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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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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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The Walworth Farce post-show video and photos: The perfect play to open Southwark Playhouse’s new venue

By |2023-03-13T18:40:09+00:001 March 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Southwark Playhouse is my neighbourhood theatre. Over the past decade, I've chaired countless post-show talks at what was meant to be its temporary home on Newington Causeway, a three-minute walk turning left outside my front door.
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Winner’s Curse post-show video and photos: The art of negotiation with Clive Anderson

By |2023-03-01T19:21:44+00:0022 February 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

Negotiations seem to be in the news every day - which makes Winner's Curse, conceived by former diplomat and veteran of countless Middle East negotiations Daniel Taub, a highly topical piece. It's co-written by Dan Patterson and stars his long-time collaborator Clive Anderson.
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One Who Wants to Cross post-show video and photos: How is the truth about migrants misrepresented?

By |2023-02-22T15:34:42+00:009 February 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

A note in the programme for One Who Wants to Cross cites a sobering statistic: according to the 2020 IOM World Migration Report, the number of international migrants, as of June 2019, had reached almost 272 million.
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Hamlet post-show video and photos: What happens when you get rid of the adults?

By |2023-10-12T00:41:23+01:0027 January 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

How central are Gertrude, Claudius and Polonius to the story of Hamlet? If you remove those adult characters and the scenes that revolve around them, what are you left with?
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Life of Pi: Breathtaking puppetry and philosophy create stage magic

By |2022-12-30T20:03:21+00:0022 December 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Not long left to catch Life of Pi in the West End. If you possibly can, I recommend you beg, borrow or steal to get one of the last remaining tickets – or plan ahead now for the five-time Olivier Award-winning play’s 2023/24 tour.
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Wickies post-show video and photos: What happened to three vanished lighthouse keepers?

By |2023-01-29T17:23:02+00:0015 December 2022|Tags: , , , , , , |

One hundred and twenty-two years ago tonight, on 15 December 2000, three lighthouse keepers disappeared on the island of Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides. What happened to them?
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