TheatreBoard UK site architecture

https://theatreboard.co.uk/


The site's new landing page (highlighted at the end of my post) is so user-friendly, making it much easier to find what you seek. I find it allows for deeper on-topic discussions in threads/conversations about shows. And if I only want seating advice for a show or theater, I don't have to scroll through dozens of posts in a show thread in the hopes of finding suggestions.

Threads sometimes still go off-topic, but the volunteer mods are fairly active merging threads or gently nudging people to refocus.

Perhaps the BWW powers might give it a look.

BOX OFFICE
Ticket Sales
New Seasons
Seating Advice
Front Of House

STAGE
General Chat
Musicals
Plays
Opera and Dance
International
Performers and Creatives

Plus a few other miscellaneous sections.

Looking at a board like that takes me back twenty plus years or so.

I do think they've made a common mistake on boards like these, which is over-separation of topics into distinct subforums (the entire Box Office section could arguably just be one board instead of 4, particularly when 3 of the boards have no more than a few dozen posts). This typically leads to over-policing of being "on topic" and leads to some boards just totally languishing. For me, there's a sweet spot between a free-for-all like on Reddit or All That Chat and an overly categorized board like TheatreBoard.