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The Albany Since 2017
11 September ’24
We're at The Albany summer 'garden' party. The weather was unkind but the entertainment and company were delightful.
Sun & Sea
For our July Cog Night we were excited for a collaboration between three of our clients. Emily gives her verdict.
Deptford's hub of culture and community
The Albany
R.A.P. Party 10th Anniversary Celebration
For our November Cog Night we enjoyed The Albany's livestream of R.A.P. Party. Kristina shares her summary of the evening.
Drawing the Line at The Albany
For our May Cog night we ventured around the corner to Deptford Lounge to see the award-winning show Drawing the Line. Emily gives her take on the evening.
6 August ’18
We're just pushed the big red launch button on a new website for The Albany in Deptford.
9 April ’18
Kate and Gavin from the Albany are in the studio to chat about designs for the Albany's website.
The Head Wrap Diaries at The Albany
Vicky Igbokwe’s Uchenna Dance brought their movement-based tales of West African heritage and English urban upbringing to our local venue, The Albany in Deptford. Michael tells us what he thought of the show (and thinks of the venue).
15 March ’18
The Albany team are in the studio to chat about how they use their ticketing system, Spektrix.
15 February ’18
Gavin Barlow and Kate Farrell are here, talking with anna about designs for The Albany's website.
16 November ’17
Michael and Anna are at The Albany, running workshops into the evening.
9 November ’17
Michael and Anna are at The Albany, in Deptford, running the first of three workshops with their different stakeholder groups.
2 October ’17
We're at The Albany is Deptford, chatting with Gavin Barlow and Kate Farrell about their need for a new website.
Until You Hear That Bell at The Albany
Through the timed 'rounds' on a boxing clock, Sean Mahoney tells the tale of his growth into adulthood. For our April Cog Night, we walked to Deptford to hear his story and soak in the atmosphere of the gym.
Belgrade Theatre Since 2019
A successful site, optimistically rebranded
Belgrade Theatre 2024
28 February ’24
Belgrade Theatre's brand new website is live!
Oh yes we did – moving panto online
We helped theatres across the country stream their 2020 pantos online during local lockdowns.
Placing theatre centre-stage in the City of Culture
Belgrade Theatre 2020
8 April ’20
We've launched a new site for Belgrade Theatre – we couldn't quite give it the fanfare it deserved but we tried with home-made confetti.
21 February ’20
The lovely people from Belgrade Theatre have travelled from Coventry to see us (and get training on their wonderful new website).
13 December ’19
Nicola, Ray and Emma from the Belgrade came in to see how the website designs are taking shape
21 November ’19
On Love Theatre Day Jen, Anna and Claire are meeting the team at the Belgrade Theatre.
17 October ’19
We're in Coventry, running a web workshop with the lovely team at Belgrade Theatre.
10 October ’19
We're in Coventry for a kick-off meeting with new clients – Belgrade Theatre.
Derby Theatre Since 2022
6 May ’22
Nick is spending his birthday with an evening visit to Derby Theatre for a show.
12 August ’21
Anna, Nick and Michael are in Derby, meeting their team and chatting about websites.
14 June ’21
We had a great morning with the enthusiastic Derby Theatre team. There were surprisingly few cats.
Floral Pavilion Since 2023
5 March ’24
A virtual red button press to launch Floral Pavillion's gorgeous new site.
3 July ’23
Nick, Nazma and Emma are in New Brighton running a workshop for Floral Pavilion, with the glorious backdrop of the river Mersey.
Graeae Theatre Company Since 2016
8 November ’23
We've launched Graeae's new website!
23 August ’23
Spencer's been training the Graeae team on their shiny new website... Watch this space.
11 April ’23
Spencer and Emma dropped by Graeae to chat through wireframes and design development.
8 December ’22
Liam from Graeae is here to talk about a new website project.
12 December ’16
Sæunn's ready to launch the beautiful new Graeae website ... happy days!! We're really proud of all the work that's gone into this.
16 November ’16
The lovely people of Graeae are here to chat about their website.
3 August ’16
We're at Graeae's London 2012 Paralympics panel event at the National Theatre. The discussion centred around the impact of the opening ceremony, Spasticus Autisticus.
14 July ’16
Michael met an old foe tonight. He and Matt were at Graeae for a dress rehearsal of their joyous Reasons To Be Cheerful show.
6 July ’16
Today, Sam and Matt are running a workshop is with the lovely people at Graeae Theatre Company.
Gulbenkian Arts Centre Since 2016
29 September ’21
Michael and Anna are in Canterbury, visiting Dave at The Gulbenkian.
1 October ’19
Lucy went down to Canterbury recently to visit the team at Gulbenkian.
13 November ’17
Michael's back in Canterbury, chatting websites with The Gulbenkian team.
16 October ’17
We're in Canterbury, visiting Dave and Jesse at the Gulbenkian.
30 May ’17
Dave and Jess, from The Gulbenkian, are here for training in their new website's content management system.
3 November ’16
Sam, Sæunn and Michael are in Canterbury, running a communications workshop at Gulbenkian.
Lakeside Arts Since 2023
12 March ’24
Nick was with the team at the gorgeous Lakeside Arts to provide training for their brand new website.
7 December ’23
Lakeside getting up close and personal with the designs for their new website.
16 June ’23
Justin, Nazma and Spencer made a trip to Nottingham to see the lovely people at Lakeside Arts.
Landmark Theatres Since 2020
25 November ’24
Nick spent some time with the lovely team at Landmark Theatres in Peterborough to kick off their website refresh project.
8 June ’21
Alex had some help from Harris the puppy to launch our latest site for the team at Selladoor.
18 May ’21
We're pressing the go live button on the first of a few sites for Selladoor. It's our first site launch from the studio in quite some time.
19 October ’20
We're chatting to Sam from Selladoor (over Zoom) about projects old and new.
Lock-down breakfast briefings
Ed takes a look back at our summer of Zoom breakfast briefings.
6 August ’20
We chatted with Sam from Selladoor about plans for social distancing at their venues.
17 February ’20
Jen's doing more CMS training today: this time for Sam from Selladoor.
9 December ’19
Sam form Selladoor was here to go through designs.
27 November ’19
After a design catch up with the team, Sam from Selladoor is working from the studio. This is his serious face.
15 October ’19
Sam from Selladoor dropped by to discuss wireframes over tea and biscuits
26 June ’19
The team from Selladoor are in the studio for a workshop.
Leeds Playhouse Since 2022
3 January ’24
Nazma ticked off another client in her unofficial "Cog client tour" with a visit to Leeds Playhouse.
20 October ’23
Nick headed over to Leeds Playhouse to catch Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing.
13 July ’23
Day one of the AMA conference at Leeds Playhouse. The Cog team, getting a 'photo with the band', the keynote speakers Kully Thiarai and the Leeds 5 (female cultural leaders of colour).
Leicester Square Theatre Since 2022
19 September ’23
Today's focus is on our first big-on-sale via Leicester Square Theatre's new website. It went like clockwork.
RHLSTP (Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre podcast)
Rounding off an eventful discussion day, we took a trip to Leicester Square Theatre for this month’s Cog Night. Laura and Spencer share their thoughts.
27 January ’23
Laura's got a new very helpful WFH colleague.
10 January ’23
The lovely team from Leicester Square Theatre made the boat trip to see us (and initial work on a new brand and website).
6 January ’23
Spencer and Michael spent a fascinating hour with Martin Witts (and Tom McGreggor), learning all about the theatre and its remarkable history.
19 December ’22
We're at Leicester Square Theatre for A Pissedmas Carol.
29 November ’22
Michael and Spencer have been running a communications workshop with the lovely team at Leicester Square Theatre.
LIFT Since 2021
Bat Night Market at Science Gallery London (LIFT)
Alex gives his take on our June Cog Night, a LIFT event, taking us on a time travelling culinary journey to a (complicated) future without bats.
11 June ’24
June's Cog Night transported us to the Bat Night Market, part of LIFT.
10 June ’24
Nazma spent an afternoon volunteering for LIFT at the Southbank Centre.
22 June ’23
Nazma ran a Google Ads Training session for the team at LIFT today.
Sun & Sea
For our July Cog Night we were excited for a collaboration between three of our clients. Emily gives her verdict.
8 July ’22
We visited The Albany to see Sun & Sea by LIFT festival for our Cog Night.
12 May ’22
Today we had Kris Nelson join our Breakfast Briefing to talk us through how he made his journey to LIFT Festival from Canada via Dublin.
4 April ’22
In preparation for tomorrow's big on-sale date, Alex has launched a holding page for the new LIFT site.
1 March ’22
Training day! Alex is talking LIFT through their new website and how to update their content.
East Wall: Storm the Tower at Tower of London
July's Cog Night was in the historic setting of the Tower of London. Seated in the moat we experienced the choreographic delights of East Wall: Storm the Tower, presented by Historic Royal Palaces and LIFT. Emily gives us her perspective.
Neil Bartlett’s Stella at LIFT Festival
The 'true' story of infamous Victorian socialite, Ernest Boulton AKA Stella, is given an emotionally driven yet enigmatic treatment in Neil Bartlett's new play. Melissa tells us what she thought.
Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker
45 minutes of complete but perfectly choreographed madness, this is the craziest performance you could possibly see.
9 June ’16
At her 2nd LIFT event of the week, Sam's been at the launch of Clare Patey's Empathy Museum, a collaboration between Artsadmin, LIFT and NOW Gallery.
28 August ’15
Is this Michael, being papped, emerging from a swanky Shoreditch Hotel? No, it's part of an immersive theatre piece from Dream Think Speak and LIFT Festival.
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts Since 2022
15 April ’24
Nick is in a blustery Poole to catch-up with the team at the Lighthouse.
23 November ’22
Nick pressed the red button and launched a new website for Lighthouse Performing Arts Centre in Poole.
26 April ’22
Today Michael and Nick were visiting the Lighthouse in Poole to kick their website project off with an audience focused workshop.
Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Since 2023
30 August ’23
Emma and Nick were in Liverpool today to kick off a website project for the lovely team at Everyman and Playhouse.
11 July ’23
Nick fulfilled a teenage dream, stepping on stage at Liverpool Everyman.
25 July ’18
Jack’s at the Everyman Playhouse Bistro for an evening of Jazz and dinner with fellow AMA conference attendees.
Lyric Since 2016
24 April ’24
Michael and Justin are at Lyric Hammersmith for the press night of Minority Report.
10 October ’23
Jo and Lily were at Lyric Hammersmith for The Empress press night.
15 April ’22
Michael's in Hammersmith for the press night of Mike Bartlett's Scandaltown at Lyric.
Bringing a terrifying classic back to the stage
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories at Lyric
For our April Cog night we headed to Lyric Hammersmith to see the highly anticipated return of Ghost Stories. Emily gives her chilling take on the evening.
28 March ’19
Jack, Anna and Michael are at the RSA, chatting with Dion and Amy, from Lyric Hammersmith.
26 October ’18
Jack and Ehti are catching up with the team at the Lyric about some changes to their site.
15 June ’18
Amy, from Lyric, is here to chat with Jack about their website.
22 January ’18
Jack and Tom are catching up with some of the Spektrix team to talk about a new project for Lyric, Hammersmith.
9 February ’17
We're back in Hammersmith, chatting websites with the lovely team at Lyric.
7 November ’16
Becca's at the Spektrix conference at Lyric Hammersmith today. It's a hive of ideas and networking, with exciting speakers from across the arts.
Shopping and F*cking at Lyric
October's Cog Night was the revival of Mark Ravenhill's shocking debut. Would this production at Lyric Hammersmith still have the power to offend? Matt gives us his opinions.
6 September ’16
Sam, Anna and Michael are in Hammersmith, at Lyric, kicking off their new website project with a staff workshop.
18 August ’16
Michael's in Hammersmith for a first meeting with new clients, Lyric. Catrin John gave him a tour of their amazing new building. And they couldn't resist having a quick walk through the stunning main auditorium.
4 November ’15
Sam's at the Spektrix conference, giving a 'lightening talk' about how to get the most from your agency. Here's the intimidating view from the stage at Lyric, Hammersmith.
Marlowe Theatre Since 2009
9 January ’24
Back at The Marlowe, chatting with Ben and the team about branding, brochures and websites.
Oh yes we did – moving panto online
We helped theatres across the country stream their 2020 pantos online during local lockdowns.
Giving The Marlowe presence and personality
The Marlowe branding
27 June ’19
Tonie's casting her eyes over the proofs for The Marlowe season brochure.
20 May ’19
Laxmi is having a look through the new Marlowe brochures we've designed.
3 December ’18
Michael and Jack are being given a tour of The Kit in Canterbury – their guides are John, Ben and Helene from The Marlowe.
5 July ’18
Jack’s having a look at The Marlowe’s new venue, The Kit, before meeting with their senior management team to talk about changes to their site.
14 June ’18
Jack and Michael are at The Marlowe, chatting about ways to make their website even better.
5 April ’18
Anna's received a delivery of the colourful Marlowe Summer season brochures that we've designed.
27 March ’18
Anna and Michael are in Canterbury, strolling by our favourite theatre.
20 March ’18
It's lunchtime. Jason and Helene are here, from The Marlowe, and Ben is here, from Spektrix. We're talking ticketing and how we can make the their site even better for audiences
2 August ’17
Anna is getting busy checking through the proofs for Marlowe Theatre's season brochure.
30 June ’17
We're in Canterbury, celebrating the success of the website we've built for The Marlowe. Ben and Helene kindly posed to recreate a photo from 2011.
19 April ’17
John, Helene and Ben from The Marlowe are here. Becca is guiding them through the backstage scenes of their new website.
29 March ’17
Michael's at The Marlowe. His visit coincided with a photoshoot of the auditorium. He found himself on the set of Ray Cooney's Out of Order, with Helene and photographer Tim Stubbings.
15 March ’17
We're at Spektrix, with The Marlowe team, talking purchase paths and event instances.
15 February ’17
Jack, Becca and Michael are back in Canterbury. They're presenting website designs to the whole team at The Marlowe.
7 February ’17
Michael, Matt and Jack are in Canterbury, presenting initial website concepts to our friends at The Marlowe.
11 January ’17
We've taken some time out to chat about a big new commission for The Marlowe.
5 January ’17
In a brief gap between a long day of meetings, Michael's staked his claim on a quiet corner of The Green Room, at The Marlowe, in Canterbury.
13 December ’16
Michael, Becca and Anna are in Canterbury, running a communications workshop with the lovely people from The Marlowe.
17 October ’16
Anna's received the full set of Marlowe Autumn brochures.
17 May ’16
Michael and Anna are at The Marlowe in Canterbury. Here's Anna being given a tour of their wonderful, aisle free, theatre by Kate Evans and John Baker.
8 February ’16
Jenny's donned the headset. It must be time to take detailed amends for the latest season brochure for The Marlowe.
2 December ’15
Michael and Jenny are in Canterbury, chatting with The Marlowe team – Kate, John, Helene and Ben.
13 November ’15
Jenny has just received the new Studio brochures in the post from The Marlowe Theatre. She's blown way by the neon colour.
12 October ’15
It's fluoro-day, the day when Jenny gets to choose the colour for the next Studio brochure for The Marlowe.
5 October ’15
Jenny's been taking amends for the next season brochure for The Marlowe Theatre. She's all smiles, one hour in.
20 August ’15
Michael and Jenny are in an epic meeting with most of the staff from The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury.
5 August ’15
The proofs have arrived and are being checked by Jenny, bringing the curtain down on another round of season brochures for The Marlowe.
8 June ’15
Michael and Jenny are at The Marlowe in Canterbury, meeting with John and Kate to plan their next brochure.
12 March ’15
A surprise visit from The Marlowe's communications team. We went to Davy's for our first outdoor lunch of the year.
6 March ’15
Jenny and Michael are at The Marlowe, chatting about how to position their contemporary music offer.
2 October ’14
We've been at The Marlowe all day. Anti-clockwise from bottom left: John Baker, Helene Skoge, Mia Power, Sarah Munday, Ben Travis, Lucie Blockley, Amy Smith, oh and Michael.
28 August ’14
Ross is dazzled by our new issue of The Marlowe Theatre Studio brochure, printed in fluorescent (coincidentally Cog Green).
28 May ’14
Ocky and Michael are at the BFI cafe (one of our regular meeting points), talking to John Baker, from The Marlowe Theatre, about our new two year contract with them.
30 April ’14
Michael’s in Canterbury, taking photos of our branding work for The Green Room, the restaurant at The Marlowe Theatre. You can just about see him, reflected in the right hand window against the backdrop of the cathedral.
11 March ’14
Mike’s dazzled by our new issue of The Marlowe Theatre Studio brochure, printed in fluorescent.
27 January ’14
Ocky, loving the excuse to pop on a head-set, is on a lengthy phone call. He’s running through amends with the Marlowe team for their season brochure, which we produce with them 3 times a year.
5 December ’13
Our two new brochures for The Marlowe came in today. Ocky’s after some family fare in the main auditorium, whereas Mike’s looking for something more edgy in the Studio.
29 November ’13
Michael and Annelise have spent the day in Canterbury in back-to-back meetings at The Marlowe, including this gathering to talk about the interior design of their restaurant refurbishment.
15 October ’13
Greg’s checking proofs we’ve received of The Marlowe Theatre’s Spring Season brochure, which we’ve been working on for the past few weeks.
24 July ’13
Michael’s in Canterbury for the second day in a row. This time here’s there to talk to John Baker about their season brochure and membership magazine.
23 July ’13
Michael’s in Canterbury, running a workshop with The Marlowe Theatre team. There were some pretty intense discussions, fuelled by biscuits and sweets.
5 July ’13
Mike casts a critical eye over our design for the new brochure for The Marlowe Studio.
24 June ’13
Ross has been planning a summer of cultural events, aided by our new Marlowe Theatre brochure.
13 June ’13
Alan Bennett dropped in on us today, courtesy of the new cover of Spotlight magazine. Who knew he had such brawny hands?
18 April ’13
We’ve picked a copy of the The Marlowe Theatre’s summer season brochure which we’ve designed. Annelise is having a flick through before work begins on the autumn brochure next week.
2 April ’13
Dolly Parton made an appearance in the studio today, in the form of the front cover of our latest issue of Spotlight, The Marlowe Theatre’s membership magazine.
27 March ’13
Michael and Ocky are in Canterbury for a meeting at The Marlowe. Whilst in town, they popped by to see our branding and interpretation materials going up at Canterbury Roman Museum.
20 February ’13
Ocky’s been checking the proofs for the new Marlowe Friends Spotlight Magazine.
7 February ’13
Michael met with John and Paula, from the Marlowe, today. They were discussing ways to extend their hugely successful, award winning, brand.
11 January ’13
We’ve in Canterbury, visiting The Marlowe team and Jo at The Beaney. Here we are at the Marlowe, before sneaking into the matinée performance of Sleeping Beauty.
4 December ’12
Michael went to The Marlowe Theatre to watch their Sleeping Beauty panto, Here’s (some of) the Marlowe team, Ben Travis, Amy Smith, Sarah Munday, John Baker and Mia Power, having had post panto drinks.
9 October ’12
Ocky is poised and ready to go through amends with John Baker for the Marlowe Theatre brochure.
30 August ’12
John, Ben and Helene from the Marlowe have popped down to the studio for a catch-up, this time however, the panto van stayed in Canterbury.
21 August ’12
We’ve received our file copies for the latest edition of The Marlowe Friends membership magazine, Spotlight. This edition’s cover star is Gareth Gates, who is in panto at the Marlowe later in the year.
9 May ’12
Ocky and Michael are at the Southbank, meeting with John Baker from The Marlowe Theatre. Here’s John and Ocky ‘relaxing’ on deckchairs in front of the BFI.
1 May ’12
An unexpected surprise. We’d kind of forgotten that Ben Travis and Helene Skoge, from The Marlowe, were coming in. Luckily Ocky was well prepared.
10 April ’12
Our studio has been dominated by the design of the latest season brochure for The Marlowe Theatre, now it’s filled with printer’s proofs.
19 January ’12
Michael and Ocky spent the day in Canterbury with The Marlowe team - Ben Travis, John Baker and Helene Skoge.
6 December ’11
Michael’s been to the panto in Canterbury: press night at Cinderella. The Marlowe’s Ben and Helene kept him company.
4 October ’11
The Royal Gala opening of The Marlowe Theatre. Michael, Ocky, The Duke and Duchess of Kent and 1200 other people were there to celebrate.
26 August ’11
Delivery of the new season brochures for The Marlowe Theatre.
18 August ’11
Michael received this lovely invite to The Marlowe’s gala opening, featuring the logo we designed, many months ago.
16 August ’11
John and Mike, checking every detail of the season brochure for The Marlowe Theatre, a 56pg publication.
11 August ’11
Proofs, proofs and more proofs. John and Ocky and surrounded by sheets from The Marlowe's brochure and magazine.
1 August ’11
Longest phone call ever! John taking type corrections (from The Marlowe Theatre), over the phone, for almost 2hrs.
Nottingham Playhouse Since 2020
28 March ’24
Nick was at Nottingham Playhouse to watch The Children. It had him on the edge of his seat.
29 February ’24
Nick was at Nottingham Playhouse to catch the eagerly anticipated production of Minority Report.
5 December ’23
Nick kicked off his Christmas season with a trip to Nottingham Playhouse to catch their production of Cinderella.
Oh yes we did – moving panto online
We helped theatres across the country stream their 2020 pantos online during local lockdowns.
Producing for the producers, in a global pandemic
Nottingham Playhouse
26 November ’20
Breakfast briefing with the lovely Jo Sigsworth, telling us about the Unlocked season at Nottingham Playhouse.
Bubble at Nottingham Playhouse
For our October Cog Night we watched a live-stream of James Graham's play about the Covid-19 pandemic. Ed shares his account of the evening.
25 September ’20
It's launch day again! We've just put a new website for the Nottingham Playhouse live.
14 July ’20
Jen has been training the lovely Nottingham Playhouse team on their new site.
Rich Mix Since 2018
29 January ’21
Anna had a socially distanced tour of the Rich Mix building today.
An eclectic multi-space arts venue and cinema
Rich Mix website
Culture for a changing city
Rich Mix branding
Happy 28th Cog
To help us celebrate our 28th we’ve thrown a party at Rich Mix for our clients, friends and family. Chief party organiser, Emily gives her take on the evening.
4 October ’18
Anna and Michael are at Rich Mix for the launch of their new season (and branding and website). They took a lot of photos of the lovely new signage.
11 September ’18
The Rich Mix team are here to learn more about the ways their new website is going to make the venue even better than it already is.
3 September ’18
Anna’s been meeting with the two Jens at Rich Mix this afternoon.
20 August ’18
The Rich Mix Jens are here to talk about their new site.
19 July ’18
Drama in venue one at Rich Mix as Jack and Anna prepare to share some initial website concepts with Jen and Eddie.
22 June ’18
It's workshop day at Rich Mix. Michael and Anna worked with a big group of enthusiastic staff, in Venue 1.
18 June ’18
Jack and Michael are visiting our new clients, Rich Mix. They're in the board room, chatting with Eddie Berg and Jen Bartle.
6 June ’18
Jack and Michael are meeting with Jen at Rick Mix for a kick-off meeting about a new website.
Time Share at Rich Mix
The Cog team went to the Rich Mix to watch the UK premiere of Time Share as part of the East End Film Festival.
18 April ’18
Cog Night – we're at Rich Mix to see the film, Timeshare.
Royal Exchange Theatre Since 2020
Telling amazing stories in the round
Royal Exchange Theatre
15 February ’24
Nazma was at The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester for a packed press night for Shed: Exploded View
21 September ’23
After an exciting session on Google Analytics, Nazma posed for a staircase selfie with Vicky and Paula at Royal Exchange Theatre.
14 September ’23
Lat night Nazma had a lovely time at the Royal Exchange in Manchester for the Great Expectations press night.
21 July ’23
Royal Exchange Theatre's new site is live!
2 June ’23
Nazma got in early doors to nab the best banquette seat for No Pay? No Way! at Royal Exchange Theatre.
28 March ’23
Today we had the lovely team from the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester down to our studio for a design meeting.
3 November ’22
Nick, Emma and Anna met the Royal Exchange team in Manchester for a workshop.
3 December ’21
Emma travelled to Manchester on Friday and spotted a festive looking Royal Exchange Theatre
Shakespeare North Playhouse Since 2021
8 December ’23
Nick extended his trip in the northwest and popped into Shakespeare North Playhouse to have a catchup with our client, Nathan. Here’s Shakespeare getting into the Christmas spirit.
12 December ’22
Nick took a trip to Prescot to see a Christmas show at the amazing Shakespeare North Playhouse.
Placing the bard's rebellious spirit in Merseyside
Shakespeare North Playhouse
9 November ’21
Nick is back up to see the Shakespeare North Playhouse for a project meeting. Cheers to Shakespeare.
5 November ’21
Anna, Nick & Michael visited the brand new Shakespeare North Playhouse today. Here they are donning their protective gear for a site visit.
Sherman Theatre Since 2021
19 October ’22
Michael's in Cardiff to see the excellent new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Sherman Theatre. He chatted with Ed Newsome and Julia Barry at the post show reception.
9 March ’22
More print has arrived! This time it’s for the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff
29 April ’21
Wonderful workshop in Wales (well, via Zoom).
Soho Theatre Since 2018
Boys on the Verge of Tears at Soho Theatre
Peeling back layers of masculine vulnerability, The Cog Team visited regular haunt Soho Theatre to see a new play for our April Cog Night.
1 May ’24
Nazma spent some time with the Soho Theatre team this morning running a GA4 training session
CAttS at Soho Theatre
May's Cog Night took us to see Frankie Thompson's CAttS, Justin gives us his thoughts and sings thanks for the meowmories!
18 May ’23
Our third launch date in a row, Soho Theatre is live.
3 May ’23
Frankie Thompson's CAttS at Soho Theatre was bonkers but brilliant Cog Night.
Alfie Brown: Sensitive Man 2.0 at Soho Theatre
Our February Cog night saw us back at Soho Theatre, for an evening of introspective stand-up comedy. Nick shares his thoughts.
9 January ’23
Nick and Spencer were at the Soho Theatre offices ready to train them how to use their brand new website.
11 July ’22
Anna popped into Soho Theatre, where the bar was decorated for Pride.
7 April ’22
Anna and Michael are in the Soho Theatre bar, Peter is sketching out the floor plan for their new Walthamstow venue.
Queens of Sheba at Soho Theatre
For our Cog Night we were back at Soho Theatre, catching the award-winning and Edinburgh Fringe favourite Queens of Sheba.
21 February ’22
For this month's Cog Night we're back at the Soho Theatre to catch the Queens of Sheba
Rob Auton at Soho Theatre
For our August Cog Night, we enjoyed ‘Rob Auton: The Time Show’ at Soho Theatre. Nick gives his take on this funny and thoughtful evening.
1 September ’21
Alex has framed the print he bought at our Cog Night to see Rob Auton at Soho Theatre
Soho Social: Mae Martin
Our April Cog Night was an intimate evening with Mae Martin, via Zoom. A chance to watch their Soho Theatre stand-up show 'Us', and an opportunity for us to chat with Mae afterwards. Ed gives his thoughts.
12 November ’20
Jen has just put live a new online checkout for Soho Theatre.
Navigating London’s busiest venue, online
Soho Theatre
2 May ’19
Fleabag has dominated our day. Alex has been looking after Soho Theatre's site and the many thousands of visitors who have rushed to buy West End tickets for the show in August.
Flight of the Conchords at Soho Theatre
When stars of successful TV shows come back after 10 years it's hard not to be cynical.... Would the Flight of the Conchords be making a welcome comeback or cold hard cash-in?
25 January ’18
Becca, Jack and Michael are at Soho Theatre, meeting with Peter and James, celebrating the success of their new website.
27 October ’17
Michael and Ryan are at Soho Theatre for the day, filming clips for their new site. Their team are playing their roles – ticket buyer (Associate Director, Charlotte Bennett) and Sales & Box Office Manager (James Bush)
19 September ’17
Michael's being given a tour of the quirky backstage areas at Soho Theatre. Here are Paul and James in Jess de Wahls's hairdressing room.
22 May ’17
Admiring their work, Anna and Jack take some time out to look at the designs for a new Soho Theatre website, coming soon.
5 May ’17
Peter and James, from Soho Theatre, are here to 'discuss design' for their new website.
17 March ’17
Michael, Jack and Anna were presenting website designs to Soho Theatre this afternoon. So they relocated this week's gin round to the bar.
24 February ’17
A busy day in the studio. Website training with Contact in the meeting room, design presentation with Soho Theatre in the creative room.
8 February ’17
We're running a website workshop at Soho Theatre. Whilst the others were preoccupied, Michael jumped up on the stage to take this photo.
3 February ’17
Michael and Jack are at Spektrix, talking ticketing with our new clients Peter and James from Soho Theatre.
Richard Gadd at Soho Theatre
January's Cog Night was another outing to Soho Theatre, this time to see Richard Gadd's very personal show, Monkey See, Monkey Do. Dan manned-up to review it [with spoiler alerts].
19 January ’17
We're at Soho Theatre for our January Cog Night, that's Richard Gadd peering over our shoulders.
Wilting in Reverse at Soho Theatre
An absurd, surreal and fascinating story delivered through speech, song and dance. A brilliant performance that has you laughing one minute and crying the next.
23 August ’16
For our August Cog Night we're off to see Stuart Bowden's 'Wilting in Reverse' at Soho Theatre: "vigorous dance moves, understandable words and a fair bit of profound (probably life-changing) body movement".
Bears in Space at Soho Theatre
The best thing about Cog nights is that you get to see or do something which you wouldn’t usually choose yourself. So, when a puppet play called ‘Bears in Space’ was suggested, everyone jumped at the chance to see something a bit out of the ordinary.
13 April ’15
Taking advantage of Michael's UK Theatre membership, he and Becca have booked a booth in their 'members' bar' at Soho Theatre. Here's Becca and conductor, Peter Manning talking about the designs for Peter's website.
An Oak Tree at Soho Theatre
Tim Crouch is masterful in this two-person play where only he has previously read the script.
Theatre by the Lake Since 2020
31 August ’23
It s a lovely sunny afternoon and Nazma's client venue tour continues with a visit to Theatre by the Lake.
14 October ’20
Anna is presenting our first designs for a new website for Theatre by the Lake. Everyone seems happy.
29 September ’20
Day 2 of Michael and Anna's Discovery meetings with Theatre by the Lake team in Kewsick. Good social distancing everyone.
28 September ’20
Michael and Anna are in Keswick, running a communications workshop with Rachel Swift and the team at Theatre by the Lake.
Theatre Hullabaloo Since 2017
Theatre with children at the heart
Theatre Hullabaloo
15 November ’17
It's handover day for the Hullabaloo website. Kimberley and Laura are here for a training session with Tom.
25 October ’17
Our studio is full of enthusiastic kids getting photographed for Theatre Hullabaloo's new website.
5 October ’17
Jack was up in Darlington to see Laura and Kimberley at Theatre Hullabaloo about their new website.
9 August ’17
Dan, Jack and Michael are in Darlington for a workshop with the Theatre Hullabaloo team, with special guest Rebecca from the Darlington Hippodrome.
26 July ’17
Jack's with Laura and Kimberley from Theatre Hullabaloo at the Spektrix 'Ginterval' drinks.
21 July ’17
Michael and Jack are in Darlington for the website kick-off Hullabaloo. The new venue is nearly finished.
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