AuthorsRecently I’ve seen a couple of forthcoming London shows – at somewhat opposite ends of the size scale – both do good, but very different, jobs of promoting their productions on social media. It can…
Scott Matthewman
Having been awarded the title of Best Political Blogger from The Guardian in 2004, Scott Matthewman now concentrates on writing about TV, radio and technology, all of which are far more contentious.
He is Online Editor and Digital Project Manager for The Stage, is a published author and photographer, and has acted as a judge for The Stage’s Musical Voice competition, the UK Songwriting Competition and, since 2011, has been a member of the Off Cut Festival Bloggers’ Choice judging panel.
An interactive record of the BBC’s “monument to confidence”
Google Street View? That’s nothing to do with the arts, surely? Well, yes and no. Celebrating its eighth birthday a week ago, the advent of Google Maps made it phenomenally easier to locate venues. Previous…
Downloads on the up
Earlier this week, Apple announced that its iTunes store had reached a milestone – the 25 billionth song downloaded from the service. It’s figures like that that help underline just how much digital delivery has…
Reputation matters when sourcing from the crowd
I’ve long been a fan of the website Theatremonkey, which provides a comprehensive summary of seat quality – from legroom to the view of the stage – thus allowing audiencegoers to decide whether it’s worth…
GIving bootlegs the boot
We’ve all heard the exhortations at the start of shows saying that the use of cameras and video equipment is strictly prohibited. Such warnings used to apply to only a minority of us, but as…
Learning to read what the iPad store has writ: Shakespeare goes mobile
Apple’s iOS store overflows with Shakespeare-related apps: which are the ones that stand out?
Credits where credits are due – online
As the issue of squeezing end credits of TV programmes makes headlines again, is the internet finally picking up the baton of informing us of the creatives involved in each show?
Digital Theatre could be an iTunes for live performance, from the Globe to the pub theatre
Could Digital Theatre’s move into distribution, as well as content creation, make internet sales lucrative for smaller venues?
Getting into the writing habit – with, or without, NaNoWriMo
If you’re using November to start a writing project, what technology is out there to help?
Hidden archive gems, and how to forge new ones
As Radio 4 prepares to release more speech output from its archives, isn’t it a shame there isn’t more access to old plays?
That’s app magic
Conjuring has gone digital, with a trio of magic apps available for the iPhone
Driving Miss Tracy
Tracy-Ann Oberman talks to Scott Matthewman about her new Radio 4 drama Rock and Doris and Elizabeth
Listen on the move with Radioplayer and iPlayer Radio
Two new iPhone radio apps have been released in the past week – how do they compare, and what are the alternatives?
Everything old is new again. But this time it’s got a hashtag
When Stuart Piper’s first regular Agent’s Take column for The Stage website went live on Wednesday, I thought it might provoke some response. And there was a little bit overnight – but when he linked…
Signposting from the virtual world to the real one
I know that it’s something of a risk talking about website design – and the pitfalls of not thinking design through – a mere 24 hours after The Stage has launched the latest stage of…
Anneke Wills: Gurney Slade, Anthony Newley and me
Later this month, surreal 1960 ATV comedy series The Strange World of Gurney Slade, conceived by and starring Anthony Newley, is issued on DVD for the first time. Actress Anneke Wills, who would go on to star in dramas include Doctor Who and Strange Report, had a guest role in two of the series’ episodes, but her relationship with Newley extended beyond the series. She talks to Scott Matthewman about the series and the effect it had on her life
The fire in Darvill’s belly
Best known as Rory Williams in Doctor Who, Arthur Darvill is swapping science fiction for Elizabethan drama, as he takes on a leading role in Doctor Faustus at Shakespeare’s Globe. He tells Scott Matthewman why he is excited to play a villain, but worried he might burn the theatre down
Olivier winner Roger Allam calls for cheaper theatre tickets in West End
Roger Allam, who won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Falstaff at Shakespeare’s Globe, has spoken out against the rising cost of tickets in the West End.
Musicals dominate at inaugural Off West End Awards
Musical theatre took the lion’s share of the prizes at the first Off West End Awards 2011, with seven going to productions in the genre.
Doctor Who’s Brigadier Nicholas Courtney dies
The actor Nicholas Courtney, best known for his portrayal of the Brigadier in Doctor Who, has died aged 81.
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