Clients
Working in arts and heritage our clients bring an infectious enthusiasm that inspires our best work.
We build long-term partnerships with the most exciting arts organisations in the UK (and North America).
Belgrade Theatre Since 2019
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
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.
Cast Since 2012
What’s in a name?
In 2013, after the success of our work for Cast, The Stage asked me to write an article about the process of naming a venue. Here's that article...
11 December ’13
Ocky’s been for a Christmas catch up at Cast in Doncaster, with Michael Kent from Tincan (sporting a santa-esque beard) and Oliver Eastwood from Cast.
30 September ’13
Michael’s reading an article in The Stage, which he’s written, about the naming of venues and how we came up with the name ‘Cast’ for the Doncaster’s newest performance venue.
5 September ’13
We’ve just received our copies of the Cast season brochure, which we designed. Along with the branding, we’ve done our bit to make sure the grand launch event this weekend goes with a bang.
11 July ’13
Ocky’s been ‘hanging out’ with Graham and Oliver from Cast, and Michael from from Tin Can. They’re discussing final tweaks to the design of Cast’s new website.
2 July ’13
We’ve brought the biscuits out as Michael and Ben from Tincan are here, discussing the website design for Cast, the new performance venue in Doncaster.
5 June ’13
Graham from Cast was back in the studio today for another all day planning meeting. Plenty of fruit and pastries helped get things started.
15 May ’13
Today was an all day planning meeting with Graham from Cast. Brian from Tincan led on the whiteboards.
11 April ’13
Today was a 7hr session with Graham from Cast, talking websites and brochures for their launch season. Joining us were Michael and Brian from Tincan.
14 March ’13
Exciting to receive the first piece of print featuring our new branding for Cast in Doncaster
12 March ’13
Another trip up to Doncaster to see Cast, this time with Brian from Tincan (pictured). Great to see the copper cladding in place and the building nearing completion.
26 November ’12
We’re working on the branding for Doncaster’s new performance venue, Cast. Kully Thiarai and Graham Whitehead are in the studio today see the how our work is progressing.
16 August ’12
Lesa, Kully and Michael came down from Doncaster to our studio today. We had a really good meeting about our ideas for the branding of a new venue, which is opening in Doncaster next year.
19 July ’12
Two more branding workshops in Doncaster today, this time for the Council teams and local creative groups. Great to see so much enthusiasm, particularly from Sue Wilson when comparing the old venue to a clunky old brick-phone.
16 July ’12
Ocky and Michael have been to Doncaster to hold a branding workshop for a new venue in the town centre. The participants seemed to have a good time, and Ocky and Michael have come back to the studio full of enthusiasm.
6 July ’12
Michael’s been to Doncaster to discuss a branding project. The weather, trains and battery power of all his electronic devices have not been in his favour, but he had a productive meeting, so it’s not been all bad.
Contact Since 2016
11 October ’16
The team from Contact travelled down form Manchester to see us today. We squeezed in a lot of talk about websites and branding.
4 October ’16
Plotting and planning.... Sam and Matt are working on a site plan for Contact's new website.
26 September ’16
Matt, Sam and Michael are at Contact in Manchester. They're presenting initial design concepts. It looks like everything's been well received.
1 September ’16
Michael, Sam and Matt are in Manchester, running a communications workshop with the lovely team from Contact 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.
Graeae Theatre Company Since 2016
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.
Lyric Since 2016
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.
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.
Nottingham Playhouse Since 2020
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.
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.
Selladoor Since 2020
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.
Shakespeare North Playhouse Since 2021
A stunning new venue, connecting a town's rich history to its bright future
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.
29 April ’21
Wonderful workshop in Wales (well, via Zoom).
Soho Theatre Since 2018
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.
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. We were lured by the promise of "vigorous dance moves, understandable words and a fair bit of profound (probably life-changing) body movement". What more could you ask for in an evening's entertainment?
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.
The Marlowe Since 2009
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.
Theatre by the Lake Since 2020
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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