Exercise on Tour: Tips to Get You Moving
Whether you’re squeezed into a bunk, stuck in a windowless dressing room, or staring at a 15-minute gap between soundcheck
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Emergency Scenarios and Technical Errors
In this week’s edition, I’m continuing my discussion about show stops and emergency situations. Last week, I discussed how to
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Tips on Giving Feedback to Employees
Giving regular feedback can help stop small problems from escalating. Obviously, we would all like to be working in an
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Eating Well on Tour
Hectic schedules, lack of cooking facilities, lack of healthy options and no access to supermarkets can challenge even the most
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Post Tour Adjustment: Getting Back to Home Life
Sometimes when you’ve been in the ‘tour bubble’, coming home can be daunting. You may be facing a period of
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Embracing Darkness: A Journey Through Grief and Healing
Hey there. You haven’t heard from me in a while because I’ve stepped away and given myself permission to take
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Defining Stage Management Style
In this week’s edition, I am discussing the role we define for ourselves as a stage manager and nurturing a
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Why Theatre Still is, and Always Will Be, Important
Why is theatre still important? There are not many other environments where people come together – performing or watching –
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The Groundbreaking Feminine Power of Rock Icon Stevie Nicks
Queen of shawls and heartbreak, Stevie Nicks has been creating hits since the 1970s. As a pioneer of women in
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The Bridge Between Fear and Flow: Find Your Groove Again
Groove has always been the password on my iPad. I’d enter it every day before class began to access my
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The Art of Collaboration: Rethinking How Directors and Stage Managers Work Together
Some partnerships shape entire productions—but few are as vital, or as misunderstood, as the one between the director and the
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Trial and Error: Considerations in System Design from a FOH Engineer
Like most things in our industry, learning the behaviour of a sound system takes some trial and error. Understanding what
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Expat Life: The Hello / Goodbye
It’s 12:55 pm and you’re sitting in a busy café in Melbourne waiting to meet a friend. You are
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How the Assumptions You’re Making Are Shaping Your Life
Today I want to just kind of help you draw some awareness around something that might be holding you back.
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Kafka’s Traveling Doll: A Story About Letting Go
A little while ago I came across this short story, which has been attributed to Franz Kafka, and it really
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Aja M Jackson: Lighting the Numbers
Lighting designer Aja M Jackson gets candid about living modestly, building a cash cushion in a high-yield savings account, and
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Paradoxes In Vocal Editing
I tend to procrastinate recording vocals for my original songs because I get so worked up about recording my voice
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Breaking Free from Success Traps
I want to share a true story with you about one of my clients. I’ve changed the name for privacy.
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Richard Winkler: Focusing Lights on Broadway Producing
Broadway producer (and former lighting designer) Richard Winkler shares how he pivoted from a 35-year design career into producing, raised
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Finding a New Passion
Good Day, Old Friend, There comes a point—often sooner than we expect—when we realize we can’t do what we
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Navigating Noise Sensitivity in Audio
As an autistic person, I experience various sensory differences. I can’t cope with bright, flashing lights. I’m highly sensitive to
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