Bonus Content: More Influence – We talk with instagram photographer extraordinaire Charlies Ouimet (@refinedmoment) about how he got started and how he uses an influencer marketing agency to manage his work. MPMG team members Ben Lange, Brian Paterson, Kyra Wittkopf, and Angela Vannatter about the ways they utilize influencers in their work.

We explore the growing power of online influence and the opportunity this shift creates to reach and engage arts audiences in new ways.

Arts Amplified celebrates World Theatre Day by going behind the scenes of Electric Company Theatre’s world premiere, The Full Light of Day which was onstage this past January at the Vancouver Playhouse.

We go behind the scenes and unpack the creation of Prince Hamlet, Why Not Theatre’s remixed, reimagined, and bilingual staging of Shakespeare’s 400 year-old play that recently had its BC premiere at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. We talk with director Ravi Jain about his directorial process and gain additional insights from actors Karen Robinson (Schitt’s Creek), Jeff Ho, and producer Kevin Matthew Wong.

Episode 1: The Critics- Interviews with some of North America’s finest arts journalists about the current state of the arts and where the industry might be headed. Along the way we talk about diversity in voices, Acosta’s battle with Trump, counting clicks, Drake, King Kong the Musical, and so much more!

Join us on deep dive into the creative industry, as renowned artists, journalists, musicians, and more share behind-the-scenes insights from the front lines of art. The eclectic episodes give listeners unprecedented access to the individuals who make culture move through interviews, storytelling, curated conversations, and backstage glimpses at culture’s inner workings.

 

To set the scene for MPMG’s new venture, we’ve prepared a short preview episode that asks the timely question: What is the state of arts journalism in 2018? We dug deep and found insightful answers from some of North America’s finest arts journalists and writers including Jesse Green of The New York Times, Theatre critic Colin Thomas, Marsha Lederman of The Globe and Mail, Stuart Derdeyn of The Vancouver Sun, Rodrigo Flores of Joyful Magpies, and Howard Sherman, former executive director of The American Theatre Wing (the organization that produces the Tony Awards!) and writer for The Stage. We think Arts Amplified is off to an exciting and auspicious start-- and we can’t wait for you to subscribe at the link below. That way, when new episodes are released you’ll find them waiting for you in your podcast app of choice (Apple Podcast, Overcast, etc). We’d also love to hear your thoughts and feedback on this new venture! Don’t miss a moment of the profoundly inspiring stories, lessons, and tidbits of information shared by our expert guests that are coming to your ears in 2019!