Hai Media Group’s Lisa Devaney is a contributing guest blogger to the trade magazine Brand Republic, for the advertising, marketing, media and public relations industries.
Her blog Quick Peeks offers insight to happenings in business, new technology, arts and entertainment. Quick Peeks was started in June 2008, at the invitation of the publication’s editor, and joins a collection of communications industry bloggers who are contributing to Brand Republic.
Hai Media Group headed the UK launch of mobile browser Skyfire in December 2008, securing more than 150 mentions of Skyfire across the media landscape. Coverage included: The Guardian, FT.com , Contagious Magazine,VNUnet.com, TechDigest, TechRadar, AllAboutSymbian.com, Mobile Marketing Magazine, Brand Republic, Moconews and more, including an upcoming feature in Stuff.
Hai Media Group’s debut of an all-female revue of The Wind in the Willows was met with smiles, laughs and applause at The Secret Garden Party festival of art and music.
Our cast included a line-up of talented women who entertained the festival attendants as Toad (Lisa Devaney), Lead Weasel (Ali Rawlings), Badger (Mary Epworth), Ratty (Lucy Lowe) and Mole (Cheyne Pride). We also had supporting weasels and rabbits thanks to Andy and Sadie Spector, Emma Simpkins, and Will Twynham.
For a full-write up about the show, please visit these blog posts:
http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/quickpeeks/archive/2008/07/30/a-festival-without-brands-the-secret-garden-party.aspx
http://lisadevaney.vox.com/library/post/the-wind-in-the-willows-all-female-revue.html
http://lisadevaney.vox.com/library/post/the-secret-garden-party-where-the-wild-art-things-are.html
View more photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haimediagroup/sets/72157606424671509/
…and here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisadevaney/sets/72157606425290395/
Hai Media Group will present an all-female revue of Kenneth Grahame’s classic childhood tale The Wind in the Willows at The Secret Garden Party, an arts and music festival being held this week.
Who’s who in the cast?
-Toad will be played by Lisa Devaney, Director of Hai Media Group
-Badger will be played by Mary Epworth, lead singer with her Jubliee Band
– Mole will be played by Cheyne Pride, a country rock singer
– Weasel, will be played by Ali Rawlings, aka Punk Rock Dolly
Many thanks to Kate Risker, aka the fabulous Miss Risk, who invited Hai Media Group to produce and perform this new twist of the old tale of The Wind in the Willows.
For more information about this production of The Wind in the Willows please visit this blog post.
Hai Media Group’s House of Hee Haw! hillbilly cabaret comedy will feature at Little Bit Country, Little Bit Rock n Roll for the new country rock club night’s In Co-Dependence Day party celebrating America’s Fourth of July Independence Day holiday.
“Get used to it! You’re stuck with us!” said Chyene Pride, who is the fun-loving founder of London’s live music and entertainment club night Little Bit Country Little Bit Rock n Roll.
Chyene Pride is a talented country rock musician who has pooled entertainment talent from across London for this annual American holiday celebration. She’s also the lead Cheerleader in her dance troupe’s Cheer-A-Go-Go, and the lead singer in her band The Wildcat Tamers.
To find out more information, please download this flyer: co-dependence-day-party
***EVENT BONUS OFFER: Guests to Co-Dependence Day also get a FREE hot dog, and a cowboy hat to wear for the night. Print out the eFlyer and bring it along to get entry, and your free hat and hot dog. £5 entry fee.
JOIN THE MYSPACE GROUP AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/LITTLEBITCOUNTRYUK
Cheyne Pride has a long history in music and entertainment, including having a chart topping pop song in the 80s “Call Me Mr. Telephone”. Watch the music video here:
Cheyne Pride Sings Call Me Mr. Telephone (1985)
This summer brings the debut of 2gether08, a new festival for London sponsored by Channel 4 and hosted by PolicyUnplugged from 2-3 July 2008. On the agenda is a vision of applying innovative digital technologies (internet, mobile, games, and more) and imagination to promote:
The first 2gether Festival will gather 300 innovators from a wide range of fields to focus on how using digital technologies we can generate real social benefits. At its heart is a DIY spirit where workshops and panel discussions will be shaped by participants, and action items for change will be determined throughout the gathering as discussions emerge.
Rochelle School
Shoreditch
London E2 7ES
Register for tickets here: http://www.2gether08.eventbrite.com/
*Early Bird Discount until Monday, 16th July 2008
Who’s going?
An eclectic mix of technologists, policy makers, campaigners, TV producers, software and games developers, designers, politicians, digital innovators, writers, bloggers, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, leaders from charities, NGOs and leading players in the marketing, PR, cultural and creative fields as well as anyone else who believes that creative use of emerging digital technologies can generate solutions to society’s most pressing problems.
2gether08 is a Hai Media Group supported event.
For full details, please download this event alert: