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Edinburgh Fringe (and Festival) 2023
Michael has been to the world's biggest arts festival. He’s written some notes to help him remember. There might be...
Punchdrunk: The Burnt City
Our August Cog Night was an immersive experience, hosted by masters of their art, Punchdrunk. Michael gives his thoughts on...
AMA Conference 2023
Nick, Emma and Spencer reflect on their time at the conference which was all about putting ‘Audiences at the Heart’
A Playlist for the Revolution at The Bush Theatre
Alex gives his perspective on our recent Cog Night at The Bush Theatre.
Manchester International Festival 2023
MIF took over the city and overtook Nazma's social life for the month, including her fourth stint as a festival...
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...
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!
Akram Khan’s Giselle by ENB (again)
Our April Cog Night was a hybrid digital broadcast. Akram Khan’s Giselle by ENB provided an opportunity for some to...
Should we be worried about AI?
Alex's recent Breakfast Briefing was about the basics of artificial intelligence, we enjoyed it so much we thought we should...
Up the Arts! Typo Circle at D&AD
On 30th March '23 Michael gave a talk, for TypoCircle, at D&AD's headquarters. it was titled 'Up The Arts!'.
The Joycean Society at Bertha Dochouse
For our March Cog night we visited Bertha Dochouse to see a fascinating duo of documentaries as part of the...
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...
The Horror Show!
Our Cog Night took us to Somerset House for The Horror Show! exhibition. Yomi gives us his take.
Hiring: Studio Manager
Be a vital part of our team, creating and managing the environment where we all thrive. You’ll be in charge...
Jamie Ellul at Typo Circle
Michael's at St Brides for the latest Typo Circle talk, by the wonderful Jamie Ellul (from Supple Studio).
Cultural highlights of 2022
Michael gives a month by month overview of his favourite cultural events of 2022…
Why we won’t be celebrating the Qatar World Cup
We are as sick as a parrot not to be celebrating the beautiful game this time round but we can't...
LFF Expanded
For our October Cog night we stepped into the BFI London Film Festival’s ‘Expanded’ at Leake St.
SEO in the cultural sector
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is important to any cultural sector organisation. In this article Michael gives an overview of the...
London Film Festival 2022
The 66th BFI London Film Festival saw it back to full, in-person, red-carpet glory (after two more muted years). Here’s Michael’s...