RTYDS is looking for an exceptional Executive Director who is committed to addressing the inequity experienced by working class and low socio-economic artists to ensure they can sustain careers and thrive in the theatre industry. Closing date for applications: 12 noon, Monday 15th December 2025

Audition alert! To work with @paulavarjack.bsky.social on their show Nine Sixteenths which is going on tour next year. Full details are here: paulavarjack.com/9-16ths/cast...

The penultimate launch event for the book is this evening… If you’re a writer, artist or practitioner within the creative sector this one is for you! Booking link below.

After four brilliant in person launch events for ‘Being Black and British: Before During and After Drama School’ we go online for the last two. Serendipity in Leicester are our hosts for two final events next week; one aimed at writers, artists & practitioners in the creative sector on Nov 3rd…

The extraordinary talent that was Nabil Shaban has left us R.I.P.

LIVERPOOL: @liveveryplay.bsky.social welcome us on Oct 24th at 19h30 to launch ‘Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School’. The incomparable Keisha Thompson & local hero Paislie Reid join me to dig into the book & its themes, working out how it & they speak to Liverpool now.

MANCHESTER: The third of the launches of ‘Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School’ is at Factory International on Oct 23rd, kicking off at 18h00. Join chapter contributor (and legend) Keisha Thompson & I talking about the book, Manchester, making theatre & monochrome pictures.

Very pleased that the #SupportPlaywrights playwrights flashmob is back next week and like last time, it’s national! Drop in: Friday 24th October 13h00 - 16h00 Venues across the country (see link)

The great Yvonne Brewster has left us. A giant on whose shoulders we stand. Rest well.

These two make great friends. Released a day apart, they’re almost twins. Maybe putting both on reading lists and in libraries might be a good thing to do. Maybe.

We are thrilled that announce that Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School has published and share news of the upcoming national book launches. You can spy more on the book (and order) here - spr.ly/63325A9zaD

Publication Day: It’s out, it exists!

Applications for Homegrown 2025/26 are now open! This year-long programme for ages 18-25 is designed to support those who are keen to work professionally in theatre. Apply by 5pm on Wed 1 Oct. Apply for Homegrown Performers: bit.ly/47ClpFA Apply for Homegrown Creatives: bit.ly/4e4s7Yv

LIVERPOOL: @liveveryplay.bsky.social welcome us on Oct 24th at 19h30 to launch ‘Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School’. The incomparable Keisha Thompson & local hero Paislie Reid join me to dig into the book & its themes, working out how it & they speak to Liverpool now.

MANCHESTER: The third of the launches of ‘Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School’ is at Factory International on Oct 23rd, kicking off at 18h00. Join chapter contributor (and legend) Keisha Thompson & I talking about the book, Manchester, making theatre & monochrome pictures.

LONDON: The second launch for ‘Being Black and British’ (published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social) will be at @stratfordeast.com on Oct 3rd at 17h30 with contributors @excalibah.bsky.social, @drhannahrobbins.bsky.social, Hannah Alkhalu & Nuna Sandy moderated by Dr Samia La Virgne. (Link to follow)

LEEDS: The first of five launches for the book is open for booking… I’ll be in conversation with the Vice Principal & Head of Drama about and around the book before a Q&A on Oct 1st at 18h00. Book your ticket? (London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leicester [online], keep eyes out for events near you)

‘Being Black and British: Before During and After Drama School’ is released on September 22 but is available to pre-order from TODAY. Pre-order now - directly from the publisher on the link, your favourite bookshop, or your institutional or local library. Launch event(s) to be shared…

Our residencies are back! We've partnered with Bristol Old Vic, Leeds Playhouse & @liveveryplay.bsky.social for our Fair Play Associate Artistic Director Residency - paid opportunities for 3 mid-career working class directors. Deadline: 18 Sep, 10am Online Q&A: 1 Sep, 4pm More info: bit.ly/45a8P0V

Are you interested in using drama as a tool in your work with young people? We want to share our practice and ways of working to widen opportunities for young people in theatre and beyond. Follow the link to apply: https://loom.ly/mLXA5bE 📅 Applications close Tuesday 12 August

Out now – Bruntwood at 20. We're proud to have been the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting's publishing partner since its inception. We're delighted to publish this anthology which reflects its inestimable impact across the last two decades. Get your copy now: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/bruntwood-at...

An idiot’s guide to the fringe: 10 ways to be a bad producer, according to Ellie Keel👇

New on the blog, #disabled actor and director Lara Wilson on finding confidence in her artistic identity, and the importance of the arts giving "a voice to people who aren’t normally seen." www.redladder.co.uk/i-thought-if...

The University of Edinburgh has received the race and history review which it commissioned, detailing the institutions links to slavery and colonialism. It has published the review here www.ed.ac.uk/about/race-r...

Playwrights assemble!

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival begins in a week. I’ve some recommendations (which I share with no reviews, just links) but invite folk to add to them… who knows who sees what on here. Please share and add…

If you work in #Theatre or #TV please give this a little share. London Summer Social for #Playwrights #Screenwriters & their friends! THIS THURS 23rd July 7-10pm at Soho Theatre WALTHAMSTOW. All levels of experience. Come with friends or come alone! #SupportPlaywrightsSummerSocial

Special announcement: 2 Free Workshops at the Fringe! Aug 9: 10.30am-12pm: Embracing the Fear: A Practical Guide to Navigating Stage Fright with Annika Speer & Bella Merlin Aug 16: 10.30am-12pm: Stanislavsky's Toolkit: A Practical Workshop for Actors with Bella Merlin #theatresky #theatre

Tolu Okanlawon has won the 2025 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting with his drama about African-American photojournalist Gordon Parks. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/bru...

In the creative industries and in need of creative support? Skills building? Empowerment sessions? Directing workshops? and more? Then Tess Farley is the person for you… Affordable prices (with funds raised used to support families in Gaza) with a brilliant facilitator. Get involved. Share widely.

They are giving away the 2nd edition of Culture is bad for you for just £5.50! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177810/ using the code SUN50

We're very delighted to announce our five Fair Play Advocates, who are: actor, playwright & director Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE; actor & writer Julie Hesmondhalgh; actor & director Matthew Dunster; and theatre directors Nancy Medina & Matthew Xia! Read more on our website: bit.ly/4lqihns

Thank you @dermotdaly.bsky.social and @boxoftrickstheatre.bsky.social for an inspiring session this evening on writing plays for two people. Duologue and Dialogue... discuss. Always come away from sessions like this buzzin' I tell you, buzzin' with ideas 🎭 ✍🏼

This week the Royal Court Theatre significantly expanded our offer to playwrights everywhere. And all you need to do is send us your play. I've written a letter to playwrights to explain the changes and the thinking behind them. 👁️ royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting/...

We are proud to launch our 10-year Manifesto for Change, calling for an end to class inequality in the theatre industry. www.ardenttheatre.co.uk/manifesto #ManifestoForChange #WorkingClassCreatives #TheatreEquity #theatre #workingclass #classequality #classequity

72 lives. 72 families. 8 years. 5 Prime Ministers. 0 criminal charges. 💚 #JusticeForGrenfell #Grenfell #GrenfellTower

‘I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it’ Brian Wilson 1942 – 2025

£2 is a HUGE amount to our community. Here are 7 reasons why (please read and share) and here is the link to give: www.arts-emergency.org/donate%F0%9F...

All of that. All of it. All of us. Public Interest Common/Wealth 2025 commonwealththeatre.co.uk/shows/public...

Very excited about this - the aim is to have the stub of a new piece of work by the end of the session… let’s get it - together.

📢 “JOINT ENTERPRISE ON TRIAL” Join us on 26th June for the launch of our groundbreaking court watch study on joint enterprise at the Old Bailey 17 cases, 76 defendants Limited tickets, register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/joint-ente...

“Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people’s experience in history” Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 1938 - 2025

So proud of this ‘powerfully persuasive […] inventive audio-visual […] highly effective […] production [which makes] it explicitly clear how and why positive change needs to happen’

come hang out and think about how plays can be small but also big!

Working class representation in the creative industries is at the lowest level in a decade. The Equity Class Network Manifesto is a blueprint for change, setting out demands for industry & government - from free childcare to making class a protected characteristic www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-po...

We open tomorrow…

Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Last chance to see this till the 24th at Leeds Playhouse. Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones Tambo & Bones

A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away.... Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.

I'm really pleased that gobscure's exhibition and performance 'yu have already survived' that I mentored & co-produced runs throughout May at @arcstockton.bsky.social, with the performance on 9th. For anyone feeling fragile... arconline.co.uk/whats-on/you...

The lovely @tamasha1989.bsky.social have turned their spotlight on me… I shared it with a bunch of other awesome folk…