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Jack MacGregor
@jmacr.bsky.social
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playwright, director, highlander / messages from the deep represented by Brennan Artists
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · Jan 5
I've created a Substack for my short fiction.

The Nightlands is free and all about creating a space for my weirder, more alternative writing that exists outside of theatre. Stories, strangeness, messages from the deep.

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The Nightlands | J M | Substack
A Substack dedicated to short fiction, charting the rise and fall of obscure figures in weird landscapes. Sometimes Scotland, sometimes not. Stay a while. Click to read The Nightlands, by J M, a Subst...
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 9h
been buying a bunch of new clothes for an overhaul of The Look for the first time in maybe 5 years? longer? i let everything stop in the pandemic and haven't exactly been in touch with my sense of self, many years of dysmorphia which has been really tough. but - excited to share my new looks!
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 2d
Lost 5lbs! Great to see more progress.
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David Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · 4d
This article reports that hundreds of scholars—"the vast majority" of those surveyed—say the US has moved into authoritarianism. It then gives equal space to a single outlier who says the source of the expert consensus is that those scholars "are coming from the political left." Incredible.
Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism
Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.
www.npr.org
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 4d
braw 🤠
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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 4d
★★★★ Review: Common Tongue – Entertaining and insightful one-woman play about Scots 👇
Common Tongue at The Studio, Edinburgh: punchily perceptive
Read our review of Common Tongue at The Studio, Edinburgh: entertaining and insightful one-woman play about Scots
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 5d
evidence submitted: my love of theatre burns bright. it lights up my wee world. love little shows and being with my friends.
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 7d
post show blues over. i love theatre again.
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 10d
how lifes been feeling recently
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 13d
Hope to bring something new to the Substack soon. Been busy with lots of stuff, not least of them being Our Brother, but hopefully will have a new story up soon.
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 16d
they're probably making better use of it, let them keep it
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 16d
There's a restaurant in Liège that has stolen its logo off the Liberal Democrats.
An abstract image of a bird in flight that is exactly the same as the UK Liberal Democrat party logo.
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 16d
strange vibes on blusky. feels stuck in a state of relative inactivity, like an after school club that doesn't meet, or a well meaning but unfunded graduate theatre company that does one scratch night and then is heard of no more
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Robert Dallas Grue 🦇 @robertdallasgray.com · 18d
the thing about optimo is it emerged out of, reflected, was part of the wider cultural scene in millenial glasgow. it and the visual arts scene, especially, orbited each other. that’s part of what made it like cbs or the hac. the other part was people *wanting* it to be.
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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 18d
Kelvingrove Park c2006, bleary-eyed in the daylight, a mate tells me "people say 'I wish I'd lived in Hacienda-era Manchester' or, 'imagine being around in CBGB-era New York'... fuck that! We live in Optimo-era Glasgow!" He was right.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
From disco to Slayer, a DJ set by Optimo’s JD Twitch made life feel full of wild possibility
By putting techno, punk, funk and more on an even footing, the Scottish DJ – who has died aged 57 – fearlessly united factions in underground music
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 18d
On Saturday we closed OUR BROTHER after a really brilliant run. Thanks to everyone who came to support us, we've had a tremendous response and hopefully it won't be the last time. Don't be a Stranger.
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 19d
a man stands in front of a dump truck that says ' eee ' on it
ALT: a man stands in front of a dump truck that says ' eee ' on it
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Stephen Greenhorn @sgreenhorn.bsky.social · 23d
Saw this yesterday lunchtime @traversetheatre.bsky.social. Thoughtful, thought-provoking and horribly relevant. It's well worth your time. Runs until Saturday.
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 27d
Spent my early Saturday afternoon watching @jmacr.bsky.social’s incredible new play, Our Brother. It’s a compelling and enduring story of utopia, dystopia, violence and the character of human memory and story telling as the crimes of the 20th century fade from human memory.
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North West End UK @northwestenduk.bsky.social · 23d
Our Brother – Traverse Theatre

The horrific events that took place in Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) under the Khmer Rouge between 1975 – 79 are well documented, but writer Jack MacGregor has - to good effect -dramatised a true, less well-known incident from 1978. An idealistic Scots professor,…
Our Brother – Traverse Theatre
The horrific events that took place in Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) under the Khmer Rouge between 1975 – 79 are well documented, but writer Jack MacGregor has - to good effect -dramatised a true, less well-known incident from 1978. An idealistic Scots professor, simply referred to as ‘Stranger’ (played by Bobby Bradley) managed to grab 15 minutes with Pol Pot, or ‘Brother No 1’ (David Lee-Jones).
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 22d
It feels as though we can start to talk about us now living through the biggest change to British politics for a century since the 1920s.
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 22d
Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 34% (=)
LAB: 16% (-3)
CON: 16% (+1)
LDM: 13% (+1)
GRN: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (+1)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 17-18 Sep.
Changes w/ 10 Sep.
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 24d
One of Scottish theatre's greatest patrons speaks. Thanks so much for coming Allan!
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Allan Wilson @allanbw2.bsky.social · 24d
Really enjoyed @jmacr.bsky.social's Our Brother @traversetheatre.bsky.social in the @playpiepint.bsky.social season. A hard watch, based on Pol Pot's genocidal regime in 1970s Cambodia. Great performance by David Lee-Jones as the dictator, switching readily between amiability and cold ruthlessness.
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 25d
I'll see you there, Allan!
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Allan Wilson @allanbw2.bsky.social · 25d
I'll be @traversetheatre.bsky.social tomorrow for this week's @playpiepint.bsky.social presentation, Our Brother by @jmacr.bsky.social. Weirdly, I got an email from one of my London friends today, saying that cast member, David Lee-Jones, lives in the same London building as she does. Small world!
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 27d
Hearts players wearing kramas. Hibs shouting Ho-Ho-Ho Chi Minh
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 27d
SCOTLAND SPEAKS WITH ONE VOICE. NO HATE. NO PASSION. NO HEARTS. NO HIBS.

seriously though thank you Ewan and thank you everyone who came to support our final show in Glasgow before heading to the Traverse next week. Sold out show at Oran Mor. What a response! Electric.
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 27d
Spent my early Saturday afternoon watching @jmacr.bsky.social’s incredible new play, Our Brother. It’s a compelling and enduring story of utopia, dystopia, violence and the character of human memory and story telling as the crimes of the 20th century fade from human memory.
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Linda Duncan McLaughlin @flamingredhead.bsky.social · 28d
At last! Attempting (and failing) to contain my excitement about this….
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Into Creative @intocreative.bsky.social · 28d
Beyond excited to reveal our first book of 2026. The psychological thriller, Original Sins, by award-winning writer, actor and playwright @flamingredhead.bsky.social
Sleep easy...
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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 29d
Ultra low budget day out to Dunoon. Soon after arrival, it began to rain heavily. Most indoor attractions seemingly close at 3pm.

But the local museum was friendly, and its mannequins cheered me up no end.
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · Sep 11
thanks Eve! hope you're good 🤠
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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · Sep 11
"Breathtaking in its plausibility... as gripping as it is horrifying. You could hear a pin drop in the dark, red-light-bathed basement auditorium... Jack MacGregor’s Our Brother is an unforgettable play."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Our Brother. Wow.

www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/review-...
Review: Our Brother | A Play, A Pie and A Pint - A breathtaking new play based on a true story
The 2025 autumn season at A Play, A Pie and a Pint continues this week with a political drama based on the true story of one Scottish writer's meeting with the secretive leader of Cambodia. The world ...
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