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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 25, 2016 13:13:02 GMT
I am now happily boycotting them
I never enjoyed the reviews and the awards are a joke
- just saying
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Post by DuchessConstance on Jan 25, 2016 13:25:30 GMT
What's the awards ceremony like to attend? Been offered a free ticket by my agent who says it will be "good for networking" but is it one of those dos where the peons are kept strictly segregated from the nominees? (Not that I care about meeting celebs, but I know a couple of the playwrights and directors nominated.)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2016 15:06:35 GMT
You might meet the CEO of TheaterMania. But no touching.
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Post by partytentdown on Jan 25, 2016 15:24:07 GMT
What's on who?
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Post by Snciole on Jan 25, 2016 15:30:50 GMT
Is there an alternative for theatre news/casting? It is the main reason I go there as I don't always read the emails from theatres.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 25, 2016 15:34:14 GMT
I always read West End Frame.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2016 15:37:28 GMT
OfficialLondonTheatre.co.uk catches up eventually but doesn't cover quite the same breadth as WhatsOnStage, so how useful it is depends on how much you like the fringe, I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2016 15:41:20 GMT
WhatsOnStage is good at covering most of the UK and it publishes its announcements promptly, often several hours before the same information is reported by The Stage, for example. WhatsOnStage has the added advantage that none of its contributors witter on and on about the minutiae of their personal travel to Barbados, etc.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 25, 2016 15:46:40 GMT
West End Frame is very good. It announces things quickly, offers reviews, interviews, despite the name doesn't just cover the West End but just Theatre in general.
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Post by theatremadness on Jan 25, 2016 16:00:05 GMT
I'd also throw my 'vote' towards WestEndFrame. Agree with all that andy614 has said above. Love them!
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Post by lordwebber on Jan 25, 2016 16:41:13 GMT
Agree with above, WOS gets news up quicker than most others. Wouldn't touch Stage with a bargepole, a certain Associate Editor creeps me out. Only been on West End Frame once, isn't it a blog run by one kid?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 25, 2016 17:59:41 GMT
Playbill is generally quicker than WOS although great for West End but so not good for the Bridlington Spa Theatre
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Post by DuchessConstance on Jan 25, 2016 18:21:43 GMT
I get all my theatre news from Twitter, the old forum, and more often than not friends texting me.
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Post by Stasia on Jan 26, 2016 7:41:41 GMT
WEF is very good. Loving the interviews they have!
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Post by Snciole on Jan 26, 2016 11:29:08 GMT
Thanks for the recommendations. West End Frame, plus Baz and you lot, meet my requirements.
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Post by Nelly on Jan 26, 2016 11:55:54 GMT
It was the moment I witnessed two well known members of WOS staff mocking Terri's new venture on twitter that I lost any respect I had left for them. I used to support the Awards in the early years but they got a bit ridiculous in the end.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 26, 2016 12:47:44 GMT
I get why people are being vindictive towards What's On Stage, as they pushed us under a bus.
What's On Stage is great for news and quick, some of the reviews can be laughable, but so can many other publications. I haven't looked at West End Frame yet but will, but What's On Stage is great, however I just now don't spend any money through them now and that is my protest.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 13:54:26 GMT
The Stage badly needs either an influx of new writing blood or a more demanding bunch of editors. Or possibly both.
And by 'new writing blood', I don't mean ditzy 20-something bloggers who think cursing every other word is cool. Or non-writers with axes to grind, writing meandering columns that make vast generalisations just so they can grind said latest axe.
You know what makes writing cool? Constructing a solid (and interesting) argument.
WOS, on the other hand, seems to have thrown in its lot with the Guardian's '10 best...'/'6 ways to..' type articles that frequently seem to be more for the casual theatregoer than regulars. It's pap - but at least they're not pretending otherwise.
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Post by dlevi on Feb 21, 2016 7:08:54 GMT
I go to WhatsOnstage for most of my info . Most of their reviewers are pretty good at evaluating what they've seen and I like the range of ages of their critics.
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Post by infofreako on Feb 21, 2016 9:15:30 GMT
West end frame predominantly for me but pick up info just as quickly from the old forum/here a lot of the time
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 21, 2016 9:35:38 GMT
West End Frame for me too, as i've said before. It's really as good as anywhere else and i like the fact it's not a great big website. He basically runs it on his own but does such a great job. (and WEF have been very supportive of us and helping promote us so extra bonus points)
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