OPEN DOOR is SOLD OUT on Saturday night! #LGBTQ+ #History #Theatre

Not an accident that a good story is often described as a roller coaster. The thrill is the same: danger experienced while completely safe. #theater #amwriting #writing #playwriting

Open Door is coming to Taunton Brewhouse on 20th September! Thanks to @tauntontowncouncil.bsky.social for all their support! www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti...

You can catch my interview with GWS Radio on listen again at 8:20 mins. OPEN DOOR - QUEER FREEDOM UNLOCKED 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTQ+ #GayHistory #QueerTheatre gws-radio.co.uk/listen-again...

Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Log into the #PapatangoStudio between 11.30am - 1.30pm on Thursday 18th September to access our free 1-2-1 Online Chat. https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

Coming up on GWS… 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Mum woulda been super proud!

We made The County Gazette! www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2540834... #LGBTQ+ #Theatre

Queer history on stage 🌈✨ OPEN DOOR tells the story of a young gay lad in 1954 whose train ride from Exeter to Bristol changed everything. 📅 Sat 20 Sept, 8pm 🏦 Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton 🎫 01823 283 244 Tickets: https://www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/critical-moment-open-door/

A dark February night in 1954 🌙 A young gay lad boards a train from Exeter to Bristol… and changes queer history forever. OPEN DOOR 📅 Sat 20 Sept, 8pm 🏦 Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton 🎫 01823 283 244 Tickets: www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti...

Somerset’s surprising queer history. #lgbtq+ #history #play #playwright #queerhistory

A guide to listening to critique: Those who love you tell you what they liked. Those who don't know you give clear-eyed critique. Those who don't like you hunt eagerly for flaws. All feedback is good. #playwriting #playwritingtips #writingcommunity

I know that look!

Thanks for your support, Pliny. It means the world! x

This #playwright thanks you, Pliny! x I have loved working on this long lost episode of queer history. #lgbtq+ #gayhistory #theatre

Ira Aldridge as Othello-William Mulready oil on panel c1840-63 #Actor #Playwright #theatre manager, Aldridge may be the most famous #African-American you’ve never heard of. The story of his groundbreaking career is remarkable. Pls read All about Him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Ald... #painting #art

Holiday reading! #booksky #lgbtq

My Journey with LGBT+ Refugees. Behind every asylum claim is a life unrepeatable, wounded, sacred. We need to see beyond statistics and into the soul of the journey: from persecution to pride, from fear to healing. Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/9wu67vte @spiritoftherainbow.bsky.social

Dr Sheldon. Icy & sarky, but maybe she has a warm heart? And a secret? Rehearsal shot of Joanne Rogers by Emily Appleton OPEN DOOR 🗓 Saturday 20th September, 8:00pm 📍Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton 📞 Box office: 01823 283 244 🎟 TIX www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti... #LGBTQ+ #Theatre

So today again #RuCluck was on the street of #London on the #StopFeedingHate campaign against Chick-fil-A and this time we were in front of their secret office Check out our news release here: www.petertatchellfoundation.org/secret-londo... #BoycottChickfilA in #UK

Robert Reid. Queer activist, lost to time. 🗓 Saturday 20th September, 8:00 pm 📍Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton 📞 Box office: 01823 283 244 www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti...

So exciting to see my new play out and about! #pkaywriting #playwright

Our hot new #LGBTQ+ play takes its next step! #Theatre

On a dark February night in 1954, a young Exeter lad changed all our lives. Find out how… OPEN DOOR 🗓️ Sat 19th July, 3:30pm 📍 Barnfield Theatre Exeter 📞Box Office: 01392 772 63 63 TIX exeternorthcott.co.uk/events/open-... #Theatre #Playwright #LGBTQ+

Who knew? The struggle for queer freedom in the UK started in Exeter! Find out how at Exeter’s Barnfield Theatre on 19th July. exeternorthcott.co.uk/events/open-...

🚨 Hungary has BANNED Pride! Join me outside the Hungarian Embassy in London at 1pm on Sat 21 June to protest against this attack on LGBTQ+ people. Pride is solidarity! Pride is protest! 🌐 SolidarityPride.lgbt #SolidarityPride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊

Casting call for upcoming readings of my new play! Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #TheatreSky #LGBTQ+Pride #ActorSky

Wondeful book. And it even has a reference to Robert Reid, the gay activist at the centre of our new play Open Door! We have play readings coming up over a Prideful summer & we'll be posting about them soon. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #TheatreSky #LGBTQ+Pride #BookSky

Reading this ahead of my talk for Wells Pride on Saturday. It’s all kinds fabulous! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTQ+Pride #BookSky

Delighted to be part of #LGBTQ+Pride in my old hometown! Come & hear the story of a long-lost gay activist! Hit the link to join us. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 14 June, Wells Town Hall, Somerset www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-door-...

On the trail of a long-lost gay activist... We're sending one of our #playwrights to Wells Pride to tell the story of our new show Open Door! Hit the link to join us. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 14 June, Wells Town Hall, Somerset #LGBTQ+Pride www.eventbrite.com/e/open-door-...

Fabulous.

Shocking

Heartfelt, tender, angry, astonishing.

‘Not the courts, not the state We decide our own fate.’ Love & solidarity to my trans brothers & sisters, from the Trans Rights action in a packed Parliament Square today. 🏳️‍⚧️ #NoLGBwithouttheT #TransRightsNow

Just heard today that THE APPLES OF HESPERIDES is one of the 8 plays selected from the shortlist for performance at the Ilkley Playhouse Playwriting Festival in September!🕺 #theatresky #newwriting #WritingCommunity #theatrelondon #fantasy #writerscommunity #theatre #theatrecommunity #theatrenews

Need character names & ideas? Why not take inspiration from your pets? Meet Dingo, my friend Sal’s dog. Translated to human form for my new script: a couch-hogging greedy layabout who knows how to turn on the charm with his big soulful eyes. Thanks, Ding! 🐾 #theatresky #playwriting #playwright

On days like this, that’s what note-taking is for. #playwriting #theatresky

Pampers and two half bottles of vodka. Who’d be a new parent…

KING OF THE WORLD - a dark comedy for dark times. If any theatre person is interested in a 60min drama about the impact of hard-man leaders on their subjects let me know, I'll send you the script.

The 8th Earl Wansbeck is a difficult man. Discover him and his unlikely pals in #TheTowers 🍸🇬🇧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tsf...

An easy way to raise the stakes of a conflict is to give it an audience: public or personal. #writingcommunity #playwriting #amwriting #screenwriting

Oh dear. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word "guaranteed." Quick: swap it out with "is very likely to."

"Too late now" is, in fact, a great first line. I eagerly await my share of the royalties.

A technique guaranteed to make your playwriting better: Start your scene one line later than you hear it in your head. The audience won't be confused; they'll be pulled in. #playwriting #amwriting #writingcommunity

Such a sweet & silly film! 🍿 🐾

Wonderful performances all round!

Five years since the first lockdown. Here are the twelve monologues I wrote around that time. Filmed on their phone by twelve very fine actors. www.briancoyle.co.uk/we-will-not-...