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Theatre in the Digital Age

Commentary on the use of digital media and online creativity by Queensland theatre makers.

David Walters (Interview 27)

by Editor 31 December 2011

I’m conscious that this interview has been quite a while in the write-up. Of course, I have no one to blame but myself and the busy-ness of life since I sat down to talk with David Walters beside a cosy fire after a delicious dinner on the last day of July. However, I’m also going [...]

Dear Brisbane Theatre … Who’s the media?

by Editor 11 April 2011

As I write this, an Arts Queensland sponsored tech forum ‘LowFi’ is just finishing up in Brisbane. I was due to attend what was planned as a day-long gathering of speakers, workshops and quick conversations on digital media and its application in the arts. I couldn’t make it so I’ve been following the proceedings today [...]

QR Codes: bus-shelters, drink cans, awards ceremonies – fancy a bit of fun?

by Editor 7 March 2011

This post is something different – a little bit of social networking experimentation. Just say you were at an awards ceremony equipped with your smart phone but you don’t, for whatever reason, have a list of the nominees, and you wanted to be able to share the results as they were announced to those who [...]

Ready for some tweet-reviews?

by Editor 12 July 2010
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Talk about leading the pack! Greenroom wrote about this last November. We thought we’d strut our stuff and republish our comments from back then as La Boite Theatre encourages its audiences to tweet their reviews of I Love You Bro’ opening this week at the Roundhouse. No tweeting during the show now, unless of course [...]

Social Media and Theatre: it’s ROE not ROI that matters!

by Editor 22 June 2010

It’s return on engagement and not return on investment that Devon Smith‘s research shows is possibly the best way of considering social media and its current use by theatres in the United States.  I’m betting it’s much the same here.
Building audiences – which for many marketing managers equates to selling tickets – is really a [...]

World Theatre Day – #wtd10 and Dame Jude Does the Honours

by Editor 16 February 2010

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You’ve seen the teaser tweets (maybe), or perhaps you’ve heard about it, so here’s a heads-up that World Theatre Day 2010 is now just under 6 weeks away.  March 27 is the day on which theatre lovers around the world – companies, groups, and individuals – do something to celebrate or mark the [...]

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