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Indecent Proposal post-show video and photos: Hands up if you’d sleep with a stranger for $1 million
Indecent Proposal post-show video and photos: Hands up if you’d sleep with a stranger for $1 million

Indecent Proposal post-show video and photos: Hands up if you’d sleep with a stranger for $1 million

By Terri Paddock|2021-11-07T09:58:33+00:0029 October 2021|Tags: Ako Mitchell, Charlotte Westenra, Connor Going, Dylan Schlosberg, Indecent Proposal, Jacqui Dankworth, John Reddel, Lizzy Connolly, Michael Conley, Neil Marcus, New musicals, Norman Bowman, Screen-to-stage|

The big moral question at the heart of Indecent Proposal is: what are you willing to do for $1 million? More specifically: would you have sex for a stranger if they paid you $1 million?

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The Tragedy of Dorian Gray post-show video and photos: What would Oscar Wilde have made of the Swinging Sixties?
The Tragedy of Dorian Gray post-show video and photos: What would Oscar Wilde have made of the Swinging Sixties?

The Tragedy of Dorian Gray post-show video and photos: What would Oscar Wilde have made of the Swinging Sixties?

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-27T23:44:28+01:0024 October 2021|Tags: Blue Devil Productions, Christopher Sherwood, Dorian Gray, Drayton Arms Theatre, Maximus Polling, Oscar Wilde, Post-show Q&As, Ross Dinwiddy, The Tragedy of Dorian Gray|

The premise of The Picture of Dorian Gray has become so much a part of our culture that most people will recognise the reference even if they've never read Oscar Wilde's original 1890 novella or seen any of the myriad stage and screen adaptations since.

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Snowflakes post-show video and photos: Where could impotent online rage lead us?
Snowflakes post-show video and photos: Where could impotent online rage lead us?

Snowflakes post-show video and photos: Where could impotent online rage lead us?

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-24T19:43:15+01:002 October 2021|Tags: Dissident Theatre, Henry Davis, Mike Cottrell, Niamh Finlay, Old Red Lion Theatre, Post-show Q&As, Robert Boulton, Snowflakes|

How far would you go to right a wrong? Robert Boulton's debut play Snowflakes explores how public outrage might spiral into not just violent vigilantism but also a digital goldrush.

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The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history
The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history

The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-02T14:46:05+01:0030 September 2021|Tags: Above the Stag Theatre, Charles Miller, Fenton Gray, Glenn Chandler, Kids Play, New musicals, The Good Scout, The Pleasure Garden|

Apart from it being a charming public park and one of my dog's favourite destinations for our daily walks, I have always been fascinated by history of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, near my home in south London.

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S&S Theatre: How an awards ceremony evolved into a production company
S&S Theatre: How an awards ceremony evolved into a production company

S&S Theatre: How an awards ceremony evolved into a production company

By Terri Paddock|2021-06-02T11:30:43+01:0020 April 2021|Tags: S&S Theatre Productions, Zoom Q&As|

Fans of new British musicals will be familiar with The S&S Award, the prize that set out to find and give a professional life to the country's best new unproduced musical. After years of sourcing and developing those rich seams of talent, the awards body is now evolving into S&S Theatre Productions.

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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Zoom Q&As: Writers, director and stars on switching to streaming
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Zoom Q&As: Writers, director and stars on switching to streaming

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Zoom Q&As: Writers, director and stars on switching to streaming

By Terri Paddock|2021-05-09T19:18:06+01:0027 February 2021|Tags: New writing, Stream Theatre, Terri Paddock events, Zoom Q&As|

New British musical The Sorcerer's Apprentice has been five years in the making and, like all new musicals, has overcome myriad obstacles. Covid threw down an additional hurdle shortly before it was due to premiere at London's Southwark Playhouse: another lockdown.

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Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts
Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts

Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts

By Terri Paddock|2021-06-02T11:30:53+01:0016 February 2021|Tags: CASES, New musicals, New writing, The Other Palace, Zoom Q&As|

In April 2020, I was due to chair a post-show Q&A at The Other Palace for new British musical CASES. Of course, that run was cancelled due to Covid, but when composer-lyricist Dominic Powell decided to give CASES a new lease of life by recording a studio album, he asked me back to chair a discussion via Zoom.

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Webinar video: Are you aware of the privacy risks during and after coronavirus?
Webinar video: Are you aware of the privacy risks during and after coronavirus?

Webinar video: Are you aware of the privacy risks during and after coronavirus?

By Terri Paddock|2021-05-03T17:42:33+01:007 May 2020|Tags: Coronavirus, Corporate events, Data privacy, Lockdown, Webinars|

My packed post-show Q&A schedule came to an abrupt halt in mid-March when theatres across London closed. But I'm adapting and learning to use my skills in new ways in lockdown - and so, I give you my professional webinar debut.

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Old Red Lion post-show video and photos: What do coronavirus closures mean to fringe theatre?
Old Red Lion post-show video and photos: What do coronavirus closures mean to fringe theatre?

Old Red Lion post-show video and photos: What do coronavirus closures mean to fringe theatre?

By Terri Paddock|2021-06-11T07:35:10+01:0018 March 2020|Tags: Coronavirus, New writing, Old Red Lion Theatre, Post-show Q&As, Simon Stephens, Terri Paddock events|

Tuesday 17 March 2020. One of the last theatre performances -for the foreseeable future - in the theatre capital of the world took place at London's Old Red Lion Theatre. A historic, sobering moment, one of many during the global coronavirus crisis.

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One Jewish Boy post-show video and photos: How to challenge stereotypes and reduce anti-semitism
One Jewish Boy post-show video and photos: How to challenge stereotypes and reduce anti-semitism

One Jewish Boy post-show video and photos: How to challenge stereotypes and reduce anti-semitism

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-15T20:12:13+00:0015 March 2020|Tags: Anti-semitism, New writing, One Jewish Boy, Post-show Q&As, Terri Paddock events, Trafalgar Studios|

The UK government's current coronavirus advice is that, with theatres, the show should still go on. I was certainly glad One Jewish Boy, British dramatist Stephen Laughton's brilliant play, written as a response to rising anti-semitism, did last night.

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