Sophie Jade Howell

I'm on a last min trip to Edinburgh - what should I do in my 3 days? Ofcourse other than haunt the narrative.

Wise children's North By North West was so much fun. Really full of silly joy.

Cream background, red Graeae logo. Black text reads, An open letter in regard to proposed resource cuts.

We are opposed to the government’s announcement of more cuts and freezes to resources that support Deaf, Disabled, neurodivergent, chronically ill people, and those with lived experience of mental health to live equitably in UK society.

Check out our open letter here: tinyurl.com/2wb2bbhb

The way Tramell Tillman pronounced the word “monosyllabically” in the latest episode of SEVERANCE like Jesus just give him the Emmy already.

Contact dermatitis is 😖 baaah

Youth theatre people - what do you do when you have a bad rehearsal ? I have been pondering on this for a while.

Lost my cool at some anti abortion protestord outside work. Feel angry at the fucking world.

Jessica lee gagné is a queen. Absolutely incredible directing and cinematography.

We're looking for some workshop leaders with a back stage background for our behind the scenes youth theatre : www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/latest/call-...

Theatre Centre announces new artistic director - Arts Professional ELEANOR MANNERS has been appointed artistic director of Theatre Centre, succeeding ROB WATT, who steps down after five years in post. Most recently youth theatre director at Leeds Playhouse, Manners has...

Theatre Centre announces new artistic director https://buff.ly/42XPpg8 #ChangingFaces

Burn out comes from holding all of that so tightly wound in my brain. But I've got a week off. So there's time to let go. Switch.

And when I have a quiet moment to take my mask off and just let go of my control of time/information I feel so much better. So when artists or leaders have NO concept of those things and waltz around I feel both jealous and like I'm gonna totally crash out.

As a ND coping mechanism I've become an over communicator - I will put everything in an email- record all meetings- put things in a diary- double check everything - set 10 alarms- use chat gpt to tone check I'm not being rude (1/2)

Emma Rice: Directors must not be restricted by venues’ ‘political structures’ The Wise Children founder says that a director’s prerogative to make the work they want to make is 'the most important thing'

Director Emma Rice has vouched for the importance of artistic freedom to make theatre that scrutinises society, despite the restrictions of “political structures” within larger venues 👇

Yesss

If I had a severance innie they would 100 percent be starting the revolt.

This is me. (However you probably don't like what I found as it highlights something deeply concerning and problematic usually).

A woman in front of neon that reads I get knocked down but I get up again. Picture label: New on the blog: playwright and screenwriter Alice Nutter.

A man in a wheelchair aeroplaning, behind him a cast leans in synch with their arms spread out. The picture is labelled: "I realised that being in the theatre was a bit like being in a band" Alice Nutter.

A cast on stage in 60s costumes with psychedelic lights behind. The picture is labelled: "Red Ladder gives artists access to this world because they have a history of taking risks." Alice Nutter.

Two men in suits, one in a wheelchair with his thumb out as if hitchhiking on the side of a road with a sign to london. Labelled: Where's Vietnam 2008

We've been reminiscing with friends for our blog.
First up, playwright, screenwriter and 'ally' @alicenut.bsky.social who wrote Where's Vietnam for Red Ladder's 40th anniversary in 2008.
www.redladder.co.uk/i-realised-t...

Who are the theatre production creatives/techies/back stage people who are also excited by working in engagement/participation/ with teenagers based in Yorkshire?

Best children books about climate change for 5 to 8 year old? Fiction.

Gwendoline Christie on the severance podcast talking about her training and about fashion and ah she's so interesting

Such a deregulating day.

This poem: it's by Matthew Buckley Smith, from his book Midlife -

film stills #36-39

The goats of Severance.

#severance

film still #32

Goats

#severance

photo credit:
Trudy Buck

a man in a suit and tie is dancing in an office ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing in an office

Severance is soooooooo goooood

TO A POOR OLD WOMAN munching a plum on the street a paper bag of them in her hand They taste good to her They taste good to her. They taste good to her You can see it by the way she gives herself to the one half sucked out in her hand Comforted a solace of ripe plums seeming to fill the air They taste good to her

Poem by William Carlos Williams.

Wendy Cope

York Theatre Royal’s Paul Crewes: ‘We’re producing more than ever before. We’ve got to keep reinventing’ Hosting Gary Oldman’s first stage appearance in four decades is not just a casting coup, but emblematic of York Theatre Royal boss Paul Crewes’ ambitions for the venue. He tells Theo Bosanquet about working to make York a destination for artists and audiences

.@YorkTheatre’s Paul Crewes: ‘We’re producing more than ever before. We’ve got to keep reinventing’

He talks to The Stage all about working to make York a destination for artists and audiences 👇

Yes girl you go!!!! @eleanormanners.bsky.social is the best.