There is a drunk woman on the tube throwing After Eights at everyone and, in the most British way possible, everyone is pretending they aren’t being hit on the head by tiny chocolatey squares (which hurts by the way) and not looking at anyone else in the eye.
Today my Grandma’s carer left a note for my Mum to say “she is tired this morning due to staying up late watching Glastonbury.”
My Grandma turns 97 on Thursday ❤️
I ran to a bus stop the other day at around 10.30pm and I knocked on the drivers door which had just closed and he still drove off... I doubt many are going to stop for me waving at them from a pavement.
OKAY. 🎭 Listen up! I’m calling on the ENTIRE theatre community and industry to pick up the phone and 📞 VOTE 📞 for our brilliant
@LaytonWilliams
tonight. He has showed up every week despite so much being thrown at him online and brought joy & inspiration to millions. ✨🪩✨
Got ID’d in
@waitrose
buying elderflower gin and peonies. Didn’t have any ID. Ended up shouting, “WHO UNDER 18 YEARS OLD BUYS PEONIES AND ELDERFLOWER GIN? ITS QUITE CLEAR I AM HURTLING TOWARDS 30 AT INCREASING SPEED.”
Okay, everyone. 👏🏼 Mask-up, ventilate the rooms, keep your distance and test more than ever. If you contract COVID in the next few days then the likelihood is you will test positive from Tuesday onwards and there goes your Christmas… 🎄
I have a huge issue with the word “difficult” - it is usually a word coined with females in this biz and, most of the time, it is purely a woman who stands and speaks up for herself in a room where there is a male who does not like being spoken to in a certain way by women.
Do well-known theatre 'names' have an unfair reputation for diva-esque behaviour? Stage manager Katie Jackson (
@k_jacksonface
) thinks so – she says most are a joy to work with
Stop inviting them. Stop quoting them. Tell the editors their critic is not welcome in your theatres. Their “outrage” at the progression we are making in the industry reminds us both of how far we have come and how far we’ve got to go.
Does anyone really panic when someone is DEEPLY asleep on the tube near them? I always panic they are missing a stop/a job interview/a life changing opportunity and then I remember I’m British so I just stare, spiral into deep thoughts and get off the tube.
Did the sun come out for the 11 days that I had COVID? You bet it did. Did the sun go away, the rain come back and the temperature drop 15 degrees when I came out of isolation? Sure thing.
Yoga teacher: Whatever you are grateful for. Think of it now. There is no wrong answer.
Me: Pancakes.
Yoga teacher: It could be family, friends, the oxygen we breathe, education, healthcare, your job, your home...
Me: *whispers* Pancakes.
I’m bored of these articles telling me that my generation are useless. Shove off. We’re intelligent, sassy, inventive, politically motivated and bloody hilarious. Oh, and I spent most of my day reading.
I saw restaurant owners desperately standing at their doors, looking out on to empty streets and theatres without queues. The fact the government have basically called for everyone to stay at home without the financial support for these places… is unforgivable.
Saying it once more for the people in the back -
@CelindeSchoen
is a goddess and we are lucky to have her in our industry. Her love and support for her friends/colleagues is unwavering. ♥️
📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY 📣
@aldog3000
and I are looking for a full-time assistant to join our team & busy office at Curtis Brown. Come and work with us! We are fun! 👏🏼 Please RT if you can & spread the word. Full job description and details 👉🏻
One of my favourite things is getting home after the theatre and having a late-night cup of tea with hot buttery toast curled up with the dog in silence.
Why do some people get so angry?
This guy may have forgotten what he said by the time he got on the tube, but it ruined my day. You can hear in my voice just how stressed I was.
I’d never endanger
@Kika_GuideDog
or myself by attempting to move on an escalator.
Please, be kind
Uber driver: Do you mind if I call my girlfriend?
Me: Course not. Call away.
Uber driver: Thank you. So kind. I just want to be respectful.
*car phone ringing*
Irate girlfriend: WHAT THE F I NEVER WANT TO SPEAK TO U AGAIN
Uber Driver: I SAID I WAS SORRY OK WHAT MORE CAN I DO.
Found myself complaining (heavily) about the tax man this morning but got reminded that tax is paying for my Dad’s (and many others) cancer treatment. All hail the NHS, pay your goddamn taxes and call out/bring down the twazzocks that don’t pay theirs. 🙌🏼
This is amazing. 🙌🏻 So many actors try to hide their MT credits when trying to do more screen work like it’s a dirty secret and “uncool” that they can sing & dance. It’s totally unnecessary. You can do both and celebrate both. Like this. 👇🏼
Tonight
@HairsprayLondon
reopens after 2 weeks with 12 new off site company members and a team of 2nd covers throughout the cast to prevent any further closure. This on top of their 8 resident swings!
Best wishes to them and the 2nd covers for their rehearsals ⭐️
Incredibly thrilled, surprised and honoured (and feeling like a total imposter) to have been made an Associate (ARAM) this year. Thank you,
@RoyalAcadMusic
. ❤️
We're delighted to announce our 2022 honorands, including
@Lin_Manuel
, Semyon Bychkov, Dame Patricia Routledge and Cynthia Erivo.
Read the full announcement here >
My Grandma, who now struggles to remember what she ate for breakfast and born in 1926 like the Queen, is telling my Mum about when her Mum came into her bedroom to tell her that George V died in 1936. ♥️
A nice warm welcome to Greece from the driver who picked me up at the airport -
“Helen! You have the name of a Greek but the complexion of a ghost. Don’t go in the sun.”
Sent this text last week after I’d laughed off the first pass, then he tried again..and again… despite me being clearly uncomfortable and he just didn’t stop. Didn’t even think about it until today as we’re so conditioned to think that these situations are normal.
#ProtectWomen
Remembering spending lockdown alone in my flat in May 2020, a few months after the death of my Dad and how much I would have loved to have seen my friends in a group with a bottle of wine…
NEW: Downing Street staff and Boris Johnson pictured drinking wine in the No 10 garden last May when the rest of the country was limited to meeting just one other person socially outdoors.
Via
@guardian
People embraced Nazanin when it was the story of a Mummy going home to her little girl but as soon as she also owned a press conference, had a voice, stood for no BS, and became a powerful woman…people didn’t like it! Funny that.
#SpeakUP
#NazaninIsFree
So in awe of
@EvaNoblezada
as she performs her final show in Miss Saigon today after an incredible few years. It’s been such a pleasure to watch you grow into the headstrong & kickass woman you are today. The future is BRIGHT. 🌟
Sad news. Middle-class children will seamlessly switch to iPlayer but this leaves some lower-income families who may not have the luxury of high-speed internet that is fit for streaming in the dirt. CBBC is a lifeline to so many families.
CBBC isn't closing. For at least 3 years it will remain as a linear channel. As our audience move more towards digital we will transition CBBC to iPlayer.
Sandi is home! It’s been quite a time for Team Toksvig but very grateful for the care she received in Australia. And now…. Rest! ❤️
@Taffyagent
,
@jess_emolloy
,
@aldog3000
That stunned silence after telling someone they've got a dream job? ITS WHAT KEEPS AGENTS GOING AND WHAT RUNS THROUGH OUR VEINS. This video and THIS SHOW 👇🏽
A STRANGE LOOP has found its Usher! Introducing Jaquel Spivey who is making his professional debut in this Broadway-bound musical. Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer-winning production also features original cast members Antwayn Hopper, James Jackson Jr., L Morgan Lee,
👩🏻🎓 *Alexa play Legally Blonde’s Find my Way/Finale.* Today I became an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. So proud to be a
@RoyalAcadMusic
alumni and some my best memories are from my time there.
Two years ago today there was a viral WhatsApp about someone’s friend-of-a friend who was high up in the British Army warning us there were tanks on the M25 and London was about to be closed to the rest of the UK. Happy memories. ❤️
I don’t want to think about the replacement but, if he does go today, I will just be so relieved that it will officially be the end of the Trump and Boris era. The era so many of us dreaded.
I’m currently in one of my top 10 baths. I can see the night sky through a skylight, it’s raining, the bath is egg-shaped, the temperature is perfect, and I’m in the middle of the Yorkshire countryside. Felt like you should all know.
In case you wondered how I was doing, I decided to try sleeping with my phone on the other side of the room as we needed some space and I just waved at it from my bed and I’m now tweeting about it from my laptop.
Trainer: Punch out your anger today! What do you get angry about!?
Me (between punches): Getting 🥊 A 🥊 Child 🥊 Performing 🥊 License 🥊 For 🥊 A 🥊 Readthrough!
Trainer: ....
Dropping a grapefruit on the Hammersmith and City Line is not fun. It goes a LONG way down the carriages. People practically egged it on its little journey down the tube and watched me struggle. FFS GUYS.