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Twespians Event

Hosted by Whatsonstage.com deputy editor Andrew Girvan, the latest Twespians Fringe event brings PRs and journalists together with a panel discussion on ‘Theatre PR: Are we doing all we can?’

PR has been changing as an industry at the same rate that Twitter changes trending topics recently. Is theatre PR keeping up with the moving industry? We discus the good side and bad side of current theatre PR, where we can move forward and where we need to trim the fat in an industry that Lyn Gardner refers to as ‘criminally undervalued’.

The event combined a combination of questions from Andrew, the live audience and Twitter.

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You might wonder why it’s all quiet on the Western Front. By Western Front I mean my blog. On 19 July 2010 I took up the job of Acting Deputy Editor at Whatsonstage.com, the UK’s biggest theatre website. I can say without doubt that the reason I got the job was because of this blog, but I admit that should not be a reason for not giving it enough attention now.

The real reason that I haven’t been updating my blog as frequently as I would like is because I am spending all day blogging at the moment, writing news stories, reviews, gossip pieces, interviews, introductions for photo galleries and video stories. On top of that I am also editing and uploading reviews, features and interviews.

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