anyone have good recs for resources/books etc. on directing?

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ICYMI - LABWEEK APPLICATIONS OPEN! Do you have a new idea that you want to explore and develop? Then submit your application for our weeklong residency opportunity for theatre makers to play and experiment with a new idea. Full guidance available here ➡️ www.tron.co.uk/creative/tronlab/

🎩 Calling aspiring Theatre Makers 🎩 The Tara Young Company is and there's ONE WEEK left to apply! This is a PAID opportunity for aspiring theatre makers aged 18 -25. Apply by 10 November: taratheatre.com/tara-young-c...

Good morning to everyone trying to explain Daylight Saving Time to their cat.

anybody have any tips/helpful advice for someone filing self-assessment taxes for the first time? trusted accountants etc? looking for some help here. let me know…

Applications are now open for not one, not two, but THREE writers' groups in 2026. All are free to participate in and open to any resident with a HU postcode: bit.ly/3WMiIxL

I'm looking for an ASM who's available to work with us on our pantomime from 3 Nov to 18 Jan. Equity rates. If you are interested, please send a CV to [email protected].

Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Hivemind, anyone know any Leeds/Yorkshire based comic writers? It's for a fantastic project that the British Library has been working on with care experienced and looked after children in Leeds, making a comic about their experiences. I would love to get some people down to support the launch.

A minute of my paddle tonight. I though you all might appreciate the moment of peace.

OTD, 40 years ago, the USWNT played their first-ever match. Cheers to everyone that made the last 40 years possible, and to many more to come 🫶 🇺🇸 📸 @uswnt.ussoccer.com

my cat watchin me scoop the litter like she’s boutta tell me I missed a spot

One of the things that has pretty annoying is that if you have any kind of bullshit meter, if you have anything inside of yourself that doesn’t enjoy being lied to, the last couple of years of almost every area of public life have been driving you up a fucking wall

hi writers! looking to strengthen a script 1-1 during the summer doldrums? I’m a former commissioning editor at Methuen Drama with 2+ years’ experience working on new writing (among other theatre things) reach out for a free consultation! callanplays.com

Fancy the chance of winning all 8 of our Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 plays? Enter our competition by 31st August! bit.ly/3IR4wQE Only open to UK residents, see full T&Cs: bit.ly/4oekrsl

In high school, I was complaining about how long the school day was and my teacher turned to me and said, "the days are long, but the years are short" and I was like "what the fuck are you talking about you lunatic" and then the bell rang and now I'm in my 30s.

New! ⚡ Applications are now open for seven paid commissions at Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival 2026, for any writer with a meaningful connection to Hull: freshinkhull.co.uk/apply

reading a memoir is so crazy to me. you remember stuff you did?

if you missed it... i started Pocket theatre. here is first post

Have you ever written for the stage, or always wanted to? The Script Window 2025 is open now! Writers local to Sheffield can submit their writing, with our aim to read work from unrepresented writers and build relationships with the exceptional talent in our region. ✍️ How to submit bit.ly/3Ii4915

Move slow and build things.

MIT just pubbed a study on ChatGPT users. “Brain scans revealed neural connection collapse... a 47% reduction in brain connectivity. When researchers forced ChatGPT users to write w/o AI, they performed worse than people who never used AI at all. It's not just dependency. It's cognitive atrophy.”

this is it, this is the mood. every morning just ‘okay what now’ and I guess today is 2003 round 2

So odd that Congress is so willing to have their power usurped and stripped from them.

Happy "Explaining To Americans We Don't Have Aircon" Day to all in the UK.

AI is not useful.

And lo, a tiny angel appearethed by the food bowl and sayethed unto them, “what exactly is the hold up here?” Photo from my collection, no record of date/info.

Secret police forces typically meet 5 criteria: targeting political opponents & dissidents answer directly to dictator the identity of members / operations are secret surveillance operations arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture. So yeah: ICE= Gestapo

increasingly feels like practicing empathy & nuance/complexity in conversation resists the degradation of language and open embrace of apathy & cruelty. one of the film directors at Cannes said ‘tenderness is the new punk’. can’t get that out of my head. find the empathy.

Farage and the US Religious Right are celebrating policy wins here - and there's been a huge rise in prosecutions for abortion. Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...

What an extraordinary, beautiful thing. Sometimes the only sensible response to scientific discovery is wonderment and awe.

want to grow your knowledge of the play publishing industry and your network within it? snag a ticket and I’ll see you there… 📚🎭 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mango-meet...

‘Dead Poets Society’ was released on this day 36 years ago! (June 2, 1989) Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, James Waterston, & more. [📽: Touchstone Pictures] #OnThisDay #DeadPoetsSociety

Does anyone need an EdFringe Sound Designer? I have time in June/July and will be up in Edinburgh for week zero. Amongst other things I designed the sound for last year’s Fringe First winning ‘Revenge: After the Levoyah’

Trans people: we would like to participate in society. Anti-trans activists: trans people should not exist. Politico: both sides are extreme!

Apps now open for Pentabus’ 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence! £12k bursary for early-career playwrights to write & develop in rural Shropshire. Deadline: 14 July, 10am. Info + apply: pentabus.co.uk/artists/jf-w... #Theatre #Playwright #Jerwood #Pentabus

Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵 First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

play publishing is a mysterious thing. want to set yourself up for success when you secure a run for your next (or first) show? I'm hosting an evening workshop on 5 June! link here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mango-meet... HUGE thank you to Mango Ensemble for organising this brilliant series x

Where are people getting this message, like, fascism aside, where are Leaders getting this message that Empathy and Humanity are qualities that are undesirable, weak and fundamentally useless? These are the foundations of collective society. Nothing sustainable can exist without it. I don't get it.

Today is World Bee Day. There are around 20,000 species of bees in the world, yet honey bees gets most of the fanfare. Here’s to the sweat bees, the leafcutter bees, the mason bees, the longhorn bees, the bumble bees, the carpenter bees, the squash bees, and all the rest of our unsung bee heroes!

Friends please join me in supporting Aberdeen Arts Centre and its fight for survival. This venue is vital to artists in the Northeast of Scotland - if AAC survives it could one day thrive and become a transformative force for good in Scottish arts + theatre. Hope! www.justgiving.com/campaign/sav...

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🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

the way you sleep when you have no job, no responsibilities, free meals and treats whenever you want them

I see you there, putting in the work. Keep at it. Write that thing. Paint it. Sculpt it. Compose it. Photograph it. Play it. Record it. Choreograph it. Draw it. Cook it. Knit it. Whatever. Keep making art.

This implies that your dad has been relegated