Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Commodified fantasy takes no risks: it invents nothing, but imitates and trivializes. It proceeds by depriving the old stories of their intellectual and ethical complexity, turning their truth-telling to sentimental platitude.

Hadn't realised lots of trusts were no longer prescribing gluten-free food for coeliac kids. My son is coeliac and his food is so much more expensive. We don't get on prescription because we can afford it but for a family in poverty that's a massive issue. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

I've watched this book emerge from the most painful experience of my friend Sam's life to become a moving and profound meditation on the human experience. London launch Thursday 2nd October at Ink 84, 6.30pm. Oxford, I'm in conversation with Sam at Caper Books on Mon 6th October, 7.30pm!

Writers, apply and you too can look moodily up into space!

If you have to subscribe to things, make sure you do it with names that make you smile:

May all your eggs be chocolate and your crucifixions reversible x

And how many of them are new prices of work? It’s not just the reduction in drama, it’s the reduction in new drama at different scales. Oh how I long for the days I could wander to the Exchange and see a play like Pomona or Yen in the Studio.

The number of plays and musicals staged by the UK's main subsidised theatres last year was down by almost a third compared with 10 years earlier, BBC research suggests. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #Theatre

For sale: baby shoes, worn loads

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So the ever-wonderful @pentabustheatre.bsky.social has released a very special 5-minute workout for your body and soul to mark the Spring Equinox. I recommend doing this on a walk home from the theatre - people will definitely stare. Love it, Love it, Love it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnUU...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnUU... Celebrate Village Halls Week with us at Pentabus as renowned athlete & academic occultist Carole Vegan leads you through a high-energy workout.. Led by Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), celebrating stories in rural spaces.

Not to brag, but @tomorrowpowell.bsky.social says we embody the best values of new writing. We want to support & connect with even more of you! Membership of our Studio is free, so sign up today! https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #PapatangoStudio #theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

Are you 18-30 and interested in writing short digital plays for social media? 🎬✨ Applications for National Young Writers 2025 are now open! 📅 Deadline: 10 AM, 24 March 2025 📍 Online, free to join! 🔗 Apply now pentabus.co.uk/national-you...

What is the Papatango Playwrights' Studio and why have we created it? Artistic Director George Turvey and Executive Director Chris Foxon introduce this exciting new project. Membership of the Studio is free! Sign up: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #PapatangoStudio #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights

The Papatango Playwrights’ Studio is now open! Create a profile, connect with creatives and producers, and enjoy digital workshops, networking, one-to-one advice and funding opportunities - all at no cost. Sign up: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #PapatangoStudio #Theatre #Playwriting

Productivity hack 343: Save time by eating while brushing your teeth

Carol Ann Duffy. Someone I was forced to study in school and only as an adult realise that she has the sauce.

Delighted for the whole team that we're Offies finalists with Surfacing 🌊🌊 🐁🐁 💀💀 (And personally v happy to be a finalist two years in a row)

“I love plays where… something otherworldly unexpectedly crashes into an otherwise naturalistic drama, and from the sounds of it, we can expect more of that alchemy here.” You CAN, you CAN expect that! Opening a week this Friday! Is it touring near you? www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/driftwood/

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Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a creative new year of exciting new plays! Don't forget that we're here to support your writing journey - check out our Creative Resources Hub here: https://buff.ly/4iLlBJ6 #NewYearNewWriting #playwriting #theatre #stage #drama

Wild that the burden should fall on creatives to opt out of AI scraping. @katemossewriter.bsky.social in the FT: This is theft. AI’s assault on our intellectual property must be stopped on.ft.com/3VN91PG

We're not serious people

Dress for the weather you want, not the weather you have

I was pitching an ensemble workplace sitcom to a v well known production company.This was the response: “We talked about how the UK market is definitely missing shows like this. But [commissioners] seem happy enough to just acquire them from the US & broadcast them, rather than develop their own.”

Waterloo, 11.40pm Friday: "I think I might head home." "Joe, you fell off one escalator. Don't overreact."

Huge thanks to everyone who came on Friday - it was a joy to see so many people, and to share Highly Beautiful People. Worked with an amazing team on the performance and on the development - hangover's now faded and feeling pretty grateful 🙏

The reading's today! Doors from 1.30 An Enemy of the People meets Succession with an unbelievably good cast and team. 👀 u there Part of Cri new writing run by Felix @gregmosse.bsky.social, alongside work by the brilliant Sarah Milton.

The reading's today! Doors from 1.30 An Enemy of the People meets Succession with an unbelievably good cast and team. 👀 u there Part of Cri new writing run by Felix @gregmosse.bsky.social, alongside work by the brilliant Sarah Milton.

I've spent a great deal of the last two weeks wishing I could talk to Olly about this or that thing in my life. They're broadcasting his final radio play tomorrow. That will have to do. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

fantastic day rehearsing this gem of a play today at The Criterion if you’re around this Friday at 2 pm - come on down to check it out 🙌🏻

Hey Bluesky! My West End reading is a week today, alongside work by Sarah Milton, and it's Succession meets an Enemy of the People. Look at this fantastic cast! DM and I'll put your name on the list. Curated by @gregmosse.bsky.social and Felix Mosse.

Hey Bluesky! My West End reading is a week today, alongside work by Sarah Milton, and it's Succession meets an Enemy of the People. Look at this fantastic cast! DM and I'll put your name on the list. Curated by @gregmosse.bsky.social and Felix Mosse.

Bluesky has now reached a critical mass A despairing chorus A scathing communion A...

Where are all the #Playwrights and #Screenwriters? Let's share the shit out of this. #PlaywrightsChristmasParty 26th Nov at Royal Court Theatre Bar. ALL playwrights AND screenwriters welcome. Any level of experience. Come with pals or come alone and make pals. #SupportPlaywrights