The start of my 3rd week not being able to work because of a decision by the DWP under Keir Starmer to cut my #AccessToWork support by 61%. With support I can work, without it I can't. The shock & sadness is still overwhelming: www.touretteshero.com/safe/2025/05... @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social

Our brilliant programme M*class is back, this time for lighting design and curated by the wonderful Emma Jones. Please share x

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Is it just me or are all the cafe Nero's looking really rough these days?

Congratulations to Stellar Quines for a fantastic opening night! Brilliant to get through to Lochgelly and catch this ambitious, funny, and original Scottish musical in the heart of Fife. An example of de-centralising theatre, bringing big shows to people at affordable prices, just brill to see!

Stellar Quines stands with trans women and with the trans community. Statement in image. Alt text available.

I showed my partner a Pinterest image of the haircut I want. Me: I wanna look like this. JJ: I think you'll need to drink a lot of water.

The posters and flyers are here! 🤖 If you’re in the mood for a sci-fi dark comedy feminist adaptation then we’ve got the show for you - coming to the Lochgelly centre this April 🎶 If you see one of our posters out and about take a photo and tag us - we’d love to share 💚

We're doing Pay What You Choose tickets for our show in Lochgelly. One weekend only and it's going to be dead good.

Coming soon 👀

Was nice to talk to Brian and Fergus about where we are in Scottish Theatreland. Very happy that Exeunt is back and really appreciating the way Fergus Morgan is writing about Scottish theatre these days.

I'm in Denmark during Fastelavn, a festival which involves some tasty buns. I've eaten several but disappointingly haven't heard anyone sing this awesome bun song;

We're sharing a scratch of a new Jordan & Skinner coproduction with the amazing Disaster Plan on Wednesday. It's ridiculous.

Anyone recommend great theatre podcasts? More practice based if possible. Ta x

Sending love to all Scottish theatre colleagues waiting on news this am. You are great.

Folks I basically live on a wind farm!?!?! What's gonna happen? Should I be trying to tie my car down or something?

More “masculine energy”? You mean “more sexism”?

We're here!

Day 5 of development: complete unravelling in the morning. Putting ourselves back together in the afternoon.

Quotes from day 4 of development: "What if we do it like this with our heads in?" "Sorry. What is floor arms?" "This is not what I thought we were going to be doing today."

Day three of development: fighting intrusive thoughts of wtf we gonna do for the sharing?

Day two of development. In love with everyone already.

And we’re off. The Women’s Prize for Playwriting is now open for submissions 🏆 Thread below:

I'm just a girl, walking roon a loch, thinking aboot plays.

I'm in Pitlochry. It's gorgeous, as are these writers. @hannahlavery.bsky.social @catacts.bsky.social @shastahali.bsky.social

Anyone in Glasgow or Edinburgh have an overhead projector I can borrow next week? Ta x

Did it. Deactivated. Want nuffin to do with it.

After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false. www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...

Art by Victoria Villasana

I say this to all my male followers with love in the same way I do with my family and friends - have those uncomfortable conversations with the men in your life. Don’t allow the casual misogyny in conversations. Challenge abusive behaviour. Do the work. It’s on you. It always has been.

Gonna have the heating on all day today like a bad bitch.

I'm going to make a list of all the things I need to do today and then not do any of them. Mwahahahah.

With a big thanks to @hollywilliams.bsky.social for letting me write about this for Exeunt

Hey guess what. Today’s my birthday. The only gift I want is for you to tell Wes Streeting to stop this horrifically cruel and pointless policy.

Bit of Stellar Quines herstory yesterday. We said goodbye to our teeny tiny office in Grindlay St. It's been such an inspiring place to work and to learn from and stand in solidarity with our friends at The Lyceum, Imaginate and Lung Ha has been invaluable!!

Beautifully said: “I want the seperate between the expression of politics in the gallery and the practice of politics in life to disappear…Free Palestine”

Realised why my dad seems to be so popular in the care home. He's put up that picture of him meeting Princess Di FFS.

Off to University of Edinburgh tonight to give a talk based on this timeless and timely question posed by Nicola McCartney.

👉 We have only 11 days left to reach our £2,500 target! Can you help with a donation to our fundraiser? ❤️ Donations from people like you are vital in supporting us to keep making spaces where people can see themselves and be themselves.

Happy 1st of December. Today, a 🧵 of Scottish women worthy of statues. Statues memorialise in a specific way. They honour achievement. First, Jennie Lee, MP and founder of the Open University. The work she did as Arts Minister was transformative. Also = Mrs Aneurin Bevan. /1

Crispvent is back! I've taken on board feedback from last year and been working on the dramaturgy of the crisps. 2024 will move through three distinct eras; retro, spicy and deluxe. Starting strong on day one.

Just asked the ticket man for a double to Glasgow Central please. Oh dear.

This time last year I first shared with the board our ideas to move SQ to Kirkcaldy as part of a new vision for the company at our annual strategy day. Today we were due to gather again, now in our new home! Although the storm kept 50% of us away we still took time to reflect on the power of work...

Are you a working class freelancer in the arts? @RTYDS has created some financial resources to help artists from low socio-economic backgrounds navigate self-employment & benefits. Check out their advice leaflet & the @turn2us_org Benefits Calculator

Cleaning out my dad's flat today. Proof that he is the most Edinburgh person in the entire world.

Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland support - deadline next week. I did mentoring back in the day and it was brilliant. 100% recommend ❤️ playwrightsstudio.co.uk/support-for-...

I saw this Friday. Music, singing, dancing. Fire and earth and airplanes. 6 wonderful performers and just when you think it's over Cursed Choir rises from the audience to sing us out with a version of One Day at a Time. Magical, emotional satisfying evening. Deserves to be seen all over. Thank you.

This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...