Tamara Micner תּמרה מיצנער
@tamarafm
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Performer, Writer, Yiddish teacher @babelsblessing @workerscircle . Recent @hackneygreens candidate for Cazenove Ward! (Photo: @xta_c )
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We're looking for a theatre producer for my new panto 'Yankl & Der Beanstalk'. Working towards a production this winter and supporting with marketing, fundraising, venue liaising, budgeting. Paid! DM me if you'd like to chat. Some recent pics: Please RT!
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So glad to be joining
@TheCanarySays
to write about UK news+politics. I'll be starting in late-August: stay tuned for some counter-coverage!
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Last night's
@geoffreyjewdas
Seder was magical and spirited and moving, and gave me energy to keep renaking the world as a more free and equal place! Thank you all and thank you Jewdas for existing!
#dayeinu
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Today at 4pm on
@BBCRadio4
Word of Mouth,
@MichaelRosenYes
and I chat about our love of Yiddish, our connections to the language and what it's like to learn (which he does with me!). You can also listen later on BBC Sounds. S'iz geven sheyn!
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Great start to door-knocking yesterday with
@hackneygreens
for the Cazenove by-election. We braved the cold, and Jewish Greens joined us from Camden & Barnet. Vote Green, your progressive choice for Cazenove!
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Our door-knocking in
#Cazenove
is going great. People are asking us about transport, education, Gaza and other issues and there's lots of support for
@hackneygreens
. See you again this evening!
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Thanks to
@CarolineRussell
@lornajane2
for campaigning with us in
#Cazenove
this weekend. Voters are excited by our progressive policies and our commitment to representing everyone in the community. Polling day is on *Thursday*!
#GetGreensElected
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@Obsayxx
@DaveRaval
@HackneyLabour
Sending you solidarity - it's so important to stand up for trans rights and support our trans siblings. We're with you!
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Thrilled to be the
@hackneygreens
candidate for the Cazenove Ward by-election in Hackney, on 18th January.
Promoted by S Liberadzki on behalf of Tamara Micner, both at Flat 30, 19-24 Marcon Place, E8 1LP
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Felicitaciones a lxs ciudadanxs de Ciudad de México, que han elegido a su primera alcaldesa (¡y además judía!)
@ClaudiaShein
// Mazel tov to Mexico City, who elected their first female mayor (and Jewish!)
@ClaudiaShein
#shehecheyatnu
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Thank you to everyone who voted for us, who campaigned with us, and who worked
@hackneycouncil
to make this by-election possible. We're proud of our campaign and our result, and as I said at the vote count last night - We'll be back, more to come!
Results are in!
@tamarafm
and all the campaigners did us proud, increasing the Green vote share in an eventful by-election.
Conservative Ian Sharer was elected, having previously been both a Lib Dem and earlier a Labour councillor.
Thanks to all residents of Cazenove who ✅🗳️
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'BirthWrong always has been, is and will be a surefire means to fully automated luxury gay space communism' - Geoffrey Cohen. Well, when you put it that way.
#Birthwrong
Amsterdam
English summer getting you down? Israel tour making you feel like you’re in that Mitchell and Webb sketch where they realise they’re the baddies?? We have a trip for you! A BISSEL BIRTHWRONG AMSTERDAM. This September. Apply here
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Very fun to speak with
@MichaelRosenYes
yesterday about 'Ale Brider', our families, and Yiddish grammar for his
@BBCRadio4
programme 'Word of Mouth'. Looking forward to the episode airing soon! Gut Shabes :)
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Seeing 'Notes from the Field'
@royalcourt
@LIFTfestival
is really a life-changing (and affirming) experience. I can't see how anyone could be quite the same after being present there. Thank you. What a gift from
@AnnaDeavereS
and all her interviewees.
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Watching
#Indecent
by
@VogelPaula
at
@MenChocFactory
was a rare experience of seeing complex, nuanced Jewish experiences reflected back at me onstage. It made me think how different it would be if this happened with any regularity, as it does for people in the dominant culture.
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#HolocaustBrunch
is going on the road! Our UK tour kicks off
@ThePlaceBedford
on Sat 25th Jan and
@ManJewishMuseum
on Mon 27th Jan. Come along for the beigels, some storytelling & hopefully catharsis! Tix:
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@ROBERTF14823757
@BBCRadio4
@MichaelRosenYes
Thanks very much, Robert. In my experience, most students of Yiddish are Jews, but there are definitely some gentiles/non-Jews who learn Yiddish as well.
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Congrats to
@newyorkerunion
from an
@NUJ_LFB
member in London! Solidarity with your campaign and I hope your collective action will bring about better working conditions, and work, for all of you at The New Yorker and beyond. Very inspiring!
#newyorkerunion
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#OldFriends
has got gelt/££ from
@ace_national
to do our first *digital tour* in March! We are thrilled and ... lots to do. We'll be performing with
@CambJunction
@ThePlaceBedford
+
@cockpittheatre
, livestreaming out of
@HackneyShowroom
. Ticket links coming soon! Yahoo.
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While
@LiMaizi
was in London, we spoke about anti-slut shaming and
#feminist
solidarity for
@broadly
@JIEMEI_sisters
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Can't wait to see
#ExBoyfriendYardSale
tonight by
@yeshaleymcgee
@CamdenPT
with fellow Canadians ... I saw the work-in-progress show a year ago and look forward to seeing how it's evolved!
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24 Italian Songs & Arias by
@blobelwarming
at
@battersea_arts
is gorgeous and beautifully Jewish - warm, intimate, funny, frank, and hopeful. Exactly what we needed in these times!
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We are screening 'Can I Live?' *tonight*
@NGMeetingHouse
, 7-9pm! With a Q&A afterwards with
@FehintiBalogun
@MichaelLomotey
. Turnout's looking great. Can't wait.
Kehillah's Climate and Racial Justice Groups are thrilled to host a screening of 'Can I live?' & conversation with creator, actor & activist
@FehintiBalogun
, and our very own community leader and climate activist
@MichaelLomotey
at
@NGMeetingHouse
- 22nd June 7-9pm
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Thanks to everyone at
#PitchUp
today for such a lovely, supportive event including fellow pitching artists! May this lead to more great new work for everyone. And thanks to
@southstreetarts
@housetheatre
for hosting.
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Guess who bought arms from
#NorthKorea
+ helped fund its missile programme? Hint: they'll def be at
#DSEI
.
#StopDSEI
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Taking the Intro to Cycling Maintenance class
@LDNBikeKitchen
was empowering - as it is said, if you can't fix it you don't own it. And to be taught by a woman in a sector that's often heavily male, yahoo! Glad I can look after Clarissa more on my own now.
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Nice review of
#HolocaustBrunch
in
@themancunion
- 'funny, uncomfortably so.' I like it! Thanks to
@ManJewishMuseum
@MancLibraries
for hosting us on
#HMD2020
.
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Laura Bates'
@EverydaySexism
talk
@HHLiteraryFest
has spurred me to sign
@NoMorePage3
's petition. Boobs aren't news!
http://t.co/yValM20OPM
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Great to be in this season with
@miriamsherwood
and other great artists (and beigels)!
Check out this month's packed programme -
#HolocaustMemorialDay
, plus new shows, talks and workshops from
@TamaraMicner
@DynamiteIsland
@PeterBrathwaite
@BuzzinSounds
@hammock_tussock
@VideoJamManc
@RNCMvoice
#ChangingMJM
#WanderingMuseum
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HOLOCAUST BRUNCH is going to
@brightonfringe
! Join us on 6th-10th May, 12.10pm (brunch time)
@warrenfestival
. We'll bring the beigels. Tix are on sale!
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Thrilled that
#HolocaustBrunch
is premiering at
@artsdepot
's Autumn '19 season!
Tix now on sale for our performance on 17 October:
Our Autumn '19 season is looking sweet!
#PickandMix
your way through 100s of performances, from theatre and dance to comedy and PANTO! ✨ with tasty savings available.
#artsdepotTreats
Book now for tickets from £9:
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Looking forward to speaking with the
@treyfpodcast
hosts about
@geoffreyjewdas
'
#BirthWrong
trip to Marseille next weekend.
#shpilkes
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I recently became a Polish citizen. Here's how I did it, and more about getting that 'EU passport':
http://t.co/gCJMWpnWUr
@WSJexpat
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UK gov is supporting the 'elephant in the room' of
#climatechange
. Very few of us know about it. For
@TheCanarySays
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Thank you
@CamdenPT
and everyone at
#BigBang
yesterday for being such supportive audiences for new work! Well done Segen Yosef
@TheatreAlleyway
@alexetcharts
and looking forward to seeing how everyone's work develops.
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@RogenSandy
I have a new play opening in London - with an app! If you could RT + spread the word that'd be great! :)
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BIG NEWS! 🎉
An extra run of
#OldFriends
is coming your way! We'll be streaming our sleepover-meets-live-show via
@cockpittheatre
on 23 + 24 March - and once again you can watch from the comfort of your sofa. 🍨🎶
Tickets here:
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@ElisaArmstrong
@royalcourt
@LIFTfestival
@AnnaDeavereS
If you can see it on HBO or elsewhere, do. Such a powerful emotional and political journey ...
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It's opening night of
#OldFriends
@cockpittheatre
, 7:30pm!
PJs -check. Ice cream -check. Hits of Simon & Garfunkel -checkedy check! There's still time to get your tickets for our online sleepover celebrating female friendships past, present & lost. Book:
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Loved
@SexWorkersOpera
@Ovalhouse
yesterday. Hilarious, moving, sad, gorgeous! Amsterdam is lucky to get to see it next (hopefully!).
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First day
@TheCanarySays
and looking forward to writing about UK politics starting very soon!
#training
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Brilliant self-introduction exercise by
@muktijcampion
at
#MediaAgainstHate
workshop: what are…
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My warmup in the studio always starts with 'Jump' by the Pointer Sisters. Takes me back to the Arvon dance party of yore with
@mapperry
@Vanessa_Kisuule
@amy_gwilliam_
& others - thinking of you all!
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This year's
@jewdas
Synagogue World Cup winner
@KehillahNL
is now on Twitter! Bruchim ha'boyim!
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@shilpa_poppadom
@hackneygreens
@HackneyLabour
Thanks for getting in touch about this. Could you say a bit more about the situation and what's needed? (Sorry I don't know about the background here and the recycling is a mess!) I'd be happy to chat more about it. And big *yes* to trans solidarity.
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For
@jdforward
: Europe's far-right shows it's possible to be pro-Israel and anti-Semitic with
@GarySpedding
#dup
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@ZoeGarbett
@alastairis
I would love to work with you both too and to work together to make Hackney better for *everyone*
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Very glad to be mentoring
@NatashaDTurner
for
@WIJ_UK
this year!
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My top work-friendly cafés in London include
@maisondetrecafe
@MouseanddeLotz
and
@1ookmumnohands
(for
@WSJexpat
):
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EXCITING NEWS - new show 'Old Friends' is premiering this month! An exploration of life long (and lost) friendships via a sleepover (on Zoom!). Expect PJs, ice cream & the music of Simon & Garfunkel.
30-31 March
@CambJunction
. Book at
More dates to come!🍨
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Today is my 1-year pilatesversary
@tempopilates
! THANKS to
@FlavioPistori
@D4DlR
@mdsherlock
@edmanc
Louisa, Nat for better health (so far)!
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Our playwriting group scribbling fiercely
@arvonfoundation
last week! A gorgeous course.
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I'm writing 'A Secret Life' with
@BaselessFabric
for the Wandsworth Fringe
@theatre503
, incl. a bus journey and app!
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In the classic anarchic, decentralised spirit of
@geoffreyjewdas
we've all been pitching in to describe our kooky group via the various media outlets that now want to hear all about us (from people who are actually involved!). My piece for
@Dazed
:
#Jewdas
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@treyfpodcast
I wrote about Canadian mining abuses in Latin America Would you be open to RTing? Thanks + good Shabs!
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We did it! Thanks to everyone who made
#HolocaustBrunch
@ChutzpahFest
happen and to
@KimSenklip
for doing a talkback with us yesterday. She said the Jewish & Indigenous communities need to hang out more - I couldn't agree more! Powerful to feel solidarity between our communities.
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Looking forward to speaking live with Mike Sweeney
@BBCRadioManc
tomorrow about
#HolocaustBrunch
and Holocaust Memorial Day. Listen at 10.30/10.45am on 95.1 FM or on .
#hmd
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BREAKING: Mohammed Awad may be able to come to the UK and study
@GoldsmithsUoL
.
@MhammedAwadh
@Gisha_Access
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The new issue of
@VegNews
has my
#vegan
travel recs in
#Amsterdam
!
@KoffieendeKoeck
@Kantjil_Tijger
@tonychocolonely
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What's it like to work in politics as an immigrant? I spoke with
@natalieben
@SenJaffer
and others for
@WSJexpat
:
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So glad to be performing in Chutzpah Fest again and to be premiering 'Old Friends'! We're on 22 Nov, 8pm UK time / 12pm PT, 30 minutes of playing & trying things out ...
Chutzpah! presents returning festival favourite & award-winning
#theatre
artist
@TamaraMicner
’s new solo show Old Friends! See this work-in-progress theatrical presentation on November 22. Find tickets &details here:
#chutzpah
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@AnneHaypoetry
@BleimanDavid
@MichaelRosenYes
Good question. Vivi Lachs has written two books about East End Jewish history, 'Whitechapel Noise' and 'London Yiddishtown'. I'd say those would be good sources for more details. Also, David Rosenberg's walking tours or books ('Rebel Footprints', 'Battle for the East End').
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I'm thrilled that one of the artists I did access support work with has received
#DYCP
funding from
@ace_national
. It's amazing to be able to help artists get financial support to grow, collaborate and make the work they are driven to make.
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Next week, my
@LuckyPeach
article with facts + stats about chicken's impact will be in the Chicken issue. Look out for it next Tuesday!
Announcing the latest issue of Lucky Peach, Chicken, on stands 2/28. Subscribe today and get it as your first issue:
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Tomorrow at 9.30am, I'll be on
@WandsworthRadio
live with
@BaselessFabric
to talk about
#ASecretLife
!
@theatre503
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In response to London's
@DesignMuseum
taking part in a global arms fair, 30 artists have demanded that the museum remove their work from its Hope To Nope exhibit.
#nopetoarms
#designisalwayspolitical
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Thanks to
@BBCRadioManc
and Mike Sweeney for having me on the radio speaking about
#HMD2020
, Holocaust Brunch and how the War still affects us today. A real honour. I'm performing tonight
@ManJewishMuseum
, 7.30pm at the Central Library!
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'A timely reminder of food’s social elements' -
@TheGannet
on my piece about
@RestaurantSyr
for
@LuckyPeach
:
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Looking for an urgent replacement
#StageManager
to op a digital show. Location Hackney. Call time 1pm-9:30pm Wednesday 30th, 5:30-10:30pm Thursday 31st. Paid. Any recommendations welcome. Many thanks!
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Looking forward to doing a post-show Q&A with
@WritingBright
and creative team member L. Roberts (projection artist) after
#HolocaustBrunch
@artsdepot
! Now people won't have to ask 'What happens next?', like they did at the scratches :)
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Thanks to everyone who helped support the development of 'Holocaust Brunch' this past month -
@battersea_arts
@JW3London
@rachelofmars
@nickcassenbaum
@figsinwigs
and others! Great to be able to share the piece with all of you & audiences last week.
#beigels
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@FulcherMovement
@annaspearpoint
@Miss_Beresford
@WildcardTheatre
This looks fab! Sadly it conflicts with some other work of mine. :(
@annaspearpoint
@Miss_Beresford
will you potentially run this again?
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I'm thrilled that the
#OldFriends
installation
@ChutzpahFest
will include live Artist Conversations with me & Sherry Yoon
@bocadellupo
, Quelemia Sparrow & Carmen Aguirre (¡en español con interpretación al ingles!). Nov 8-10, 12pm PT/8pm GMT, by donation.
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Just in time, we're hosting a discussion of GOODBYE, VITAMIN
@YaleClubLondon
's YaleWomen book club next week! We can't wait to discuss this Yale alum's debut novel.
@rachelkhong
Goodbye, Vitamin is the wry, beautifully observed story of a woman at a crossroads. Out in paperback tomorrow
@rachelkhong
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#HereLiesLove
has infectious energy, raises timely questions about power, corruption and identity. Go see it
@NationalTheatre
's new Dorfman!
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@ChristineUsher
@MichaelRosenYes
@fraser_aisling
@BBCRadio4
I think it has more to do with many Jews learning to read Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic, and so that was the alphabet they were already literate in. Ladino is also, in many cases, written in Hebrew characters.
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.
@GoldsmithsSU
told me they're 'incredibly pleased that
@MhammedAwadh
has finally been able to leave Palestine...to join us at Goldsmiths.'
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Tonight
@vortexjazz
is giving a platform to antisemite & Holocaust denier Gilad Atzmon. Let them know that's not OK
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New website, nicer and actually *updated*, is up! Thanks to Julia Gazdag for the expert design & strategery. With more about
#HolocaustBrunch
and my other shows.
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On
#BirthWrong
Marseille with
@geoffreyjewdas
, we encountered French 'laïcité' and enthused local Jews (for
@TheCJN
)
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Great to do some movement work yesterday and think with other artists about our new, emerging medium of digital theatre. I'd forgotten how much I love movement, and miss it. Thanks for the fun class
@FulcherMovement
@potmtheatre
!
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