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The most extraordinary show I've ever worked on continues its journey. Come see the OLIVIER AWARD WINNING
@SkysEdgeMusical
at it's new home in the Gillian Lynne next year. ⬇️
#StandingAtTheSkysEdge
There's A Storm A-Comin' to the West End...
Standing at the Sky's Edge, the
@OlivierAward
winning Best New Musical, transfers to the Gillian Lynne Theatre from February 2024.
Sign up for more news and priority ticket access 👉
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Mad respect for Phoebe Waller Bridge sitting down to brainstorm
#Fleabag
2, writing "make out with Andrew Scott and Kristin Scott Thomas", circling it multiple times and then just figuring out the rest from there.
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I have no opinion on Gemma Collins being cast in Chicago, but this tweet has ended me.
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The most successful people I've met:
1. Do it while the mood is right
2. Really have an appetite
3. Are on fire with desire
4. Could handle half the tenors in a male voice choir
5. Aren't meek
6. Aren't bleak
7. Will (consensually) beat you on the bottom with a Woman's Weekly
The most successful people I’ve met:
1. Were born and raised in West Philadelphia
2. Spent a lot of time in playgrounds, playing basketball
3. Got into a small fight
4. Scared their mothers
5. Know how to whistle for taxis
6. Enjoy novelty car decorations
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🎭 BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
🎭 BEST SOUND DESIGN
🎭 BEST MUSIC/ORCHESTRATIONS
🎭 BEST SET DESIGN
🎭 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
🎭 BEST LEADING ACTRESS
🎭 BEST DIRECTOR
🎭 BEST NEW MUSICAL
STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE SUPREMACY.
@OlivierAwards
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Why are people being so mean about JK Rowling, the first woman to ever learn to write?
One day a little girl came to one of JK's signings and said she'd been inspired to try and do words and stuff herself. That girl's name...? JANE AUSTEN.
Makes you think.
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Posted again, with details removed.
Sick to death of this pathetic, toothless Tory-lite
@UKLabour
party. Should've done this ages ago.
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On this
#NationalWritingDay
, remember:
- You are still a writer on the days you don't write anything
- You are still a writer when all your words look like garbage
- You are still a writer when you're not being read
Be kind to yourself. The words will come.
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For the same cost as the failed test and trace system we could've bought everyone in England two £325 tickets for Cabaret.
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Sky's Edge will be back. This isn't an announcement, just a feeling in my bones. Still, today marks the end of something very special. Now we hold our breaths, because this moment will never come again.
Onwards.
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For theatre fans, Liz Truss's reign as Prime Minister was four times shorter than the preview period for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.
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Well then. There's this.
📣 The Gillian Lynne Theatre is opening up it's doors to Standing at the Sky's Edge from February 2024. 📣
#StandingAtTheSkysEdge
@SkysEdgeMusical
@LtdVarious
@crucibletheatre
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Okay gang, it's what we've all been waiting for, Larry's brought it home...
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If pursuing the arts ever starts to feel pointless or futile, I think of this picture from the Pericles rehearsal room.
Today things feel a little brighter than the day before, and some days that's enough. Onwards.
#SaveTheArtsUK
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As I hang up my new pink cord dungarees next to my pink cord double breasted jacket I ask myself how *will* the world know I'm a professional theatre lesbian?
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I think the fact that I've been snubbed for an Olivier (again) just because I haven't made any work eligible for an Olivier speaks volumes about the toxicity of our industry.
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IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!!
STANDING AT THE SKY’S EDGE / Feb 2023 in the Olivier
A love letter to Sheffield and the Park Hill Estate in an award-winning musical.
Directed by Rob Hastie with songs by Richard Hawley and book by
@ChrisBushWrites
.
A Sheffield Theatres co-pro in association with
@LtdVarious
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I'll take it.
★★★★★ Review: Rock/Paper/Scissors – Audacious and ambitious trio of interlinked plays by Chris Bush (
@ChrisBushWrites
) performed simultaneously on Sheffield Theatres' three stages
@crucibletheatre
@SheffieldLyceum
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The fact that J K Rowling, a straight, cis white woman, is choosing Pride month, a pandemic and global Black Lives Matter protests to go on a multi-thread transphobic rant and hawk her new book just says it all really.
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I would just like to live in a very beautiful and homely cabin in the woods with excellent WiFi and within walking distance of world class theatre and restaurants is that too much to ask?
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I don't quite have the words for tonight. To see a capacity crowd in the Olivier leap to their feet for these stories and this company is a very special thing indeed. All I'll say is don't hang around to book.
#StandingAtTheSkysEdge
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Missed this being publicly announced earlier...! I'm beyond thrilled to be taking up an official role
@crucibletheatre
. It's not just the best theatre in the world, it's also home. Over the moon about this one.
Sheffield Theatres Appoint Chris Bush As Associate Director
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Feeling sad that Adele is far too famous to ever play Nancy in Oliver! but I would like to see it.
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So Tom Hanks came to my show last night? That seems like a normal and chill thing to have happened.
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Something something would Ian Wright and Alan Shearer's show of solidarity happen in the arts, and if not, does this demonstrate how the world of professional sport still has a sense of working class consciousness that theatre lacks? I could do 500 words for the Stage no bother.
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I hate it when I employ an actor and I think they're also a person but it turns out they're actually three furious otters in a trenchcoat.
🌟 OPPORTUNITY 🌟
We’re on the hunt for a real person to star in our new ad campaign. We need a MAN 50+ years old with a huge smile and big, sparkly eyes. You don’t need to be a Specsavers customer to get involved, this is open to all!
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I have a post-show discussion joke. Well actually it's less of a joke, more of a comment.
We have a Stage Management joke but you’ll only see it if it goes wrong.
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A very lovely thing! Thanks
@HermitageArts
.
Chris Bush (
@ChrisBushWrites
) has won the Hermitage Major Theater Award, giving her a $35,000 prize to create an original work.
Find out more 👉
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Who wants my queer rom-com where two lesbians decide to propose to each other on February 29th and consistently accidentally foil each others plans?
They will be played by Kristen Stewart and Janelle Monáe and it will be wholesome but also extremely hot.
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I really love finding out by Twitter announcement that a theatre hasn't programmed my show! It's just my favourite thing!! This industry is complete garbage!!!!
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I reckon there's not a single new writing theatre in the UK that hasn't rejected one or more of my scripts at some point. Currently sat in
@NationalTheatre
rehearsal room, 8 days away from my Olivier debut. Worth sticking it out.
#ShareYourRejections
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Still slightly dazed from yesterday's Olivier nominations. So hugely proud of every single person involved in our big brutalist beast of a show. Although a lot of these awards recognise individual excellence, this is for all of us. Vive
@crucibletheatre
, vive Sheffield. Ta ducks.
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Guys I just announced a National Theatre transfer how is this my most popular tweet this month?
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Exactly four years ago today, we started rehearsals for a little show called Standing at the Sky's Edge.
Today, we go into tech in the Olivier
@NationalTheatre
. It's been quite a ride.
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My hot take: if you think it's implausible that two years in a row you take a show to Edinburgh, barely anyone shows up and you have a cry about it, you really don't know the fringe.
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Five years to the day... Getting in to
@crucibletheatre
for
@SkysEdgeMusical
1.0.
Tonight, we open in the West End. Ta ducks. Onwards.
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Here me out: Adele is Nancy, everyone else is a Muppet.
Feeling sad that Adele is far too famous to ever play Nancy in Oliver! but I would like to see it.
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I love the National Theatre, I really, really do. They've been great to me and I'd chew my arm off to keep working there. But this morning's announcement really is dispiriting. Not a single female playwright. One (brilliant) female director.
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WE'RE BACK BABY!!!
- STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE RETURNS CHRISTMAS 2022, THEN ON TO THE OLIVIER!!
- ROCK/PAPER/SCISSORS - THREE NEW PLAYS THAT RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY ACROSS ALL THREE THEATRES NEXT SUMMER!!!
- WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!!
Sheffield Theatres will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a "theatrical experiment" featuring a trilogy of plays running simultaneously across its three venues, with a single company of actors
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I'm at
@TheStage
100 champagne breakfast reception. Nadine Dorries is wearing a crown. She's telling everyone they gave it to her but we all know she brought it from home.
#TheStage100
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Russell T Davies going back to Doctor Who can only mean one thing - someone's found a saved game of the Earth from 2005 and we're going for a full system reset. It's about time.
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Terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage terrible rage
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That feeling when you really just need them to FOLLOW THE FUCKING STAGE DIRECTIONS.
(This is from Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation and I love it)
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As the prophecy foretold...
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So apparently Gr*h*m L*n*h*n is getting his knickers in a twist about gender neutral toilets
@sohotheatre
. A *theatre*. In *Soho*. Bitch, if you think you can bring your terfy bullshit here you've no idea.
#NotInMyChurch
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If I made a pro-theatre/anti-nationalism t-shirt that simply read "CARYL > WINSTON" would that be far, far too niche?
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There are two TV people on the overground next to me talking about the poor people "scraping by" on £30k a year...
*Laughs bitterly in theatre*
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"As the dawn breaks, over roof slates..."
This view is why my mum hasn't moved in over forty years. Sheffield, you are glorious.
#StandingAtTheSkysEdge
might be done up here for now, but we carry you with us to the big smoke. Roll on
@NationalTheatre
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@SoozUK
This is what happens when you order Noel Fielding with tokens clipped out of the back of Reader's Digest.
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One
@NationalTheatre
chapter closes, and another begins... Very exciting to spot my first
#NTPublicActs
Odyssey poster in the wild.
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Just a little update from your favourite holiday lesbians.
Merry Christmas from your favourite lesbians in matching pyjamas. Your faves could never, etc etc.
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Oh great, so now I'm getting dramaturgical notes from road works.
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THAT'S BECAUSE EDUCATION ISN'T MEANT TO BE BOUGHT AND SOLD YOU PLATINUM PLATED DILDO OF MEDIOCRITY.
Too many students are being sold a university education that won't get them a decent job at the end of it.
So I'm cracking down on rip-off degrees and boosting apprenticeships to ensure students get the best deal possible.
Widening access. Boosting jobs. Growing the economy.
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This is a bit exciting then ⬇️⬇️⬇️
We are proud to announce our first co-production with
@LyricHammer
, in association with
@BirminghamRep
.
Faustus: That Damned Woman explores what we must sacrifice to achieve greatness, and the legacy we leave behind.
Tickets on sale now:
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As a playwright, you should always carry the following:
- one almost full notebook
- one almost empty notebook
- a book you're not reading
- 3 separate rehearsal drafts, tattered and confusingly labelled
- several pens, none of which are your favourite pen
- biscuits
As an publicist, you should carry the following at all times:
• 3 packs of post it notes
• 23 sharpies
• 3+ books, incl one printed manuscript
• A keep cup
• 2 phone chargers and a battery booster pack
• 4 expired train tickets
• A slightly unhealthy need for control
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No, YOU were just eating vegetable crisps under a tree and a leaf fell on you and you ate the leaf because you thought it was a stray crisp. WHAT A GREEDY FOOL YOU ARE.
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No STOP IT I simply cannot cope with this.
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Okay but *these* are the women I'm scared to share a bathroom with.
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"I know we never had much time..."
Not emotionally prepared for today. What a run it's been. Onwards.
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SHEFFIELD IS ACTUALLY THE FIFTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UK BY POPULATION IT'S BIGGER THAN MANCHESTER ACTUALLY IT'S JUST THAT IT SPRAWLS IN MORE OF A RURAL WAY THAN AN URBAN ONE IT'S QUITE SELF CONTAINED BECAUSE OF THE HILLS THERE ARE SEVEN OF THEM LIKE IN ROME
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Catastrophically bad take, this. Full sympathy for anyone struggling in this hugely competitive industry, but anyone suggesting they're not 'diverse enough' to work should be vigorously disabused of this idea immediately, not indulged. Do better, guys.
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Really hoping the Edinburgh Fringe can't happen this summer just to avoid 5 different versions of JACKIE WEAVER! THE MUSICAL
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Wishing all the racists still upset about Romeo and Juliet casting a very fuck off and die in a hole.
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My sweetest, bravest boy, my Stranger, passed away this afternoon. He had a seizure two days ago and he fought so well, but in the end it was too much for his little heart. He made my life immeasurably better and I'm completely devastated. Sleep well, my handsome prince.
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Hard to express just how much this means to me. I had such an incredible time making this show, and am beyond thrilled to be heading back to the Olivier (for more than 3 nights this time). Huge thanks to Rufus and all
@NationalTheatre
for seeing the universal in the local.
We are thrilled to announce that Standing at the Sky’s Edge will return to the
@crucibletheatre
this autumn followed by a transfer to the Olivier
@nationaltheatre
in January 2021. Featuring music & lyrics by
@RichardHawley
and a book by
@ChrisBushWrites
.
#SkysEdge
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Standing at the
#SkysEdge
@crucibletheatre
:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@TheStage
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@BroadwayWorldUK
⭐⭐⭐⭐
@guardian
⭐⭐⭐⭐
@thetimes
⭐⭐⭐⭐
@Telegraph
⭐⭐⭐⭐
@ObserverUK
⭐⭐⭐⭐
@thesundaytimes
⭐⭐⭐⭐
@WhatsOnStage
Not too shabby.
#lookatallthosestars
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WOULD YOU LOOK (respectfully) AT THIS SEXY-ASS CAST.
Cast for Standing at the Sky’s Edge in the West End announced
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Eve Leigh is a phenomenal human and one of the greatest contemporary playwrights working in the UK (husband seems lovely too). They have nothing but my unconditional love and admiration.
Obviously, OBVIOUSLY always call the police if you suspect domestic violence. Fuck's sake.
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So they hold their breath, because this moment will never come again...
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It's no secret that I adore our
@SkysEdgeMusical
company with every fibre of my being. Particularly impressed with them for getting through last night's show (lights, who needs them?). Only two and a half weeks left
@NationalTheatre
and I'm already bereft.
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Try to live your life with the confidence of the middle-aged white man currently settling down to write his Greta Thunberg play like an absolute hero.
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And so it goes...
Two days and four performances left of
@SkysEdgeMusical
in the West End. Probably another soppy thread from me tomorrow. Massively grateful to our incredible cast, crew and everyone who got us here. If you came to see us, thank you so much. It means the world.
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I'm so inordinately proud of our entire
@SkysEdgeMusical
team, who absolutely smashed it last night. Feeling a bit odd today in that post-opening melancholy as the adrenaline dies down, but hey, we're currently booking until August, so no farewells for a while...
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Maria.
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I'm a simple woman. All I want is for no conservative politician to ever know another moment of happiness for the rest of their miserable lives.
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We can't really be calling it "seat out to help out", can we? I suggest:
"Patronise the Arts so our economy restarts."
"Buy a ticket to tell recession to stick it."
"Take a chair so our industry isn't damaged beyond all hope of repair."
Needs work. We'll fix it in tech.
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This isn't about tidying up language. This is, without exaggeration, a deliberate step towards banning trans people from any kind of public existence. This is evil, plain and simple, and must be opposed.
We have provided advice to the Minister for Women and Equalities on the definition of the protected characteristic of 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010.
Find out more:
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Well, yesterday was just extraordinary. One cast, three sittings, nine audiences. Never experienced anything like it. What a remarkable group of humans we've put together. Forever grateful. Come see us, if you haven't already.
#RockPaperScissors
🪨📄✂️
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I think all shows should have to perform for a solid 24 hours at the very end of their run. I want to see David Tennant get through Macbeth twelve times. I want avant garde durational Mousetrap. I want to watch the cast of
@mincemeatlive
descend further and further into madness.
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There is no one in this industry I love, respect or admire more than Rob Hastie. The most important professional relationship of my career. The kindest, most brilliant man in British theatre.
@crucibletheatre
have been so lucky to have him. A proper hero.
Artistic Director Robert Hastie announces his final season, as he steps down after eight years.
“It has been an honour to lead this wonderful group of theatres. There is nowhere like it and it’s been a joy to work at its heart.”
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Not sure I find this very convincing. So it's the famous actors' fault because they hate female playwrights, not you? Did McAvoy really say "yeah, I'll do Cyrano, but not if a lady translates it"? Seems unlikely...
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Honestly how am I meant to do anything else with my day now?
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Trying to wrap my head around a world where apparently the D**ly M**l entertainment correspondent knows my show is cancelled before I do?? I mean fuck this for so many reasons, but particularly this bit of it.
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The S*n is hot flaming garbage, it's terrible that JKR has suffered abuse, and her abuser deserves no sort of platform.
Certain people are now framing the argument like this: are you with JKR, or are you with abusive men and trans people. This is dangerous disingenuous bullshit.
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I genuinely don't think I'm emotionally prepared for the final night of
#StandingAtTheSkysEdge
@crucibletheatre
, but I can't wait to get back up there. This show means the world to me, and feels more timely than ever.
"I see you. Do you hear me? I see you. You are seen."
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Hey kids
*spins cap around backwards*
it's your auntie Chris here
*sits on chair backwards*
just reminding you that whatever A level results you get we're all slaves to capitalism, meritocracy is a myth and there are no good Tories.
*Slides on sunglasses, does finger guns*
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
#SkysEdge
STANDING AT SKY’S EDGE by
@RichardHawley
&
@ChrisBushWrites
/ Jan 2021
A new British musical, which premiered at Sheffield Theatres, set in the city’s Park Hill estate. Directed by Rob Hastie,
#SkysEdge
is ‘a heartfelt exploration of home in all its guises’ ★★★★ Guardian.
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NO 👏 SINGLE 👏 MUSICAL 👏IS 👏 INDICATIVE 👏OF 👏ALL 👏 MUSICALS 👏AND 👏YOU👏 ARE👏 ALLOWED👏 TO👏 LIKE👏 WHAT 👏YOU 👏WANT👏
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