Website change log
What we have added and changed on the site, newest first. The site is currently at Version 27.
Version 27: Review roundup, seasonal themes and bigger awards
- Review roundup: see what other critics and websites said about a show, with star ratings, short quotes and links to the full reviews.
- Seasonal website themes for Halloween, Christmas, New Year, Valentine's, Easter and Pride, chosen by our team or switched on automatically by date.
- New seasonal guides: Halloween top picks, Christmas deals, a Christmas gift guide, New Year sales, Valentine's date night, Easter family shows and Pride month picks.
- Awards now show sponsors and partners, key dates, venue, host, eligibility, judging criteria and answers to common questions.
- A daily email report of yesterday's views, search visits and ticket clicks for our team.
- You can nominate a show for the awards straight from its page while nominations are open.
Version 26: Local news, Broadway and a lot more places
- New Local News and Audio & Radio sections.
- Broadway theatres: a guide to 30 Broadway houses, each with its own page.
- Sarah Thorne Theatre in Broadstairs added to our Kent theatre guide.
- Theatre, TV, Film, Music and Entertainment news pages for about 150 towns, cities and counties across the UK and Ireland.
- Press releases sent to our press inbox are now drafted automatically for our editors to check. Nothing is published without a person reviewing it.
- The homepage tickets strip can now be edited by our team, so the shows we feature are chosen by people.
- Better search titles and descriptions for every show and theatre guide, with proper address data for search engines.
- This change log, and the version number in the footer.
- Fixed a behind-the-scenes database set-up error, and the site now waits a little longer when its database is briefly unavailable.
Version 25: More reliable
- The site now retries when its database is briefly unavailable, so fewer readers see an error during short outages.
Version 24: Clearer page titles
- Descriptive titles for sections, pages, tags and writers, so pages are easier to recognise in search results and browser tabs.
Version 23: Better links and search
- Stories are now linked to the right shows and theatres more accurately.
- Improved search snippets for stories, and a Casting section for cast announcements and casting calls.
Version 22: Podcast guests
- You can now ask to appear as a guest on the Sounds & Stage podcast.
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