Following on from my previous post about the Free Theatre Initiative I have put together a survey to find out people’s thoughts on this scheme.
To participate in the survey please click on the below link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZDT4dHpKOKkvFf3ORoUjdQ_3d_3d
Please get involved I want to hear from you
Thank-you 
Under 26? Like going to the theatre? Christmas pantomimes to Lion King, I know I enjoy a good performance especially if I know the words to the songs! Theatre tickets will given away for free to all those under 26years old in England from February 2009. This won’t be a short-lived scheme like the Free Night of Theatre in the US but a long-term campaign running up until March 2011 in theatres across the country. Young children to teenagers to young adults from all backgrounds will get the chance to see free performances as long as enough is done to make them aware of this incentive.
This incentive has been organised by Department for Culture, Media and Sport and was announced by Andrew Burnham, the Cultural Secretary on 23rd September 2008. The aim behind is to reach new young audiences to encourage engagement with the arts to increase attendance. DCMS believe that access to the arts is vital and can provide valuable experiences, change behaviour/attitudes and enhance academic achievement within children.
Personally I think this is a great idea…maybe because I am in the relevant age group so therefore I am eligible for this scheme and will make the most of this. However, this will be funded with £2.5million of tax-payer’s money; how many people will think this is beneficial and how many will think this is a waste of money during the current credit crunch?
I would love to hear your thoughts….
I have just noticed an article on Times online also posted yesterday titled ‘Boys and girls come out to plays’ which looks at how workable this scheme will be take a look: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article5252870.ece
Jed Hallam’s blog post ‘Are PR Degrees worth it?’ generated a mass debate prompting many to raise their voices and give their different opinions on public relations courses.
Wolfstar have responded by creating an online survey to establish the general views of academic PR courses from both the public and those within the industry.
So here is your chance to get your views known…get involved and take the below online survey.
The results will be published next week…
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Nyc4VGP5X21iDZM_2f3KmiiA_3d_3d
I have been working part-time (one day a week) for three weeks now at Wolfstar in Leeds. The social media specialists have been doing a wonderful job in teaching and explaining various aspects within the social media world and I feel I have learnt a huge amount already!
Below is the link for my introduction to the team: http://www.wolfstarconsultancy.com/2008/10/20/introducing-hannah-t/
Leaders from many international countries have been lining up to give Barack Obama a huge congratulations following today’s news of his successful US presidential campaign. I watched CNN live earlier today to see the campaign results/coverage and was amazed to see the huge amount of on-going celebrations from around the world. It is amazing to see how many people are ecstatic with the results and how an election from just one country can have such a global knock-on effect. One individual on CNN even claimed the Messiah had been brought to us.
This signifies a step forward and looking back on Martin Luther King’s speech ‘I have a dream’ nearly 45years ago this election shows a positive change in society. Now Obama has many obstacles to tackle such as the troops in Iran and the current economic crisis leading to global recession; he likened the situation to that of when Abraham Lincoln became president and also had many issues to tackle. Obama’s speech earlier asked US citizens to call on a new spirit of responsibility, to pitch in and to work hard.
With so much riding on his success and many people placing huge amounts of faith into US, global and personal lifestyle changes, will this be too much for one man to attempt to deliver? After all he is only human….only time will tell.
