For #WomensHistoryMonth we are resharing some of our past posts on Alice Thornton. Next up is @debsca.bsky.social on Alice Thornton’s relationship (on stage) with her niece-by-marriage, Anne Danby. thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2...

Funniest moment: Honourable mention to @awkwardprods.co.uk for Swedonian supergroup BAAB, but the winner is @debsca.bsky.social 's Flora MacDonald and Zombies for soooo boring school trip with unexpected zombies slaying on the day. Best school day ever! chrisontheatre.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/c...

Woke up to this lovely write-up following @debsca.bsky.social 's performance of Green Knight in Cambridge last week! 💚 www.indiependent.co.uk/dont-forget-...

#GreenKnight will be galloping into the fabulous Biggar Little Festival this Friday 24 October! Come meet the Knight and hear this tale from King Arthur's court from the viewpoint of a woman at its heart! www.biggarlittlefestival.com/comedy-and-t...

Lovely to see this write up of our project in the Smithsonian Magazine. #EarlyModern 📜 🗃️ @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...

Our last performance of Flora Macdonald and Zombies @scotstorycentre.bsky.social today at 15:45 - captioned by brilliant Christabel Anderson. Come share a silly hour with us. Tickets from scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62... And here's another audience review!

Thank you so much again for the mention here @cns-theatre.bsky.social! As Chris says, just one more chance to see Flora Macdonald and Zombies @scotstorycentre.bsky.social - scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62...

There are 2 more chances to see Flora Macdonald and Zombies at the fab @scotstorycentre.bsky.social - today and Friday at 15:45. Here's another lovely audience review! Tickets from scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62...

A massive thank you to the fab @alledintheatre.bsky.social for this lovely review and another 4 stars for Flora Macdonald and Zombies! We're back for just 2 more shows - on Wednesday and Friday at 15:45 in the gorgeous @scotstorycentre.bsky.social! www.alledinburghtheatre.com/flora-macdon...

Thank you so much to @theweereview.bsky.social for this absolutely lovely 4 star review for Flora Macdonald and Zombies. We're back today at the glorious @scotstorycentre.bsky.social at 15:45 for our relaxed performance. theweereview.com/review/flora...

Today!!!

And it is SO good!

Saw this today and it was spellbinding. @polisloizou.bsky.social is of course brilliant. Highly recommend seeing it - it only runs until 9th! freefringe.org.uk/shows/you-ou...

By the power of Scotrail I am on my way to Edinburgh for today's performance of Flora Macdonald and Zombies! It's 2 for 1 today - come join us! scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62...

A lovely day of storytelling at #EdFringe today, with @debsca.bsky.social's delightfully batty "Flora Mcdonald and Zombies" (HIGHLY recommended!) and getting to tell a folktale myself in Edinburgh's brilliant @lighthousebks.bsky.social.

A full house for Flora Macdonald and Zombies today! Thank you so much to our 2 lovely audiences so far, and to the fab @scotstorycentre.bsky.social staff who are supporting us brilliantly. We'll be back on Tuesday at 15:45 - see you then! scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62...

Thank you so much to @cns-theatre.bsky.social for this fab review of Flora Macdonald and Zombies! It's always a real honour to be one of Chris's recommendations. And what a brilliant review for @lubnakerr.bsky.social too whose show sounds wonderful!

Day 2 of Flora Macdonald and Zombies at the fab @scotstorycentre.bsky.social today at 3:45 pm! Why not come see us (tickets from scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62...). I'm also doing the Address to the Haggis at 1:40 pm in the awesome Haggis Box Cafe!

Very excited for this one - Helmsley Arts Centre is just five miles from East Newton Hall where Thornton lived from 1662 until her death in 1707. #EarlyModern #Yorkshire 🗃️ 🎭

Tickets are already on sale for a performance at Helmsley Arts Centre on Saturday 13 September, 7-8pm. www.helmsleyarts.co.uk/whats-on/hel... Image: Paul McGuigan. 2/2

It's #YorkshireDay! Did you know that there will be another opportunity to catch a performance of 'Remarkable Deliverances' in Thornton's home territory, North Yorkshire? @debsca.bsky.social's acclaimed one-women play is part of this year's Helmsley Literary Festival in September. 1/2

Flora Macdonald and Zombies opens today at @scotstorycentre.bsky.social @edfringe.bsky.social at 3:45 pm! See you there for some zombie/Jacobite heroine one-woman comedy/fantasy! scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62...

We open tomorrow (Friday 1st) at the awesome @scotstorycentre.bsky.social! Zombies! Cats! Tunes! Heavily revised history! Come see us! scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62...

Super-chuffed that Flora Macdonald and Zombies is on here! Thank you so much @cns-theatre.bsky.social! Come see us from Friday at 3:45 pm at @scotstorycentre.bsky.social! scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62...

Top of my must-see list!

Scottish cultural giants take the stage again as @mikedaviot.bsky.social presents scenes from the life of the iconic actor Duncan Macrae in A Noble Clown, while Alan Bissett imagines what may have taken place when Billy Connolly and Alasdair Gray crossed paths in When Billy Met Alasdair. 3/3

Take a rollicking trip through a completely false history of Scotland featuring zombie evisceration in Flora Macdonald and Zombies and hear a different teller every day share their favourite Traditional Tales from Scotland. 2/3

Where better to explore stories of Edinburgh and Scotland than in the heart of the capital’s Old Town? See Auld Reekie through the eyes of locals in Athens of the North @markthannah.bsky.social and visitors in An American Love Letter to Edinburgh. 1/3 🎟️ sholink.to/f7d8b9ed

Stories are constantly retold and reinterpreted for new audiences, none more so than the ancient myth and folklore that has made us who we are. Where better to explore these than the Scottish Storytelling Centre? 1/5 🎟️ sholink.to/f7d8b9ed #DareToDiscover

Looking forward to seeing the master at work in this!

@polisloizou.bsky.social have you put your show in for The Spookies awards? www.edhorrorfest.co.uk/the-spookies...

7.30: It's Not Cluedo! Chris Neville-Smith There's been a murder! And we have one hour to solve it! Choose your own six suspects, six weapons and nine locations. The comedy game show with a panel of Fringe performers comes to Durham. Comedy nominee, 2024 Scarborough Fringe.

Our very first day of Durham Free Fringe: 6.00 p.m.: Philosophy Storytime: Erotic Tales of & for Lovers of Wisdom Kathrine Cuccuru A genre bending performance uniquely blends theatrical storytelling and philosophical conversation to make you gasp, laugh, think … and maybe even a little horny.

6 shows, 10 performances, 5 days, 2 venues ... And it starts in 4 days.

This is a fabulous show!

Caught this at @cymerafestival.co.uk , an absolute hoot, highly recommended for your #Fringe delights, #Edinburgh peeps

#QuickflyerFriday! Fresh from our Buxton Fringe run, Flora Macdonald and Zombies is @edfringe.bsky.social on odd dates 1-15 August at the gorgeous @scotstorycentre.bsky.social! Tunes! Zombies! Historical inaccuracy, 'irreverent and fun'! scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62...

And here's the @buxtonfringe.bsky.social review of It's Not Cluedo. Just a one-off at Buxton, but on again for @durhamfreefringe.bsky.social on the 23rd July.

We're delighted that My Name is Samim is a LoveReading4Kids Debut of the Month! Read what @lovereading4kids.bsky.social has to say about Fidan Meikle's stunning debut novel. www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/9781782...

💥Our @edfringe.bsky.social 2025 tickets are now on sale!💥 We are delighted to present a Fringe programme which reflects the energy and variety in our year-round offer. Tickets 🎟️ bit.ly/43DsHJ5 Get looking and get booking!

For the 1st 2 weeks of the @edfringe.bsky.social, I'll be #DuncanMacrae at @scotstorycentre.bsky.social & for the last week I'll be #EdwardDrexel at #BrawVenues. Tickets: OMEGA FACTOR: edfringe.com/.../the-omeg.... A NOBLE CLOWN: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:62...

Stories, puppets, lights, bubbles, songs and really bad jokes – we’ve got shows for a whole range of ages and interests at SSC this @edfringe.bsky.social, and we’re keeping it as affordable as possible with £10 child tickets across the family programme. 🎟️ bit.ly/43DsHJ5

This baby pterosaur is no bigger than my thumb

Well, here's a rarity. For the first time since 2020, a @buxtonfringe.bsky.social play gets my highest acclamation. You absolutely must catch Lubna Kerr's Lunchbox, a play about the kid who bullied her at school - with a surprisingly sympathetic depiction of the boy who's bullied more at home.

*NEW: spotter: francesca_albanese; big co-op car park, 56.001221,-2.517942; 1229hrs 9/7/25

Congratulations @cns-theatre.bsky.social! It's a great show!

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Playwrights! Screenwriters! Friends of playwrights and screenwriters! If you're in London on the 24th July PLEASE join us for a #SupportPlaywrightsSummerSocial at Soho Theatre Walthamstow. Pls share.

Shortbread packed and heading in for show 1 of Flora Macdonald and Zombies @buxtonfringe.bsky.social @undergroundvenues.bsky.social! See you at 7 pm! 2025.underthefringe.com/shows/flora-...

We have 2 shows from @sweetprods.bsky.social opening today - the marvellous Eden Ballentine performing BUCKETS OF BLOOD - FAIRY TALES NOT FOR KIDS and then @debsca.bsky.social's new show FLORA MACDONALD AND ZOMBIES. Bloody, fantastic stories, back to back at our Spring Gardens venue.