What a fantastic balance between light and dark - Lifers by Evan Placey @swkplay.bsky.social last night really played with my sympathies - one minute laughing with prisoners who are later revealed to be something quite different. Recommended.

Tonight is the Press Night of @ruthdsilva.bsky.social's Bungalow @theatre503.bsky.social and I'm excited for this wonderful play - it's a beautifully written piece about a family coming to understand the profound secret that is sheltered within the family home - it's subtle and funny and I loved it.

Watched the first episode of Yellowstone now it’s on Netflix & it’s like, who are we meant to like here?

These companies donated $1 millions or more to celebrate Trump's inauguration, a day when Trump pardoned the rioters who assaulted police officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6: Amazon Meta Google Uber Robinhood Ford General Motors Toyota Intuit Delta

The EU has ordered Elon Musk to let their engineers have access to Twitter's code to prove it isn't biased and passes the EU's Laws for Freedom of Speech. He is damned either way, hand it over and Twitter will be banned. Refuse and Twitter will be banned too.

Really happy to say that I've got ACE funding for an R&D on my climate protest play, Fire Fire, at @mercurytheatre.bsky.social - in association with @hightidetheatre.bsky.social - the journey to production begins! Well, 🤞!

Brighton. Yesterday evening. Might cheer us up this evening.

Happy New Year!

Caught up with Masterchef - yes, Dan! What a story.

Looking at the chaotic events in Washington, my theory is that Elon Musk - rather than being a genius - is really the Liz Truss of American politics. But richer.

Julia Masli was absolutely brilliant @sohotheatre.bsky.social - it’ll have you on the edge of your seat and warm your cockles in equal measure.

Wonderful venue, wonderful play

Silly grantium question - where do you upload letters of support from partners on the arts council England project grants application?

It's 5pm pals, get that laptop shut and let's get the weekend started 🪩

For anyone in the UK, If you text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258 when you are in a dark place or suicidal, a trained crisis volunteer will text you back. This is great If you find talking on the phone challenging. It’s completely free 24/7. Please Repost, you never know who might need this support

When shall I put the Christmas decorations up?

Robert Icke’s Oedipus w/ Mark Strong & Lesley Manville is the best theatre I’ve seen this year, & they’re doing an extra matinee on Dec 19 for under-30s, all tix @ £10 - pls do share if you know a young person who might enjoy a bit of incest & murder: www.soniafriedman.com/under-30s?fb...

I'm researching how co-creating theatre with communities can promote social justice. Would love to connect with artists, activists and academics. I wrote a blog about starting this project, so maybe I'll stop boring my friends about it in the pub. (Probably not.) Read it here: bit.ly/JLDPhDblog

Thanks @kitdewaal.bsky.social and @bridportprize.bsky.social - this is a fantastic initiative. As someone who left it *very* late to start writing fiction, I applaud you.

Laughing

Yes, I’m near voiceless too. Great night! You beat me to the photo post…

Deadline tomorrow at 10am!

I went to a couple of these sessions as a participant and can testify that this is a wonderful bunch of writers that were very delicately and beautiful nurtured by @ruthdsilva.bsky.social

1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture. The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention. Here’s how they did it... 🧵

Just your usual 17 degree C November day 😯

Thanks so much for the follow back @tanikagupta.bsky.social - I was singing the praises of A Tupperware of Ashes to all and sundry after I saw it - definitely on my list of best & favourite plays of the year. Super job 👏🏻.

One for all the working-class writers. #Writers

If you’re under 30 you can see my play on May 2 for £15 plus free drink and post show talk. Oldies, please tell a youngie ! Thanks orangetreetheatre.co.uk/ot-under-30/

With temperatures plummeting overnight, many will be worried about those sleeping on our streets. Working with London Councils, Sadiq Khan has opened emergency shelters for people sleeping rough. If you spot someone on the streets, alert Street Link 👇 thestreetlink.org.uk

Still in Marseille

Just arrived in Marseille!

doing the work for Theatre Bluesky / Theatre Marketing Hive and have created a list for UK Theatres and Arts Orgs so y’all can stay up to date with accounts here 🎭 please share and let me know if your orgs need adding! go.bsky.app/KAbz71g

Love these shots www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Folks in arts participation, youth theatre, young people’s advocacy, co-creation - who are you? Reply to this thread with a hello - I’ll turn it into a public list and let’s try and build a little community here.

So eventually managed to catch Perfect Days - loved how it shared the joy that can be found in the appreciation of small, natural things and the eventual realism that it’s a struggle for some to manage to get into that zone youtu.be/Iv8YO5BXCAQ?...

Here’s a good one to multi block some wrong ‘uns… this is how it works 1 Select the list 2 Click “Subscribe” 3 Select “Block” the entire list in one click Boommmm Bluesky is trying to keep this place tidy with healthy debate Let’s help them to do it 👍🏼👍🏼💙💙 bsky.app/profile/did:...

Had a handful of homophobic/transphobic messages here today because I’ve created a Starter Pack supporting LGBTQIA+ writers. Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be. go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W

www.mgcfutures.com/bursaries/20... Up to £5k to progress your theatre career.

google spreadsheet for black artists and theatre professionals to put their name to which was created on twitter when it was a nicer place. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Where are all the #Playwrights and #Screenwriters? Let's share the shit out of this. #PlaywrightsChristmasParty 26th Nov at Royal Court Theatre Bar. ALL playwrights AND screenwriters welcome. Any level of experience. Come with pals or come alone and make pals. #SupportPlaywrights

I'm planning to make a starter pack for writers of colour. I haven't seen one yet, so here goes! If you're a freelance writer, creative writer or any other type of writer and you are a PoC- let me know below if you want to be added to the list. 👇🏾 #writers #writersofcolour #poc

Hello! Here I am fresh from the other place with an image from earlier in the year to signify a new start! Onwards!