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Beccy D'Souza

@beccydsouza.bsky.social

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Activist, feminist, actor, creative producer & mum. Artist Development & studio programming at Nottingham Playhouse. Own views etc. Also voice of Mary Shelley for @midnightpals.bsky.social 🍉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 none of us are free 'til all of us are free

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Dec 4

Ok folks. This list useful because you can:

1. Be added to it (by me - pop me a message) so people can find you.

2. See who is on the list and individually follow those accounts you'd like to.

3. And this is the BIG ONE. You can 'pin to home' to get a UK theatre people feed on your home page.

Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Nov 9

Here is a list of UK based or connected (as far as I know) theatre people.

Movers, makers, agitators, shakers.

If you would like to be on it comment below and I'll add you.

I'm putting a bit of work into making it, because bye bye ex-birdy.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · Apr 2

Arts Council England have announced the next round of Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP).

Applications Open: 24 April
Closes: 22 May
Decisions: 24 July

www.artscouncil.org.uk/dycp

Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP)

Find out more about Developing your Creative Practice

www.artscouncil.org.uk

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Mar 29

Yes! Quite possibly the OG! Though I feel like I know it from another one too? Possibly where someone threatens to defenestrate someone else.

Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Mar 29

I just used the word defenestrate and had to explain it's meaning and why I know it.

I know it because It was in a play.

I can't remember which one. Any ideas?

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Nottingham Playhouse @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social · Mar 20

Amplify Members!

The next co-working session is this Mon 24 Mar. Join
@beccydsouza.bsky.social and fellow members in Company for a chat and a cuppa.

Don’t forget to make the most of our Play Library while you’re there, too.

Book your space today: bit.ly/3ulJNx0

A group of people sitting around a table in a rehearsal room, reading scripts. They are all smiling and laughing.

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Mar 17

Orrrr I added you in the last two days and forgot I had done it. Leastways, you're on. 😂

Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Mar 17

I'd already got you on there Lewis 😊

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Mar 17

Yep! 😊

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Nottingham Playhouse @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social · Feb 28

We’ve just launched the Amplify Forum – a digital space for Midlands artists to share ideas, resources, and opportunities.

Become one of over 800 Amplify members and join the Forum for FREE: bit.ly/3WFXmk9

@beccydsouza.bsky.social

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Nottingham Playhouse @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social · Feb 27

We’re holding auditions on Thu 13 Mar for professional actors with a connection to the Midlands.

This will be an opportunity to expand our casting pool of local performers for future projects.

Applications close on Wed 5 Mar.

Find out more and apply here: bit.ly/4bmM7W8
@beccydsouza.bsky.social

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · Feb 18

Have been meaning to do a bit of a thread for a while on BSky tools / options for #scriptsky. Would be great if people chimed in with other things they've found handy.

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Feb 8

Octavia. I mean, they're none of them particularly jolly!

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Daniel York Loh @danielyorkloh.bsky.social · Jan 22

Support Equity ‘s call to scrap the Minimum Income Floor in Universal Credit. It's pushing creative workers out of the arts, disabled workers out of work, and claimants into poverty.

buff.ly/4h9EljI

#ScrapTheMIF

megaphone.org.uk/petitions/abol… via @megaphoneuk

Scrap the self-employment penalty

Join our campaign to abolish the minimum income floor in Universal Credit, a penalty on the self-employed pushing creative workers out of the industry.

buff.ly

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The Uncultured @the-uncultured.bsky.social · Feb 3

Producers - Last few days to apply for this open call out ✨

The Uncultured @the-uncultured.bsky.social · Jan 15

As part of our work as Strategic Producers for Marikiscrycrycry on their currently touring show GONER, we are pleased to offer 2 mentoring bursaries to producers working in experimental dance and live art.
Deadline for applications is 4th February 2025.
🔗 Link to call out in bio!

Stripey blue pink and green background with a white rounded box on top, text says "*new*, Mentoring bursaries for producers working in experimental dance and live art. Easy application. Selected via random generator. Paid opportunity."

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Emily Garside @emilygarside.bsky.social · Jan 30

January is 'Write a Play' month with
London Playwrights and I've spent the month running write-alongs and workshops with playwrights. It's been really joyous.

Like have a little cry at the end of it joyous.

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Jan 30

Midlands based / connected artists @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social Amplify Ideas Submissions window is OPEN. We're interested in your ideas, at any stage of development, what you want to do with them, and how we might be able to support you to get there. nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/for-artists/....

Amplify Ideas Submission - Nottingham Playhouse

We open our ideas submissions window twice yearly, providing an opportunity for artists with a connection to the Midlands to present their ideas.

nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk

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Nottingham Playhouse @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social · Jan 24

We’re still searching for a Writer & Composer for The Little Mermaid🧜‍♀️

Applications close on Monday 3 Feb, so don’t miss out!

Apply Today: bit.ly/NPJobOpp

Image of Nottingham Playhouse and the Sky Mirror with a purple overlay. Text on the image reads: Work With Us
Writer and Composer (The Little Mermaid)
Deadline: Mon 3 Feb

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Jan 16

I'm still behind...

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Jan 10

Yeah. I reckon for mine it seriously dropped off somewhere between 4 and 6. But it creeps back sometimes when they're overwhelmed / stressed.

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Jan 10

I have tonight discovered that I cannot be on bluesky theatre people thread without seeing Traitors spoilers and this is not good because I am some episodes behind. So I guess I'll have to catch up this weekend and I'll see you folks next week. 👋🏽

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Jan 10

How far in are you?

Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Dec 19

Ha! Members of the Amplify network and @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social participation community as it happens. With jigsaw puzzle supervision by me supported by Leila Glen. 😊

Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Dec 19

Lush to see a few Amplify artists (and Amplify Festival performances!) featuring in this list. 😊

Hannah Stone @hannahlucystone.bsky.social · Dec 19

1/2 My fave shows of ones I saw this year:
Gnaw @danmcvey1.bsky.social
Rewind by Ephemeral Ensemble
My Mothers Funeral by Kelly Jones
The Children by Lucy Kirkwood at Nottingham Playhouse
Liberation Squares by Sonali Battacharyya
Into the Pit by AK Golding
The Greatest Robot by Knotted Project

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Dec 18

Yup

Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social · Dec 18

There’s no such thing as “too many books”—only not enough shelves, not enough time, and not enough space for the dream library with a sliding ladder. But let’s be honest… we’ll keep buying books anyway.

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Script East Midlands @scripteastmids.bsky.social · Dec 12

Next Tuesday we are hosting a Christmas get-together for all East Midlands-based writers of theatre, film, TV and audio. 7.30pm at Broadway Cinema (Nottingham), in the downstairs bar. Writers of all career stages welcome! Let's see out 2024 with some merriment. #scriptsky #theatresky #writersky

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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · Dec 12

Classic choice.