Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large

Would your #edfringe show benefit from a wee bit extra marketing support? If you’re an emerging artist/company permanently based in Scotland - you should absolutely apply to our Fringe Takeover! 📲 🔗 For more info & to apply: www.frameworktheatre.com/fringetakeover

An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house." The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our Access and Creative Principles Toolkit! We've distilled over 40 years of experience in making theatre performances with learning disabled actors into this new publication filled with insights, practical tips and examples: www.lungha.com/2025/06/lung...

“Nasser Hospital says 24 people have been killed & dozens injured by Israeli fire while waiting for aid distribution in Rafah… roughly the same location where…Israeli forces killed 31 people on Sunday” www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

We’ll search for the perfect opportunities so you don’t have to 🙏 Fancy having all the latest emerging artist callouts in Scotland arrive in your inbox every month??? 🔗✉️ You can sign up to our monthly newsletter via this link: eepurl.com/hsqbXj

What we should do is throw long-standing copyright law that underpins the socially valuable and fiscally over-performing cultural industries on a bonfire, in unflinching service of companies exactly like this one. I am extremely clever and I am also the British government. www.ft.com/content/926f...

"It's important to reflect, not just on our collective actions, but the state’s violent response to them...There will always be a response. But so many of the people protesting for the first time in 2020 didn’t know that." Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/george...

Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ

Paisley for Palestine seeks a director for a rehearsed reading of a short play, No Lessons Learned by Alex Cathcart, this Autumn. Role is unpaid, as all funds are going to Medical Aid for Palestine, but Paisley for Palestine will provide admin and tech support. Details from [email protected].

Fuck Eurovision man. So we narrowly avoided a blatantly astroturfed PR victory for Israel on the platform that has chosen to normalise its genocide? Fantastic. Over 100 more dead in Gaza since the start of last night's programme.

MEET THE INDUSTRY PANEL for Framework Festival 2025! 🎪 🧡 Catriona MacLeod 🧡 Alex Bird 🧡 Eve Nicol Register for your free ticket here: www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

Things are going well on the everything app: www.404media.co/elon-musks-g...

📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team... @mslizstrange.bsky.social - Social Media Support Liz is an Edinburgh based actor, physical theatre maker and facilitator. Her experience and interest in visual, participatory and interactive theatre has lead her to channel her skills into social media support...

We’re so excited to have ‘Witchy Slag Gals’ performed at our Framework Festival 2025 scratch! 🎪 Set in the kitchen of a fourth-floor tenement flat in Edinburgh, ‘Witchy Slag Gals’ is a thrilling comedy-horror written by Rose Murray.

Well done to The Brown Doll team for opening today! Want a bit more? Join us on Wed, 30 April for a free post show-discussion💬 Hosted by Brian Logan, our Artistic Director, this panel features writer Cilla Silvia, along with cast members Sharan Atwal and Rachel Ogilvy. ➡️ bit.ly/PPPTheBrownD...

Kinda fascinating seeing everyone lose their shit over Kneecap. Calls from on high to ban them, debates over whether they mean what they say, heads exploding over how they could be so provocative. People. May I introduce you to something called 'rap music'

I can’t go to this wonderful show this week, but I wanted to support the team bringing this important story to the stage. _and friends will buy two tickets and give them away. Shoot us a message with the date of your choice and your email address. We’ll get your ticket + email you the confirmation.

Introducing the writers for our Framework Festival scratch event - Erin Boulter & Rose Murray! 🎪 ⏰ If you fancy directing one of the script excerpts - the deadline to apply is tomorrow @ 10am! Be sure to visit our website for more info: www.frameworktheatre.com/work-with-us

This Earth Day, we're looking back at what really happens to your used clothing. This is fashion's last stop, where your used clothing harms ecosystems, pollutes the environment, and drives often dangerous markets. Read more here ⤵️

Remember when I quit the Labour Party years ago and said it was institutionally transphobic and people told me that it wasn’t, the problem was just Rosie Duffield, and that I should stay and fight? Well, well, well.

It's been 51 days since ANY humanitarian aid has entered Gaza. Israeli Minister of Defense Katz has said: "Israel’s policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza."   This is a war crime.   We must end our complicity. NO more military aid for Netanyahu's war machine.

Greenock's @thebeaconarts.bsky.social Young Company are looking for a writer to collaborate with them and create a new work in 2025 ytas.org.uk/opportunitie... (deadline - 28 Apr 2025)

After everything feminists fought so hard for, we are now legally reduced to and defined by biology. A win for project 2025 and MAGA fascism www.thenational.scot/news/2509385...

We had another absolutely jam packed _and friends scratch night on Sunday, curated by Hacks and featuring some brilliant artists. Thank you to our community for showing up consistently and generously - we paid our artists a fair wage thanks to ticket sales & will be announcing our next event soon!

Shout out to ambitious plays that deserve a running time of 2.5 hours but are forced into 55 minutes because that’s the only format available.

Review at Scotsman Arts of Jennifer Adam's Ivor, opening at the Traverse Theatre today - the last of this season's A Play, A Pie and A Pint dramas to transfer to Edinburgh. Also an unexpected evening at The Studio last week, revisiting Hamlet with Ridiculusmus Theatre & Lung Ha's Theatre Company.

Jocasta is here, ready to tell her story... 🏛️Jocasta, Oedipus's mother, now stands at the gates of the Underworld, seeking safe passage from the Gods. But the fee? Her version of the Greek tragedy we all think we know. See this darkly funny drama until this Sat 19 Apr at Òran Mór. 📸 Tommy GKW

✨ We are SO excited that our INCREDIBLE Deaf Youth Theatre will be performing at @traversetheatre.bsky.social as part of Positive Stories for Negative Times — produced by our friends @wonderfools.org 🎭💥

I saw someone suggesting that this is a good thing as it means theatres must be producing more slowly, more intentionally, with better resources. I've spent the rest of the day doing some weird laughcrysnort thing every time I think about that.

In this #OpEd, a youth climate activist talks about how the climate movement’s message often fails to land with workers.

📣 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 We're delighted to reveal the cast of #TheBrownDoll, a new drama by West End star Cilla Silvia. ⭐ Farah Ahmed ⭐ Sharan Atwal ⭐ Rachel Ogilvy ⭐ Mehren Yar

Singin’ in the Rain was released in theaters on this day in 1952 ☔️

This and being able to afford groceries. youtu.be/-e_IuYgvdf8?...

Encouraged by Imogen Stirling’s comments at the @summerhallarts.bsky.social launch this morning: “By putting artists at the heart of everything we do, we are building a dynamic and inclusive cultural landscape in Edinburgh and beyond.” www.summerhallarts.co.uk

Take a look inside the rehearsal rooms for Studio3! Our team of 3 actors and 3 directors are working in tandem to rehearse our mini rep season of one act plays: ☀️ Alright Sunshine by Isla Cowan 🇬🇧 FLEG by Meghan Tyler 🍰 Fruitcake by Frances Poet STUDIO3 (26 Apr - 17 May) ➡️ www.tron.co.uk/whats-on/

THIS SUNDAY You coming?

You’ve got three more chances to see Ivor at PPP before it heads to Edinburgh for a sold out run. Get it while you can!

Absolutely buzzing to bring “Ivor” to @playpiepint.bsky.social and @traversetheatre.bsky.social - this play is stunning and this cast are sublime. Not enough superlatives to describe it all. Come along and see for yourself!

Cory Booker’s filibuster was longer than most of my relationships.

you know whose music has aged like fine wine enya

I bought Twitter for $44,000,000,000 and sold it back to myself for $33,000,000,000. I have 43 kids and no friends. Everything I make explodes

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland @rcsofficial.bsky.social are running an Introduction to Dramatherapy intensive weekend course on 5 – 6 April 2025 ytas.org.uk/events/intro...

📣 OUTSIDE EYES 2025 (SPRING) - ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT Our annual scratch night features of selection of brand-new ideas from theatre-makers and live artists to an audience keen to see the boldest new performances Glasgow has to offer. All tickets £7.50 ➡️ https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/outside-eyes-4/

This is what the opposition did in the Hungary Parliament when they passed the Pride ban. May we have congresspeople with an ounce of the courage.

Curious to learn more about 𝙄𝙑𝙊𝙍 and the creative minds behind it? 🎭 Join us after the show on Weds, 9 Apr for a post-show panel with the director, playwright, and full cast — and yes, it’s included in your ticket! 🎫 Let’s talk the play, the #planet, and the strange truths we live with... 🌍

📣 Introducing the ‘LIFE’ tour dates & venues! LIFE is set in a drawing class. You can draw or doodle during the performance or simply watch the story emerge. There are four onstage tickets seated at easels. All materials provided ✍️ 🎟️ We’d love for you to join us: linktr.ee/lifescottish...

In the creative industries, we all know that getting the job is only half of the work.    Room for Therapy _and friends is offering free group therapy sessions for the creative industries. 1/3 #therapy #creativity #scottishtheatre #scottishfilm #mentalhealthsupport #mentalhealth #resources