ian Hallard & Mark Gatiss on working together onstage & off

By |2023-08-27T19:59:19+01:0022 August 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

In the first of my post-show Q&As for the West End premiere of The Way Old Friends Do, with writer and star Ian Hallard and director Mark Gatiss, it felt like ABBA's Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid were with us in spirit.
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SHEWOLVES post-show video and photos: Can theatre for young people make real change?

By |2023-08-22T12:45:09+01:0028 June 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Teens were involved at every stage of the development of coming-of-age comedy SHEWOLVES. That was our jumping-off point for a wider discussion about theatre for, with and about young people.
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Under the Kundè Tree post-show video and photos: Why was Cameroon’s war of independence hidden?

By |2023-09-04T11:07:26+01:002 June 2023|Tags: , , , |

If you know next to nothing about the Cameroonian War of Independence, you are not alone. A quick poll of the audience at my post-show Q&A for Under the Kundè Tree proved that ignorance of the 1950s conflict is the norm - and intentional.
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Animal post-show video and photos: How to stage a play about not being able to w*nk

By |2023-07-26T11:20:51+01:0025 April 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Joshua Hepple is a hugely accomplished person. But, as he joked with me via WhatsApp, he received no major attention until he revealed publicly that, with his severe cerebral palsy, he can't wank himself. And then Jon Bradfield wrote a play about it.
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The Way Old Friends Do post-show video and photos: Celebrating ABBA, friendship and Paul O’Grady

By |2023-04-25T11:38:45+01:0030 March 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Following the news yesterday of Paul O'Grady's unexpected death, last night's performance of The Way Old Friends Do at London's Park Theatre was dedicated to the comedian and drag legend, whose voice opens the show.
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A Tailor for Ladies post-show video and photos: Are we excluding non-British talent?

By |2023-03-30T12:03:22+01:0013 March 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

If you think the life of a jobbing actor is hard and full of rejection - and it is - spare a thought for non-British actors trying to make their way in London theatre who may not even make it to audition stage purely because of their nationality or accent.
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