Karen Dunbar
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Joined September 2013
@calderwa Thanks for pointing that out Alan. If you scroll down there’s a menu. Just choose Karen’s name and you’ll see the tour tickets 🎫
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SCOTLAND! i’m HAME!🏴.come & see me & hug me & say hings like. “hings!” we’re in Edinburgh with @GaryBarlow & #TimFirth's fantastic @thegirlsmusical @captheatres here’s me & @RealDeniseWelch with some inside info😉@AnnaJaneCasey @sarakcrowe @Fern_Britton @ruth_madoc
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i mean this is what i’m dealin wi! send help will yeez? and bog roll🤢
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a HUGE thanks to my @thegirlsmusical pal @RealDeniseWelch for liking my @TEDTalks (& ‘lovingly’ putting lipstick on me!) & thanks to all of u for ur positive feedback. ur tweets r fantastic!😊.
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so i did a TEDx talk! i can’t begin to describe the fear & vulnerability i felt but: ur tweets have made me greet! thank u. i hope it helped someone somewhere. it definitely helped me. here it is: #TEDxGla2018
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we did it! @thegirlsmusical opened last night & i think the audience loved it cos they all stood up & clapped! maybe i got extra applause for walking in high heels & not knocking over @RealDeniseWelch😂.& ooh! @GaryBarlow looks chuffed! SCOTLAND! i’lol be hame soon!🏴
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listen i’ve got sumthin tae tell yeez. i never really broke ma thumb. i just couldny be arsed tweetin for a while. i’m really sorry i lied.
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it’s ma day aff n i’ve spent hours tryin tae follow everyone who follows me (apart fae a few. interestin characters. ) but ma thumb broke
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i woke this beautiful morning thinking i must have dreamt a beautiful dream that the beautiful @RealDeniseWelch fairy came & made me all beautiful. was it really a dream? was it?. 🧚🏻♀️🤔 @thegirlsmusical
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ps i’ll no be doin much o the tweetin’ cos i’m writin (cos i’m a writer noo, ye know?) but i will be keekin at it so don’t think i’m no thinkin aboot yeez (even tho sometimes i’m no😶😃).
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it’s #NationalLipstickDay 💄here’s a photo of my mate @RealDeniseWelch & me proving that anyone can wear lipstick! however we identify ourselves we get to choose how we express it. #OneLipLook @mosaictrust
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a poem: oh Twitter i love u but canny keep up.with the fab tweets u send me: my thumb just says “nup”.i see u & thank u & try once a week.to retweet & follow & like like a geek.then sometimes i work, eat, sleep, wear high-heeled shoes.but that doesn’t mean i forgot about yooz😊
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i’m overwhelmed today. so much positive comments on my talk i can’t quite compute it all. gonna just look at my cats i think (they’re Zen in cat form) thank u doesn’t cover it but. thank u. x.
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last night i dreamt Caitlin was gonny jump me in the Aldi’s. i’m no kiddin. i’d a fitful night’s sleep. right, am away tae dae the play!👩🏼🎨
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it’s HERE! the phenomenal @MaryQueenMovie is on at the pictures🎭if u watch closely u’ll see a wee bit of me: woohoo! i was at the premiere @edinburghcastle & it was very swanky so i wore my good jumper😊#MaryQueenofScots
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so am pittin this oan the night, right! whit? ye goatta problum? ye waant a piece ay me? eh? eh? dae ye?! aye. didny hink so. MON THE HENS!🐤 n bananas! 🍌n. n. AVOCADOS!🥑
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so I've obviously died & went to actor heaven cos Meryl Streep came to see the play I'm in. #henryiv
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but. i miss ye Scotland🏴 don’t tell anybudy tho, eh no’? a’m away tae eat sum purridge/jasmine rice/broken golf balls. 🍚
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right: cheerio Glasgow!👋🏻 i’m away for a year doing this wonderful show: i’ll be back next June @GlasgowKings but u can see (lots of) me before that! 😉.come on now: i’ll be looking out for u! x.
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aff tae sleep noo. i just had to block sumbdy. i’m no angry jist a bit sad. i know we don’t all agree but do we need to be cruel? g’night☮️
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AND! if ur interested in FOOTBALL (i know there’s no many o yeez😶) i’m on @offtheball THIS Saturday. i intend to talk high quality bullsh*t😃
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i just read thru ALL ur @bbcrivercity tweets: thank u. i’m genuinely over the moon yeez enjoyed it. ye made ma night/early mornin. sleep eh?
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GLASGOW! we r HERE & i am HAME! come & see us in the amazing .@GaryBarlow & #TimFirth's @thegirlsmusical @GlasgowKings (& bring me some vegan sausage rolls! plus i've grown my hair: bring me a scrunchie too!).
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i was gonny turn in for the night n i thought “faff it! i’m away oot!” i got ready in a hurry mind. where’s good on a Tuesday at 1:20am?👠
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i’m in Embra n the wifi’s. keech! did yeez like my Ripley tribute?
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here’s an arty-farty airy-fairy tweet: thank u, all of u, for ur support, compliments n general niceness for ma play. means the world to me.
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ooft! just finished work on ma play. we started around 6am n wrapped up 5 mins ago: what a riot! what fun! n how happy we all were. aye. 😶
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i’m off to bed now. as a professional act-tor i must prepare for the Tron play by watching season 8 of The Walking Dead. for that is what actors do: lie in bed. btw do not tell me a HING that happens in it or i’ll come roon yer hoose n turn. i will! g’night.
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oh twitter i’m missing all ur fab tweets cos i’m in the wonderful whirlwind of @GaryBarlow & #TimFirth’s @thegirlsmusical what an amazing experience & we’ve only just begun! Canterbury: we r HERE!.@AnnaJaneCasey @RealDeniseWelch @sarakcrowe @Fern_Britton @ruth_madoc #RebeccaStorm
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just gutted to hear about Victoria Wood. she's one of the main reasons I do what I do today. her influence will live on in so many of us.
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hallo Aberdeen! we r HERE! come & see us at in @GaryBarlow & #TimFirth @thegirlsmusical .@AnnaJaneCasey @RealDeniseWelch @sarakcrowe @Fern_Britton oh Scotland: it’s guid tae be HAME!🏴🦌
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didny tweet yesterday. toatly ooty order. no even gonny ask yeez tae forgive me/say sorry. am affrontit. AFFRONTIT!😔anywy. huv a nice day.
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& so: i am having a total BLAST on @GaryBarlow and Tim Firth's wonderful @thegirlsmusical with @AnnaJaneCasey @RealDeniseWelch @sarakcrowe @Fern_Britton @ruth_madoc @ellieleah4 @CatherineDigges #RebeccaStorm bring on rehearsal week #2🎉look at my wee happy face! note my tea cup!
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know that wy ye should be sleepin cod ye’ve got work early n instead ye’r in a pitch black room starin at a bright white screen tweetin aye?
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anno, anNO! nearly 1 .o clock n am up rangin aboot. workin the morra! should be sleepin! but. am no. video me a lullaby if yeez like. yeez don’t huv tae. i’ll probably faw asleep by 4. 😔.btw pmsl at this n hamesick at the same time!.
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i’m in a weird place, i’m. stuck. ur comments & DM’s have overawed me (& i’m not easily owerawed!) i want to keep sayin thanks but i’ve said that already. so i’ll just say. what can i say? i’m. connected! with so much gratitude, Kx
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OH! just seen a photo of myself on #TheGNShow with @NicolaSturgeon & @saoirse_ronan who’s sitting with my @thegirlsmusical pal @RealDeniseWelch’s son @Truman_Black of.@the1975: worlds collide! i’m SO glad i wore my good jumper! wish i’d kept my eyes open tho. #MaryQueenofScots
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*warning. serious tweet* i’m just lookin thru ma twitter. overwhelmed by the support u’ve given me. thank u n i really mean that. u remind.
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am oot the hoose. am goin tae @OranMorGlasgow. AM DAIN IT!🚀if ye’r comin i hope ye enjoy it. selfies upstairs efter! n thanks again for ur👌🏻
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ooft! week #2 of rehearsing @GaryBarlow and Tim Firth's fabulous @thegirlsmusical has been fantastic & VERY surprising! the things i thought i’d never experience. @AnnaJaneCasey @RealDeniseWelch @sarakcrowe @Fern_Britton @ruth_madoc @ellieleah4 @CatherineDigges #RebeccaStorm
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as it's Sunday i feel everyone should have a day off from me promoting my play. so. just chill y'all.
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the humblest of humble apologies for my twitter absence! i was artexing my living room. BUT! i'm back & tweet-tastic! #artexdone.
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morning tweeters! i’m trying to connect with y’all but my thumb’s just expired 👎🏻i’ll tweet u later for i must eat (with a limp digit!) .🍚(is this a ‘bowl of porridge’ emoji? if not, WHY not?!).
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Twitter i miss u! it’s been so fabulously full on with @GaryBarlow & #TimFirth's @thegirlsmusical that.@ruth_madoc & I had to have ‘a wee lie down!’ watch out Newcastle: we’re HERE!🎭 @AnnaJaneCasey @RealDeniseWelch @sarakcrowe @Fern_Britton #RebeccaStorm
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morning! sorry for my untweetyness. it’s week 4 of rehearsals for @GaryBarlow & #TimFirth @thegirlsmusical & we’re FULL ON: it’s FAB! loving the talent & laughter with @AnnaJaneCasey @RealDeniseWelch @sarakcrowe @Fern_Britton @ruth_madoc @ellieleah4 @CatherineDigges #RebeccaStorm
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😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃Happy #InternationalWomensDay come and see me & other brilliant women tonight! let us not be afraid to share our failures as well as our successes💪🏻 #FailUp.
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i’m sorry i havny tweeted the last few days. i was fixin ma fence. dae u no think i look like a young Anne Bancroft in this photo? cos i dae
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well i’m just back from Spain & Scotland’s hotter: woohoo! so i’m in 3 films & u can watch them right now! go to & search ‘trilogy’ & watch any (or all!) 3 films. i’m wearing Saltire boxer shorts in The Tempest. i tell ye, i was awfy proud. 🏴
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hello Leicester: we have arrived! come & see us in .@GaryBarlow & #TimFirth's @thegirlsmusical .@AnnaJaneCasey @RealDeniseWelch @sarakcrowe @Fern_Britton @ruth_madoc @ellieleah4 @CatherineDigges #RebeccaStorm.
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sorry twitter! SO busy in the final week of rehearsing the @GaryBarlow & #TimFirth @thegirlsmusical🎶 we did the nude photo shoot! i’m ok cos i’m at the piano. i may need to get my hair cut. 😉.@AnnaJaneCasey @RealDeniseWelch @sarakcrowe @Fern_Britton @ruth_madoc #RebeccaStorm
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a rap (imagine it performed over Ram Jam’s ‘Black Betty’. ) “i took my self to the river C. aw the sun and the sand and the smell of wee. i’m proud to be in fraternitee with the class of the Inverclyde tongs, ya B!”.aye Brooklyn, keep it!🤟🏻
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well yeez can breath easy the day cos i’m no gonny tweet anythin (which is an oxymoron cos i’ve jist tweeted this. but ye know whit i mean😶)
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thanks for all ur tweets! i can’t reply right now but i read every single one. i do! (can’t do DM’s tho. ) this has got to have been last week’s highlight: @ruth_madoc @thegirlsmusical #childhoodfantasy.
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aw n it’s done. #71 comes to an end (fur noo😉) got to say it’s been 1 of the best ‘jobs’ i’ve ever done. laughin, greetin n bein connected🔝
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it is OFFICIAL! this time next week i’ll be on stage at @SECGlasgow doing a TEDx talk! oh. my. STARS! it’s a dream mixed with a night mare: it’s a dreamare! but i cannot WAIT. come. be with me. help me not to faint of apoplexy! .#TEDxGla2018 #secarmadillo .
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*warning. serious tweet 2* that we r here to care n support each other, not to trash folk. ur comments had me greetin. n that IS rare. love💟
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canny tweet. heid mince. TEDx talk. the morra. (that’s a photy o me when i was 34 btw. ).
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i’m watchin ya twitter & i’ll tell ya somethin: i like what i see! yes, very much happy joy💫btw i got lost in Leeds again but then i found this! thought i’d cracked it till i saw the words above me🦈 i’m gonna need a bigger hat. 🎩😶
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mornin! how r yeez aw? i’m aff tae work but first: the weather (n music n nearly a rammy!) with me n @JudithRalston:
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a poyum: my eyes r sare. because i stare. at aw the tweets. my brain depletes. n so i’ll sleep. before i weep. because my eyes. r fu o pies.
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i’m aff tae work. i’ll read n reply to yer tweets later cos that’s the kinda wuman a um! ma play’s sellin oot awfy quick. tickets! get them!
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i'd like 2 introduce u 2 the eminent director of my play, April Chamberlain. she's the blonde one. @OranMorGlasgow .
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HELLO SALFORD! we are HERE! @GaryBarlow & #TimFirth's @thegirlsmusical opens tonight @The_Lowry .@AnnaJaneCasey @RealDeniseWelch @sarakcrowe @Fern_Britton @ruth_madoc @ellieleah4 @CatherineDigges #RebeccaStorm cannot WAIT to give it to ya: come ON!
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i'm away to read a book made of paper. PAPER! mind o paper? we used tae write on it & stuff? (can ye tell i'm a tad annoyed?) PAPER! & PENS!.
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whit a day! a play, a radio fight n oor FEET!👠👞love it! early bed for me the night: am burst! keep tweetin yer feet tho: helps me trudge on😉
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Lo. i am an accomplished act-tor. Shakespeare. Beckett. Burns. out i go to channel my greatness into this new play in a dapper hat & MARVELous VANS! come. see the wonder. @TronTheatre
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i’m here! i canny tell ye aboot the film. yet! i only say 4 words. if u guess what they r i swear i’ll give u a prize. keep it cleanish tho!
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my fabulous pal @RealDeniseWelch has said nice things about me. (she’ll get an extra avocado in her handbag for that!🥑) she also speaks with huge courage & heart about herself. more power to ye Den!💪🏻 we’re coming tae see ye Aberdeen!🏴 @thegirlsmusical
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right, i better get myself ready for all the hoity toity hoi polloi that is. @TronTheatre PRESS NIGHT⭐️✨💫📸😃MEGA excited that Dame Shirley Bassey is comin (well, she said ‘try’ when i WhatsApped her. aye, try Shirl, try. ) mon n see us!
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well it’s an early night for me folks! but first: the weather!.(for full forecast go to n again, sorry Edinburgh😬🏳)
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a poyum: the last day. o ma play. i am sad eh. but also hooray! gawn on holiday. tae Auchtermuchty. (i’m no really gawn there but it rhymed)
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walkin to work & @Amy__Macdonald's 'Run' comes on my iPod & I kid u not: I cry a bit. missin ye Scotland #henryiv
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must learn TEDx talk.must learn TEDx talk.must learn TEDx talk.must learn TEDx talk.(sees shiny bit of paper & chases after it).must learn TEDx talk.must learn TEDx talk.(brain melts).must learn TEDx talk. learns it!
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goodnight all ye twitterers, sleep sound. steady yersels for another barrage of my play pie pint punt. ah Monday, harbinger of the punt. 🎉😃
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so. no long tae go. till the tv show. the Ship’s gonny BLOW!💥 @bbcrivercity @GayleTelfer.@AndyGray59 btw this is a smashin fritter roll.
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one of the best @OranMorGlasgow plays i’ve ever seen ended today: ‘I, Elvis’. i give ÜBER respect & thanks to the actors & all involved in this 50 minute bit o joy. & i’ve gotta give a special menshie to the fantastic Joyce Falconer for just being awfy awfy awesome🕺🏻⭐️.
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aff tae work noo, LOVING. IT. here’s a sneak peek of a bit o rehearsals. we were GREETIN LAUGHIN! honestly, mon see it. selfies afterwards!
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red alert! i'm in a big scary film playing a nasty wuman who murders someone🔪details to follow! btw no one was really killed in the film😇.
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so we were rehearsin today. noo i’m flyin to London to be in a film the morra. then i’ll fly back on Saturday n go back to rehearsin. YES!🛫🛬
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n i’ve just done this. i’ll tell ye sumthin: i’m glad i’m aff the morra (also apologies to bus drivers n folk fae Edinburgh).@JudithRalston
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