About Terri Paddock

"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.

My Waiting for God interview series: Leading lady Nichola McAuliffe
My Waiting for God interview series: Leading lady Nichola McAuliffe

My Waiting for God interview series: Leading lady Nichola McAuliffe

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:47:47+00:009 May 2017|

Nichola McAuliffe in Waiting for God. © Geraint Lewis I was recently hired

My Waiting for God interview series: Writer and creator Michael Aitkens
My Waiting for God interview series: Writer and creator Michael Aitkens

My Waiting for God interview series: Writer and creator Michael Aitkens

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:48:00+00:008 May 2017|

Michael Aitkens has adapted his hit TV sitcom for the stage I was

Q&A photos and podcast: Swinging Sixties-style with new musical Pete ‘n’ Keely
Q&A photos and podcast: Swinging Sixties-style with new musical Pete ‘n’ Keely

Q&A photos and podcast: Swinging Sixties-style with new musical Pete ‘n’ Keely

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T18:23:05+00:007 May 2017|

A string of hits, a cast of two, ‘Forever Plaid’ meets ‘I Do, I Do’. James Hindman's 2000 Off-Broadway musical two-hander Pete ‘n’ Keely gets its European premiere at Tristan Bates Theatre. The production, directed by Matthew Gould, stars David Bardsley and Katie Kerr as the titular stars in a primetime TV bust-up.

Q&A photos and podcast: Why has James Shirley’s The Cardinal been overlooked since the 17th century?
Q&A photos and podcast: Why has James Shirley’s The Cardinal been overlooked since the 17th century?

Q&A photos and podcast: Why has James Shirley’s The Cardinal been overlooked since the 17th century?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T18:31:24+00:003 May 2017|

James Shirley's 1641 tragic masterpiece The Cardinal, one of the last plays staged in England before Oliver Cromwell's ban on theatre, this month receives its first major production since the 17th century.

My theatre diary: Guards at the Taj, Junkyard, Waiting for God and Sea Fret
My theatre diary: Guards at the Taj, Junkyard, Waiting for God and Sea Fret

My theatre diary: Guards at the Taj, Junkyard, Waiting for God and Sea Fret

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:48:11+00:0024 April 2017|

Clockwise from top: Guards at the Taj, Sea Fret, Junkyard and Waiting for God.

Inspired by David Baddiel: My top ten most highly trolled tweets
Inspired by David Baddiel: My top ten most highly trolled tweets

Inspired by David Baddiel: My top ten most highly trolled tweets

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-08T09:50:57+00:0023 April 2017|

David Baddiel uses Twitter to guide his storytelling in My Family: Not the Sitcom

What if The Life characters met their peers in Guys & Dolls & 42nd Street?
What if The Life characters met their peers in Guys & Dolls & 42nd Street?

What if The Life characters met their peers in Guys & Dolls & 42nd Street?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:48:22+00:0016 April 2017|

The Life at Southwark Playhouse until 29 April 2017 One little postcode in

Photos, video & podcast: Creating a musical out of wartime prejudice in Miss Nightingale
Photos, video & podcast: Creating a musical out of wartime prejudice in Miss Nightingale

Photos, video & podcast: Creating a musical out of wartime prejudice in Miss Nightingale

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T18:38:52+00:0014 April 2017|

What a great way to get the Bank Holiday weekend off with a swing. Last night, I hosted a post-show Q&A at Miss Nightingale. This original British musical is now in its sixth iteration - musicals, as Sondheim says, aren't written but re-written - since starting life as a short piece in Ipswich and at the King's Head Theatre in 2011.