My face when I read this news

Trevor Griffiths one of the great stage & television playwrights of the 1970s and 1980s has died. Has anyone (other than Brecht) blended political dialectic with theatrical magic better? If he'd only written COMEDIANS he'd be one of the greats, but he wrote so much more. RIP

Let's keep it simple on the first day back...

We have a Black Dramaturgy Club. We invite you to participate.

When: Wednesday April 3rd 2024, 6:30pm-9pm
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bleak, sinister, morally and politically disgraceful, in the face of a regime murdering aid workers!

2 Beat 2 Devil

NEW INVESTIGATION: Since Oct '23, the Israeli military has systematically targeted agricultural land and infrastructure in Gaza. To mark Land Day in Palestine, we present our analysis of this widespread destruction as an act of ecocide that supports Israel’s genocidal campaign.

The Wire, 'Hard Cases' (s02e04, 2003), created by David Simon.

How ridiculous yet predictable to see The Guardian dragging Shelagh Delaney because they think her 1958 play doesn't sit well in today's world, and how 'there needs to be a serious interrogation of the necessity of the play for today.'

It was, along with Brendan Behan's The…

Just came across Salman Khan wearing this Lenin shirt...

LADbible shouting out Come And See…the long 2010s are finally over

Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young have made three of the most interesting dance-theatre works of the past decade - Betroffenheit, Revisor and now Assembly Hall Sadler's Wells. It is both completely unique and completely self-assured, and a must-see before it ends.

Today's poverty stats from the DWP are horrendous.

4.3 million children in relative poverty - the highest ever
3.6 million children in absolute poverty - up 300k

2.2 million children living in 'food insecure' households
820k children living in households that use foodbanks

Movies—which arouse special, private, hidden feelings—have always had an erotic potential that was stronger than that of live theater. (1976)

the Freedom Dinner, hosted by the Irish Friends of Freedom in India (1920).

Happy St Patrick’s! ☘️

a reminder today:

IdeasTap - gone
Old Vic New Voices/24 hr Plays - gone
OV12 - gone
VAULT - gone
EdFringe - priced out
ACE - tiny success rate

so what now