Help request

So I'm working on redesigning our website...

 

One thing I'm trying to do is make it easier to find information about our shows and schedules, especially for programmers and audience who might not be looking specifically for us.  If you're bored and looking for something to do, please think of keywords and phrases you might type into Google if, for example, you were at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to see shows.  Or if you were an international programmer trying to find an interesting show.  Send them to me, post as comments, whatever, but please let me know.  And keep in mind that these are searches that right now would probably not bring you to us.

 

An alternative challenge is this:

Try to find our website, under three different conditions.

 

-First, searching WITHOUT using our any part of our company name OR the names of any of our shows.

 

-Second, searching using the names of our most popular shows ('The Angel and the Woodcutter' and 'The Train'), but NOT our company name.

 

-Finally, using our company name (Cho-In Theatre), but NOT the names of our shows.

 

Please let me know what works and what doesn't, what helps you find our site, and what you think should but doesn't.  I'll get a prize for the first person to figure out what the URL of our website actually is (but no cheating, you have to describe in detail how you found it).

 

And obviously I can also do all of this on my own, and I am.  Just, if possible, I'd like a few people on the outside of the company and theater to bring a different perspective to this task.  Don't feel obligated, but if you have a chance, it would be very helpful.  Thank you!

Holiday Update

I think it's been a while, so I figured it's time for an update on what's going on.

 

Lucinda, my co-worker/flatmate and I joined a diverse group of friends (some teachers, some theater people, and others, South African, Korean, English, and American) for a surprisingly fun and relaxed Christmas Eve party.  Charades works very well as a multi-lingual party game.  A few of us also went out for a Christmas turkey buffet at a Canadian-style (-themed? -oriented?) brew pub the next evening, which was really good, except for mashed potatoes that tasted like they came out of a box.  I ended up back working on the 26th, doing a few last performances of The Jungle Book, which finished up on the 28th.  It's in English, for children's edutainment, and I've been acting in it, playing an elephant, a tiger, a monkey, and a "jungle friend", which basically means I wear a vine over my sparkly jungle-camo costume (NOT my design) and sing in the chorus.  It's a small production, but has been a lot of fun.  I'm glad it's over now though, as I've got lots of work to do for Cho-In (my original company), updating and redesigning our website in the off-season.  It was also over an hour's commute from home, which got old really fast, and which I'd been doing pretty regularly since late October, when we started rehearsal and Cho-In was performing in a nearby theater.

 

For New Year's Eve we had a little company (Cho-In) party after finishing rehearsal early, which was livened up by the arrival of some French performers (and their wine and chocolate) who are here to do a workshop with us, starting tomorrow.  Well, two of them were here for that and two more have just arrived today.  They're from two different companies, but both saw us in Avignon and were interested in learning from us/doing some collaboration, so we sort of organised this workshop thing.  I haven't been very involved in the planning, other than saying that I thought it was a good idea, but I will be taking part in it, partially to help out with communication, but also just to learn for myself.  So that should be interesting, and good exercise.

 

Speaking of which, I've finally realized that our apartment is actually very close to the mountains (I've lived in this part of town for HOW long?  More than 9 months, although maybe just 5, if you don't count the summer and other time away), and I've figured out how to get up there, which is great for hiking and just getting out of the city for a few minutes.  There are also a few good, quiet, flat spots which are good for taiji.  Of course, it's freezing cold here, but it's still well worth it.  Although the cold has meant I'm spending more time indoors, watching movies or downloaded TV shows.  It's kind of embarrassing to admit, but I've actually been working my way through Grey's Anatomy, because Lucinda loves the show and has some on DVD and more downloaded onto her computer.  I think I'll stop after Season 2 though, because she says it goes downhill after that, something I can well believe, seeing as how character (never mind circumstantial) believabililty has been stretched well to the breaking point.  She also has the BBC Planet Earth series, which is great.  That's a project which I think I would have loved to be able to work on.  Maybe some day.  Anyway, home, bed.  Photos at some point.