Playwrights assemble on Playwright Sky feed! @annaruthjordan.bsky.social @mogster.bsky.social @lisafparry.bsky.social @alexkanefsky.bsky.social @tomwentworth.bsky.social @tommortonsmith.com @naomiwesterman.bsky.social @rafaellamarcus.bsky.social @astrominx.bsky.social @kieranhurley.bsky.social

Another university in #Wales making significant cuts. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I added my name to ask for a lift to the USAID freeze, in support of humanitarian aid with @dotwuk.bsky.social 💙 Please take a minute to do the same. petition.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/page/165937/...

Just made my 10th funding/residency/award/job application of the year…. 🤞🤞🤞 Now to do some actual work! 😬

We’re done here. Right?

The cast of Borgen!!!

don’t touch that, it’s my emotional support first draft that I want to keep believing is perfect the way it is

Terrifying times.

Every time you don't buy a book from Amazon, but use a good indie store who actually values the sale & treats you & your purchase with respect, the sun shines brighter, floofy puppies gambol in fresher grass, & Jeff Bezos's piles sting for just a biiiit longer. Sounds GREAT to me. Buy independent.

NEW: At least 6 senior FBI officials have been ordered to resign or be fired by Monday. They include those that oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/p...

When asked if he was going to visit the crash site he said, ‘what site? The water? You want me to go swimming?’ This is one of the last pics of the young skaters who died. He’s a sociopath. Anyone who voted for this monster should be ashamed at best.

"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman "I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT

Well said, Pete Buttigieg

More runways , more planes , more fossil fuels . It’s not just sitting idly by , it’s actively accelerating climate collapse in the reckless pursuit of growth in archaic industries instead of a rapid transition to a green economy .

NZers - the updated covid booster is *finally* approved and available (and still free for those eligible - a bit of a shock given the current govt’s approach) Got my 💉 today 👍🏼

Yasssss for Hannah Khalil and the other writers who will be attached to Bristol Old Vic for the next 5 years. Proper, deep, embedded support of playwrights!!!

This is so important…

Saw this over at the bad place, and it made me laugh.😂

How can anyone in their right mind ignore this letter from Caroline Kennedy about her cousin, RFK Jr.?

Just saw this and it resonated with my feelings about ‘The Traitors’ Something about the celebration of lies, betrayal, murder, deceit… and the reward for this being tons of cash… sits uneasily with me. “In an age of performative cruelty, kindness is punk as fuck. Be punk as fuck.”

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

Can't wait to emerge from delivering a lecture tomorrow to find out how many of us are still in jobs. nation.cymru/news/huge-jo...

[reposted] The storm has broken at Cardiff University. Solidarity to everyone who is going to be affected by leaving the university, or by remaining as part of a substantially weakened workforce. Please join a union.

Sad news but ready for whatever brilliance they have in mind elsewhere… running a venue (within another venue) is no easy task and PP focussing on writers and plays instead of producing will likely lead to amazing new things!!! ❤️

If she can do it, we can all do it.

This is a great piece. "As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."

With pardons, January 6 offenders are now free to possess firearms and ammunition again. Their convictions would have made that a federal crime, but no more.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

People talk about STEM as job creation and obviously that's important, but a flourishing Arts ecology means all kinds of jobs and community cohesion, tourism, culture-enhancing. Investment in the Arts is an investment in society.

I imagine if you follow me on here, you care about the arts. Some of you will be based in England and some in Wales. Either way, please consider reading this short letter to Welsh government and signing if you agree… docs.google.com/forms/d/1bfc...

Today we have launched a petition with @writersguildgb.bsky.social & @societyofauthors.bsky.social, urging the BBC to rethink plans to axe audio drama from BBC Radio 3. Audio drama is a vital part of our arts and entertainment ecology. The BBC must protect it.

after this past week I have shifted my “most impressive job in the world” rankings and at the top is “flying the helicopters and planes doing water drops on fires” absolutely unbelievable, every one of them

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

This is sick.

Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Yep.

Delighted to have recently become 'fostered' by the lovely peeps who run the prestigious 'Adopt A Playwright' Award...read all about those 'Adopted' & 'Fostered' here: offwestendplaysandplaywrights.com/newadopt/ How it started...how it's going #playwright #IrishPlaywright #Theatre #IrishWriter

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Poor character written by an author who has experienced poverty: My problem is that I'm $300 short on the rent and now my car is making a noise Poor character written by a rich author: My problem is that I feel so inferior beside these beautiful, sophisticated rich people

Can’t wait to see Lord Mandelson arrive in Washington! Gerald?!

We have poetry / so we do not die of history. —Meena Alexander

“Grand Ambition has emerged as an important producer of urgent and moving human drama” The Stage. We are over the moon that our production of MUMFIGHTER written by #TracyHarris has made @thestage.bluesky.social top 50 shows of 2024 🥊💥

We are thrilled to announce we have been selected to participate in the @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Program, which helps organizations like ours invest in essential digital infrastructure.

Solidarity to everyone feeling overwhelmed by the Gisèle news today, especially those who couldn’t talk about their own experiences, those who didn’t have “evidence”, those who weren’t believed. Your experience is real, it is valid, it is not your fault.

I say this to all my male followers with love in the same way I do with my family and friends - have those uncomfortable conversations with the men in your life. Don’t allow the casual misogyny in conversations. Challenge abusive behaviour. Do the work. It’s on you. It always has been.

Yay #ShermanTheatre for this nomination! It’s been a very good year. Congrats! I feel very privileged to have been able to work there as much as I have. Gorgeous building full of brilliant people. More please!! I’m off there this afternoon for my first blast of Christmas theatre with Little Red!!

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

Guess which ‘one’ hasn’t figured it out yet?! 👇 Just one guess. 🇺🇸

You think you’re tougher than a samurai? Write some poetry, you pussy!

Great!!