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Breakfast briefing with Chris Smith
As part of our fortnightly breakfast briefing series, we invited former Culture Secretary Chris Smith to come and talk with...
Hot Pink Turquoise at South London Gallery
Ed enjoyed this perception-bending show at South London Gallery.
Faith Healer at the Old Vic
We attended a live-stream of Brian Friel's Faith Healer for our second ever virtual Cog Night.
Selling streamed concerts (for BSO) using Spektrix
Monetise your digital content using your ticketing system. Jen explains how we’ve helped Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra by setting up a...
Blindness at Donmar Warehouse
Alex gives his take on our August Cog Night to the Donmar Warehouse.
The importance of an accessible website
Michael explains why an accessible website benefits everyone.
Lock-down breakfast briefings
Ed takes a look back at our summer of Zoom breakfast briefings.
My White Best Friend (and Other Letters Left Unsaid)
We went on our first (virtual) Cog Night in a while. Ed gives his account of this poignant Zoom-based performance.
Government guidance for performances: what it mean for arts marketing teams
The UK government has released a detailed guide to staging performances safely during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ed has picked out the...
Theatre makes terrible telly
Michael thinks it's time to be honest with ourselves, to admit that even great theatre doesn't always translate well to...
Three months at home
We've been separated from our studio for three months; Ed looks back at our lives in lock-down.
The apostrophe. When and how to use it.
We all know we should use apostrophes correctly. But do we know how? Michael guides us through the rules and...
The arts in lockdown: five digital responses
Ed gives his take on a handful of brilliant cultural responses to the lockdown.
Staying in and watching live arts
In these strange times, when COVID-19 has us in lock-down, where's the best place to get our cultural fix?
VAULT Festival 2020
This year’s VAULT Festival promised to be bolder and more sprawling than ever. Michael took in a sample of shoes...
White Plague at Greenwich Theatre
For our March Cog Night we were at Greenwich Theatre for an immersive theatrical experience about contagion and containment. It...
Jekyll and Hyde at Vault Festival
February's Cog Night saw us chasing round the streets of Southwark in this interactive piece by Fire Hazard Games. Jen...
Vivian Suter: Tintin’s Sofa at Camden Arts Centre
On a stormy Sunday afternoon Ed took refuge in this paint-sodden exhibition at Camden Arts Centre.