News Theatremousie? 5 March 2010 With the news yesterday that London’s theatres have a higher mouse population than Disneyland, it’s a wonder the theatres aren’t playing to this new market. “The Mousetrap” probably won’t be a draw except for rodent horror fans, but “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” should prove a hit comedy, while “See How They Run” and […] Read more »
News More Theatremonkey Publicity 2 March 2010 Journalistic coverage seems to be rather like buses. Nothing for ages, then two come at once! Anyway, this weekend the website (of which the book is of course, the offspring) managed two mentions. The first in “The Observer” newspaper sees John Hind note it as a great source of discounts. The second, rather interestingly, in […] Read more »
News Well, at least the book is doing OK 26 February 2010 It’s in both Foyles Royal Festival Hall and the National Theatre bookshop on the South Bank now, and another reader has given it a very kind review indeed on Amazon.co.uk in the last 24 hours. A discussion about West End theatre seating in the Independent newspaper also lead to a Mark Shenton “The Stage” blog […] Read more »
News Tips in print do work. 23 February 2010 And not just those in my book. Had a bout of hiccups at the weekend, and suddenly remembered (mid-hic) that I’d read somewhere that a teaspoonful of peanut butter would cure it. Having located the jar (incidentally marked “may contain nuts” – irony is not dead, though comedy has just hurled itself out of a […] Read more »
News Professional and Ordinary Views 19 February 2010 Was delighted today that one reader emailed to thank me for putting their name in the ’credits’ at the back of the book. Truthfully, as that page says, I couldn’t have done it without every single person listed there. Tying neatly into what I wrote on Tuesday – the opinions of ordinary theatregoers are what […] Read more »
News Democracy in Action 16 February 2010 Those who don’t choose to subscribe to the theory that awards are like haemorrhoids ( sooner or later every bum gets one) will have noticed that the Whatsonstage.com Awards took place last Sunday. What makes these unique – at least until the Society of London Theatre got in on the act this year – is […] Read more »
News More On This Weekend 12 February 2010 Since Tuesday’s posting, an email has flooded in. Well, about three. Who knew this blog had that many readers? Anyway, all were attempting to throw further light on the subject. As it turns out, the whole event in fact is in honour of St Valentine, the patron saint of restaurateurs, florists, greeting cards and chocolate […] Read more »
News Theatremonkey’s Book is a Perfect Gift 9 February 2010 Dropping into Clinton Cards yesterday for a birthday card, I was surprised to find it contained more hearts than a transplant clinic’s stock room; with a worrying number labelled ‘contaminated’ – there were “VD” stickers everywhere. Apparently, according to a sniggering assistant, there is a traditional gift-giving event taking place this weekend, and the cardiac / GUM […] Read more »
News Reader’s Digest on Theatremonkey Book 4 February 2010 As one regular reader of this blog will remind the other, back in September 2009 I did an interview for “Reader’s Digest” Magazine, about both the book and the website it was based on. The article appeared in their December 2009 edition, and today I’m delighted to say they have very kindly given permission for […] Read more »
News Theatremonkey book “Price Checked” at Waterstone’s 2 February 2010 I assume there is an apostrophe in the name? Not sure what it means, but the page now sports a snazzy red sticker that says they’ve compared the price with other sources; and are confident that is the price they wish to be selling it at… or whatever… didn’t read the pop-up that closely… Maybe […] Read more »