All posts by Megan Mooney

Megan loves being in the thick of all things theatre, but her ultimate goal is to promote theatre to the world of non-theatre people. It was the same when she was the theatre writer for blogTO, or the Fringe Correspondent for CBC Radio One‘s Here and Now, as it is as the founder of Mooney on Theatre. Her basic belief is that there is theatre/performance out there for everyone to love, they just need to find it. This is not to be confused with the idea that everyone should love theatre for theatre’s sake, in fact, as obsessed as she is with theatre, even *she* doesn’t love all types of theatre.

Advertise with MoT for the rest of Fringe – Bargain Basement Prices…

So, I’ve been too busy getting set up for Fringe to do anything about advertising during Fringe on Mooney on Theatre this year.  But I really really want to have local advertizing on Mooney on Theatre instead of Google Ads.  Google ads is make me a surprising amount of money, apparently I have a really good click-through rate, but I don’t have the control I want.  I want to feature local businesses and arts organizations if I can.

Mooney on Theatre is completely volunteer run, but our ads pay for administrative costs (hosting, publicity stuff, business cards etc).

This would be an excellent time to advertise printing services, headshots, rehersal spaces, upcoming shows, general arts organizations and companies things like that.

With that in mind, I’m offering super super super cheap prices for ads for this week, where we expect to get about 50,000 hits (we got almost 40,000 in the first week, and Fringe didn’t start until Wednesday night).

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Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Thursday July 14th

Here is your chance to win free some tickets and check out some 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival shows. Today there are eight shows to choose from.  Enter one of the contests, or enter all 8.  I mean, who doesn’t like winning free stuff, right?

The shows you could be seeing for free on Thursday if you enter are:

Rob Ford and the Mysterious Case of the Flying Anarchist – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the noon show on Thursday at St. Vladimir’s Theatre (Venue 7) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Flying Anarchist contest” by 7pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

Tiki Bikini Beach Paradise Party a Go Go – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:00pm show on Thursday at the arragon Theatre Extra Space (Venue 2) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Tiki Bikini contest” by 7pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

Little Red Riding Hood – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 5:15 show on Thursday at the Palmerston Library Theatre (Venue FringeKids!) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Riding Hood contest” by 7pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

Forbidden Fruit: Evolution –  To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 5:45 pm show on Thursday at Factory Theatre Mainspace (Venue 12) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Forbidden Fruit contest” by 7pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

The Grapes of Khan – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 6 pm show on Thursday at Helen-Gardiner Phelan Playhouse (Venue 8 ) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Grapes of Khan contest” by 7pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

Every Woman I Slept With Before I Met You – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 6:15 show on Thursday at the Solo Room (Venue 5) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Every Woman I Slept With contest” by 7pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

Finally: An Epic Cycle – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 9:30pm show at Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse (Venue 8 ) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Finally contest” by 7pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

In the Trenches – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 9:45 pm show at the George Ignatieff Theatre (Venue 6) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “In the Trenches contest” by 7pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

See below for details on each show, how the contest works: Continue reading Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Thursday July 14th →

Mooney on Theatre Commenting Policy

We invite and encourage conversation on Mooney on Theatre.  Thoughtful conversation.  Conversation that helps to develop a more complete picture of the play (or dance, or opera or whatever) in question.  Heck, we love getting them.  Anytime people are talking theatre I’m a happy camper.

I love the conversations, and to help make them as productive, interesting and revealing as possible, I have some commenting guidelines.

The short version is basically Submit stuff that furthers the conversation, and be nice.

Some context and the longer more detailed version follows:

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Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Sunday July 10th

Here’s the contest for the Sunday of the opening weekend of the  2011 Toronto Fringe Festival! There are seven performances to chose from on Sunday July 10.  Or, heck, don’t choose, enter them all! This is you’re chance to go out and see some Fringe shows for free.

The shows are:

reSURGEnce – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 1:15pm show on Sunday at Factory Theatre Mainspace (Venue 12) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “reSURGEnce contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.

Saved – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 1:45pm show  on Sunday at Factory Theatre Studio (Venue 13) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Saved contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.

The Travelling Salesman & His Magical Suitcase of Desires – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 2:15pm show at the Palmerston Library Theatre (Venue FringeKids!) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Travelling Salesman contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.

Suicide(s) in Vegas – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4pm show at the Robert Gill Theatre (Venue 9) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Suicide(s) in Vegas contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.

Channel One – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:45pm show at the Tarragon Theatre Mainspace (Venue 1) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Channel One contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.

Jungle 1 – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 7pm show at Central Technical School (Venue 21 – 725 Bathurst Street) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Jungle 1 contest” by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.

Remember Maggy – To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 8:15pm pm at the Bathurst Street Theatre (Venue 3) please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Remember Maggy contest”  by 7pm on Saturday, July 9, 2011.

See below for details on each show, how the contest works:

Continue reading Fringe for Free! Toronto Fringe ticket giveaways for shows playing on Sunday July 10th →