Voted @zackpolanski.bsky.social for leader and @frankadlingtons.bsky.social for Deputy #BackZack

Just watched a recording of Audra McDonald performing Rose's Turn at the Tony's last night and not at all embarrassed to say I broke into applause at the end - to the surprise of everyone sitting near me in this coffee shop.

A coruscating analysis.

Orwell's Two Minutes Hate is basically the comments section of social media posts. Except it's constant.

"If we want to maintain the UK’s position as a global leader in theatre – and continue to inspire the next generation of actors, writers, and technicians – then government must act.” www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...

It's amazing to see the endorsements flooding in for my campaign. Very grateful & humbled, just in one morning! It's time to win more MPs. Be the alternative to a failing Labour government & stop the rise of the right. Can you help us to 500 by end of the day? backzack.com/get-involved/

"There is no place for arrogance in the arts, but neither is there room for doubt or a perpetual need for affirmation...The world doesn't have time for that. Believe in your worth and work with a will so that others will see it. That's how it is done; that's how it was always done." -Martha Graham

‘In a World of Influencers, We Have Waved Goodbye to the Theatre Critic’ Great theatre requires that a conversation should begin about it after the curtain comes down, writes Tim Walker

Why, when prices for a show in the West End are announced, do people check the MOST expensive price and then scream blue murder about it?

Starmer is really, really bad at this.

If true, it's an ignorant, myopic decision. Philistinism. www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/goodbye...

Very excited by this news. Zack has always been a fantastic Green voice. Will have my vote. #BackZack

Today JBR Creative Management celebrates our 6th birthday. We are grateful for every coffee, every conversation, every connection that led us here. Grateful to everyone who’s travelled the road with us.

Paid £4.70 for an iced latte and frankly, iced latte season is now officially over.

They've done things not even the Cass report called for and they're doing things not even this Supreme Court called for. All they wanted was permission.

I do not want to see Keir Starmer or Labour UK anywhere near Pride in London ever again - bowing down to Transphobic bigots over a warped and biased ruling which architects of the Equality Act 2010 have already spoken out against… Labour has abandoned the LGBTQ+ community

The Trans Rights demo yesterday was beautiful and hopeful. So many diverse people from all walks of life coming together - the word I kept thinking about was "community". You can spend billions buying sycophants. Or a cigar. But all the billions cannot buy community. And that's why we will win.

This is a terrific examination of the cultural phenomenon A Minecraft Movie. I particularly love the John Waters quote: “In order to know something is bad, one has to have good taste. But one also needs to be able to understand the value of bad.”

Trans rights are human rights. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Our agency is, and always will be, a safe space.

On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies. Solidarity 💜 goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...

"The big fight of our time is to get the public excited about moviegoing again, as an ongoing thing, not just for one Minecraft here and there." As always a great piece from Richard Rushfield and The Ankler and a fun quiz (I scored a weak 6)

Ah, damn, the great William Finn has gone to the choir. I sang The Games I Play at my drama school showcase about 20 years ago and fell in love with his work then. I took Mark's All Male Thanksgiving to so many auditions. Another tremendous loss. playbill.com/article/tony...

OMG, congrats Team Button! So bloody proud of everyone on this!

The drama schools in Northern England who trained the Adolescence actors. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Booked!

Catching up on BBC Big Night of Musicals by National Lottery and it is always such a wonderful, wonderful celebration. Love it. #BigNightofMusicals

Spring has sprung!

"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place." ~ Iain Thomas

How can anyone not be entirely uplifted by an Act One tap finale?

I first started following Maisie Trollette in the 90s. Even then she was a legend. In the 00s, as a Drag Queen myself, I shared the stage with her on many wonderful, riotous nights. She was an extraordinary talent. Fierce, funny, fabulous. A true legend has passed. www.gscene.com/news/communi...

Everything, EVERYTHING about The White Lotus is just class.

Congrats all, but oh my, I am SO proud of all my friends on the Curious Case of Benjamin Button!

Do you even work in UK musical theatre if you didn't tear up watching Cynthia Erivo perform at the Oscars?

Another great actor gone. variety.com/2025/film/ob...

"You're not special, you're extraordinary" - Xander Harris to Dawn Summers.

"I can think of a counter-argument that goes something along the lines of “F- you and the Cybertruck you rode in on, and why don’t you crawl back into the dark web sewers you slipped out of until your mom calls down to the basement to tell you that your dinner is getting cold.” 🔥🔥🔥

Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes is on MarqueeTV (currently offering 3 months subs for 99p/month) and it is just absolutely gorgeous. The artistry, the wit; it's breathtaking.

The letter to the Times opposing the government's plans to change copyright law is worth reading. "There is no moral or economic argument for stealing our copyright. Taking it away will devastate the industry and steal the future of the next generation." www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...

Roberta Flack has gone on to glory. Thank you for the music, for the tears, for the slow dances, for the voice that moved within our soul. youtu.be/d8_fLu2yrP4?...

Husband : I think I know you well enough, after all, we've been together for 13 years! Me: 17 years.

Applications are now open for the next @mercurymusicals.bsky.social Writers Barn, held between 9 – 13 June, 2025. Any female-identifying writers of musical theatre aged 21+, at any level of professional experience, are welcome to apply. More details: www.mercurymusicals.com/opportunitie...

Wow.

Loved the Red Carpet @baftaofficial.bsky.social coverage on YouTube. Very excited to find out who's won!

Loved this episode - some provocative ideas passionately expressed. If you work in UK theatre The Pink Podcast offers a really great overview of what's going on.

"2025 is quietly shaping up to be linear TV’s last gasp" www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Was sharing terrible audition tales with a client & remembered the time I auditioned to read adult fiction audiobooks. Audition consisted of me reading porn to a middle-aged woman while her husband watched. Wasn't until MUCH later I worked out I'd probably been a bit player in a personal fantasy. 😂

Had a terrific evening at the @whatsonstage.bsky.social Awards last night. As audience based awards the list of nominees is a really interesting insight into the type of work that audiences are engaging and responding to. Huge congratulations to all nominated. www.whatsonstage.com/news/starlig...

Wonder how many of us had these posters on our walls as teenagers? David Edward Byrd's iconic posters are instantly recognisable. deadline.com/2025/02/davi...