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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · 7d

Just some of the audience feedback we received after touring our sellout show ‘In the Lady Garden’ to Mayflower Studios @mayflower.org.uk earlier this month. ⬇️
Thank you for having us and thank you to our lovely audiences.
#womanhood #invisability #comedy #womenofacertainage #theatre #tour #funny

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · Sep 27

Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Log into the #PapatangoStudio between 11.30am - 1.30pm on Thursday 2nd October to access our free 1-2-1 Online Chat.

https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Sep 22

#STOPPRESS Due to popular demand an extra performance of ‘In the Lady Garden’ has been added:

📍Mayflower Studios, #Southampton
📅 4 Oct
🕑 2pm
🎟️ shorturl.at/kB7qh

But hurry - tickets selling fast!

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · Sep 15

Council leaders who don’t understand the power of culture to grow the local economy are “really missing a trick,” Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracey Brabin, has declared.

‘We can’t insist councils prioritise culture’, former shadow DCMS leader admits - Arts Professional

Council leaders who don't understand the power of culture to grow the local economy are “really missing a trick,” Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracey Brabin, has declared. But Brabin, a former actor and...

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Sep 13

Actor, Julia Faulkner, & I had a wonderful time taking our show, ‘In the Lady Garden’, to the #LandmarkTheatre in #Ilfracombe, #Devon last weekend. We had a fantastic audience. Thank you for having us. 🎭
#Tour #theatre #theatrebluesky #comedy

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tickets for our show, In the Lady Garden, coming to Mayflower Studios @mayflower.org.uk #Southampton 4 Oct, only went on sale 7 days ago.
And just like that, we’ve #SOLDOUT already!
A powerful reminder that older women still have empowering stories worth telling & audiences who want to hear them. 🎭

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Aug 30

I’m very proud to be one of The Lady Gardeners taking our bold & hilarious ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #comedy drama,‘In the Lady Garden’ out on tour this summer:

📍#Norwich Theatre #Norfolk
📅 19 July

📍#Sterts Arts #Liskeard #Cornwall
📅 26 July

📍Landmark #Ilfracombe #Devon
📅 6 Sept

Info & tix shorturl.at/394Ho

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · Aug 9

ICYMI: Francesca Moody has called for more philanthropic support for early-career artists and small-scale work to prevent the cultural sector from "falling off a cliff" 👇

Francesca Moody: Small-scale theatre needs sponsors

Fleabag and Baby Reindeer producer Francesca Moody has called for more philanthropic support for early-career artists and small-scale work.

www.thestage.co.uk

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Aug 9

Our show, In the Lady Garden is heading to #Landmark Theatre in #Ilfracombe on 6 Sept.

Will Alice shake off the shackles of the patriarchy and live the rest of her life with outrageous abandon?

Find out in this blooming, brilliant #comedy.

🎟️ shorturl.at/3vBVn

#devon #theatre #theatrebluesky

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Jul 28

Our show ‘In the Lady Garden’ went down very well with #audiences at #StertsArts #Cornwall (our biggest venue to date) at the weekend - set in beautiful surroundings #BodminMoor. Thank you for coming & for the lovely welcome. Here’s a few #techrehearsal photos
#tour #theatre #theatrebluesky

Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Lady Gardeners are heading to Sterts Arts with ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ award-winning show ‘In the Lady Garden’ this weekend. If you live near #Liskeard or borders of #Devon come & see us.
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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Jul 21

#Norwich was a blast! Huge thanks to #NorwichTheatre and our audience for giving us such a warm welcome with our show ‘In the Lady Garden’. We’d love to go back there one day. 🎭

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Jul 21

After another #sold-out show (this time at Norwich Theatre at the weekend) the next stop on our ‘In the Lady Garden’ tour is at Sterts Arts in Cornwall on Sat 26 July.
If you’re in #Cornwall come & see our #unmissable #show

🎟️ tinyurl.com/425ddaf8

#theatrebluesky #comedy #funny #theatre #touring

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Jul 13

I disappeared for a while but now I’m back because I’ve got a ‘blooming’ show to promote! 🤣

If you live near #Norwich come & see our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ sell-out, hilarious, bold play ‘In the Lady Garden’

19 July #NorwichTheatre

You won’t want to miss it!

#theatre #comedy #funny #onenightonly #Norfolk

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Jul 12

I’m very proud to be one of The Lady Gardeners taking our bold & hilarious ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #comedy drama,‘In the Lady Garden’ out on tour this summer:

📍#Norwich Theatre #Norfolk
📅 19 July

📍#Sterts Arts #Liskeard #Cornwall
📅 26 July

Info & tix shorturl.at/394Ho

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Mar 14

Ockham’s Razor’s prod of Tess, is a beautiful reimagining of Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Set, lights & costumes chimed with my own ascetic. Ingenious choreography - a fusion of dance, physical theatre & balletic circus/acrobatics. Evocative & ethereal storytelling. Catch it, if you can. Tour dates ⬇️

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · Feb 19

Gov plans on AI + copyright will weaken copyright protections + allow AI companies to use writers' work without permission or payment

Respond to the Gov’s consultation on copyright + AI by midnight on Tues 25 Feb to get your voice heard

Pls share too!

writersguild.org.uk/fight-back-a...

Fight back against Government plans on copyright and AI - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain

On 17 December the Government launched a consultation on AI and copyright. The Government’s proposed plans on AI and copyright will weaken your copyright protections and allow AI companies to use …

writersguild.org.uk

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Independent Theatre Council @itc-arts.bsky.social · Feb 14

Looking for a new challenge?
Take a look at our jobs board for opportunities at
@volcanotheatre.bsky.social
@almeida.co.uk
@openclasp.bsky.social
@highlysprung.bsky.social
@itc-arts.bsky.social

and more www.itc-arts.org/industry-opp...

Hansel & Grettel production shot by Theatre Centre

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Jonathan Edgington @jonedgewriter.bsky.social · Feb 15

Please check out my brand new @papatangotc.bsky.social writer profile!⬇️

papatango.co.uk/studio/membe...

#theatresky #newwriting #theatre #WritingCommunity #theatrelondon #art #fantasy #writerscommunity #actors #womenintheatre #theater #writers #scifi #arts #amwriting #theatrecommunity #theatrenews

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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · Feb 8

I’m a passionate supporter of @artsemergency.bsky.social - they do the work that we all know needs doing. Whilst others talk, they take action.

If there is anyway you can support them, please do.

Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · Feb 4

Since I set up @artsemergency.bsky.social (not inc 2y piloting & discursively developing a project) FOUR people have signed up to our community EVERY DAY. That’s now 17,200 people over the past 12 years. 90% of our team & 100% of our trustee board would have been eligible for the project aged 16🧵

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · Feb 6

A catalogue of theatre artefacts including a signed rehearsal script of A Streetcar Named Desire is to go on sale this month 👇 #TheatreNews #TheatreSky

Rare books dealer unveils theatre treasures including signed Streetcar script

Rehearsal scripts for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? are also available through Peter Harrington

www.thestage.co.uk

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Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social · Feb 5

APPLICATIONS CLOSE IN 2 WEEKS📣

We are looking for an Executive Director to join the OT team and lead collaboratively with the Artistic Director.

📅 Apply by 18 February, 10am

🔗Find out more: orangetreetheatre.co.uk/opportunitie...

#OrangeTreeTheatre #ExecutiveDirector #jobs #londontheatre

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Feb 2

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...

Curtain up! Meet the new artistic directors with great plans for British theatre

Our theatre critic welcomes inspiring developments at stages across the UK, from the Young Vic to the Liverpool Everyman while, below, some of the top new recruits talk about working post-pandemic i...

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Jan 30

Meryl here proving it’s never too late. ⬇️ ✨✨

Meryl Griffiths @merylgriffiths1.bsky.social · Dec 15

I have to battle against my 50s upbringing where children should be seen & not heard, and talking about your achievements is boasting, and JUST NOT ON but I'm utterly thrilled at the grand old age I am now, my lil' co-produced film from a monologue I wrote is now winning awards 🏆😊💃

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Deborah Edgington @debedgington.bsky.social · Jan 30

Sorry to hear that but glad you’ve been creating your own work. Your positivity is inspiring. Keep that spring in your step springing. ❤️ xx

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