A dark room and a live story.

How on earth will they judge this? Thrilled to see the shortlist

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An email to send a shiver of panic into any makers heart. How is that time again!

Managed to catch one of the final shows of this today in Stratford. Loved it. Always nostalgic for my time Bham Uni when in the West Mids.

Theatre Royal Margate is set to receive a further £1m towards its regeneration to help it increase capacity and generate more income from ticket sales. Read more 👇

Another excellent pod, particularly enjoying hearing about early modern motherhood / babyhood and the matriarchy of fairies @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0mGJ... h

Notes I’ve typed one handed while breast feeding my (enormous) baby whilst dreaming of my writing desk (laptop)

Trump has done everything he can to sustain demand for oil in the face of technological change. Now he can claim to be securing the supply ...

To add to the madness of it all, the attack on Venezuela is clearly, above all, an oil grab. But we scarcely need oil any more.

Loving all the Jane Austen 250 anniversary deep dives and especially this podcast from one of my favourites @k8lister.bsky.social keep up the good work 😘 open.spotify.com/episode/6upn...

Feral Twitmas at the truly amazing Young V and A with my tiny walker. Obviously didn’t have time to read any captions or look at any of the exhibits as chasing newly qualified toddler around.

Loved “Me…” @littleangeltheatre.bsky.social Perfect solstice treat. TYA can be quite hit and miss for me (and my kids) loved the beautiful design, sound and visual and cinematic storytelling. Go see. www.littleangeltheatre.com/whats-on/me/

And something about how comedy must be serious and tragedy must be funny. Can’t remember exactly what but you get the gist

Two people in conflict - that’s a story

“Nobody asked you to be writer, and nobody will notice if you stop.”

In other news - Guess Who still slaps

Merry Christmas to Joanna Lumley’s prime time Amandaland Christmas Day an*l joke only

Managed half an hour of much needed culture before school pick up at Estorick Gallery and the work of Ketty La Bocca.

Mummy, I’ve chosen a card for my friend from school, Louie, aged 4. The card in question. 👇

Winter is the best pass it on

I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"

Perfect weather to escape my children for an hour to listen to this fascinating pod open.spotify.com/episode/2LUV...

Parents in the arts sector work in a system that fails to support them adequately. Here, producer and new mother Nora Laraki shares her experience of taking a baby on tour.

Unfortunately I simply cannot wait to see this and I will see it in the cinema on Valentines Day. youtu.be/3fLCdIYShEQ

11. PILLION. The horniest, queerest, kinkiest thing I have seen in forever. BDSM as hell but also kooky, warm and so suburban and English. I cannot believe this is a debut feature. So many scenes took my breath away. An instant queer classic, thank god films like this are being made! 5/5 #LIFF2025

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The Green Party of England and Wales says it now has more members than the Lib Dems: 83,500 to 83,174 with "hundreds more joining daily". Interestingly, both parties are growing while Reform and the Conservatives are shedding members.

You’re about 400 years too late.

Off to The Other Palace to see new work “Valhalla” today. Written by Kitty McDonald.

The right (and centre, obvs) is shitting itself over Mamdani because they've found an election they can't fix against the left. They tried everything, he's still winning. So the last desperate thing they're doing is using Sadiq Khan as a cautionary tale coz: both Muslim. Lol. London's great though.

The real horror about this is the fact the US Government are blaming women for Autism

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

Love to see it!

Hate to see it

Free space. Open access. Room to grow. 🌱 We've teamed up with @newdiorama.bsky.social to launch The Allotment, offering free R&D and rehearsal space in Central London to independent artists by lottery. Applications for the 1st season are now open now! www.theatredeli.co.uk/theatre-deli...

"Offended by flags ha ha ha" The problem isn't the flags. People put flags up when the St George's Day fete happens in my town. They go up when there's a Euros or World Cup on. You'll see them when it's a big V.E Day, Remembrance Day etc. Nobody gives a shit. This is a bit different I reckon.

Great to visit @marlowetheatre.bsky.social for the first time and see some Bechdel-test-approved new writing. Compelling mixture of frothy wit 1930’s larky sisterhood with gut punch of political extremism and violence. And those complicit who look the other way.

We loved “Oaklore” at Kew Gardens last week. Immersive, promenade, interactive and all about the trees 🍃

Be still my beating heart ☔️

NDT providing artists with what we all need in fair and accessible way. “Democratising access” 👏

Hardly the most important issue or most significant factor, but something I think Sally Rooney (and in different ways Kneecap) shows us is how in Britain, successful Irish artists can be patronisingly adopted as a product of our own cultural sphere, until they're not. inews.co.uk/news/bbc-und...

I also love working as an access support person for ACE applications and projects. Currently on hold as grantium offline. Can’t get enough of being your PA and general creative, practical, organisational support for both bids and/ or the project itself.