Hi Friend
Still enjoying the Christmas turkey left overs ?
Drinks cabinet stocked for the weekend ?
Well, it's that time of year where the news turns to a reflection
on the year behind us, and it's always fun to look back at a year
and see how much our own lives have changed and that of
others. So, I've been looking forward to the end of
2006 so that I can ponder, consider, think.......and then
plan what the next steps are for 2007.
This time last year, I knew where I wanted to take UK Theatre
Network but I had no idea how it was going to evolve. Getting the
BAFTA Red Carpet and National Theatre of Scotland exclusives,
helped to kick of the year with a bang and being the first to
distribute theatre to a podcast was equally exciting.
The next steps were to move to a subscription
service in March in order to help support some of the
additional production and development costs. It was a
difficult but worthwhile transition and it has
helped to significantly increase the traffic to the
site.
The site had been free for 5 years but it was destined to remain
low profile without funding. So, thanks to your support, I
was able to fund 3 different crews in Manchester, Edinburgh and
London in order to bring some of the top fringe acts to the web,
as well as taking out a full back page advert in The Stage to
further publicise the network.
So, here we are at the end of 2006, and theatre in
general has grown signficantly in profile both online
(MySpace and YouTube), on TV (The Play's The Thing
and Maria) and Film (History
Boys) and there's more to come in 2007. This can
only be good news for theatre as it takes the experience
into the homes of the nation and hopefully they will
want to experience more on the stages around the UK. I also
have plans in this space and I have already setup a business team
to help me tread through the difficult process of ensuring it is
as much a financial success as it is a great theatre experience
(press members may contact me for exclusives prior to the general
press launch in March).
In closing, may I thank everyone for continuing to visit the UK
Theatre Network in 2006 and spreading the word. I believe
collectively we are making a significant difference in
encouraging more people to watch theatre where they are and
providing inspiration and encouragement to new and developing
talent.
I wish you a Happy New Year to you and your family and I'll see
you in 2007.....on a stage or screen, near you ! :-)
Douglas
Editor@UKTheatre.Net
(see news headlines below)
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UK National
Theatre: January - April
2007
HULIQ, NC - 27 Dec 2006
The 17-week West End engagement follows the
production's second UK tour; prior
to that were two sell-out seasons at the National
Theatre, an international
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Review of the year: Culture
Independent, UK - 2 hours ago
... in the UK,
huge changes that strangely were little remarked
upon in England. North of the border, Scotland
opened its own National Theatre in
February. ...
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Sheringham Little Theatre
programme
North Norfolk News, UK - 28 Dec
2006
A stunning tango ensemble makes a welcome return to
the theatre on March 31. Tango
Siempre's Subitango! is performed by the
UK's leading tango dancers Marie
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