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JBR @jbragent.com · Sep 2

#CongratsZack

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · Sep 2

Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Leadership elections results

New Leader

Zack Polanski

Photo of Zack Polanski

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.

Green Party

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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JBR @jbragent.com · Aug 4

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! XX

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JBR @jbragent.com · Aug 2

I did Haydn, and you got my vote!

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JBR @jbragent.com · Aug 1

Voted @zackpolanski.bsky.social for leader and @frankadlingtons.bsky.social for Deputy #BackZack

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Aug 1

Green Party members - vote at midday!

Tackle inequality, defend nature and stand firm against the far right.

Vote for me #1 for Bold Leadership.

#BackZack

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JBR @jbragent.com · Jun 9

Just watched a recording of Audra McDonald performing Rose's Turn at the Tony's last night and not at all embarrassed to say I broke into applause at the end - to the surprise of everyone sitting near me in this coffee shop.

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JBR @jbragent.com · May 28

A coruscating analysis.

The Ankler @theankler.com · May 27

Hollywood’s ruling class: old, insular, and increasingly out of touch. Sound familiar? @richardrushfield.bsky.social reads the Biden saga as a cautionary tale for the entertainment industry’s own future theankler.com/p/joe-biden-...

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JBR @jbragent.com · May 22

Orwell's Two Minutes Hate is basically the comments section of social media posts. Except it's constant.

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JBR @jbragent.com · May 22

"If we want to maintain the UK’s position as a global leader in theatre – and continue to inspire the next generation of actors, writers, and technicians – then government must act.” www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...

New report says ‘government must act’ to ease pressures on British theatres

Attendances are up and average ticket prices down, even in the West End, but the sector faces mounting and unsustainable strain

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · May 21

It's amazing to see the endorsements flooding in for my campaign.

Very grateful & humbled, just in one morning!

It's time to win more MPs.

Be the alternative to a failing Labour government & stop the rise of the right.

Can you help us to 500 by end of the day?

backzack.com/get-involved/

Get Involved - Back Zack

Get involved with the Back Zack campaign by submitting an endorsement, creating a sharable graphic to show you #BackZack or a profile picture for your socials!

backzack.com

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JBR @jbragent.com · May 20

"There is no place for arrogance in the arts, but neither is there room for doubt or a perpetual need for affirmation...The world doesn't have time for that. Believe in your worth and work with a will so that others will see it. That's how it is done; that's how it was always done." -Martha Graham

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · May 16

‘In a World of Influencers, We Have Waved Goodbye to the Theatre Critic’

Great theatre requires that a conversation should begin about it after the curtain comes down, writes Tim Walker

‘In a World of Influencers, We Have Waved Goodbye to the Theatre Critic’

Great theatre requires that a conversation should begin about it after the curtain comes down, writes Tim Walker

bylinetimes.com

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JBR @jbragent.com · May 15

Why, when prices for a show in the West End are announced, do people check the MOST expensive price and then scream blue murder about it?

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JBR @jbragent.com · May 12

Starmer is really, really bad at this.

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JBR @jbragent.com · May 7

If true, it's an ignorant, myopic decision. Philistinism. www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/goodbye...

Goodbye DCMS? Government ‘considering abolition’ of department - Arts Professional

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) could be “abolished” with its responsibilities split between three other government departments, it has been claimed. An article published by the Sun...

www.artsprofessional.co.uk

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JBR @jbragent.com · May 5

Very excited by this news. Zack has always been a fantastic Green voice. Will have my vote. #BackZack

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · May 5

We need bold leadership. Now.

That's why I'm running to be the next leader of the Green Party.

Join our campaign: backzack.com

#BackZack

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JBR @jbragent.com · May 1

Today JBR Creative Management celebrates our 6th birthday.

We are grateful for every coffee, every conversation, every connection that led us here.

Grateful to everyone who’s travelled the road with us.

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JBR @jbragent.com · Apr 29

Paid £4.70 for an iced latte and frankly, iced latte season is now officially over.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · Apr 22

They've done things not even the Cass report called for and they're doing things not even this Supreme Court called for.

All they wanted was permission.

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Trick or Treat Coveney🎃 @nmjcoveney.bsky.social · Apr 22

I do not want to see Keir Starmer or Labour UK anywhere near Pride in London ever again - bowing down to Transphobic bigots over a warped and biased ruling which architects of the Equality Act 2010 have already spoken out against… Labour has abandoned the LGBTQ+ community

Keir Starmer has clarified that the position of his government is Transphobic

Melanie Field, one the civil servants who drafted the 2010 Equality Act has spoken out in the wake of the biased Supreme Court ruling

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JBR @jbragent.com · Apr 20

The Trans Rights demo yesterday was beautiful and hopeful. So many diverse people from all walks of life coming together - the word I kept thinking about was "community". You can spend billions buying sycophants. Or a cigar. But all the billions cannot buy community. And that's why we will win.

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JBR @jbragent.com · Apr 16

This is a terrific examination of the cultural phenomenon A Minecraft Movie. I particularly love the John Waters quote: “In order to know something is bad, one has to have good taste. But one also needs to be able to understand the value of bad.”

The Ankler @theankler.com · Apr 16

Matthew Frank digs into popcorn-throwing Minecraft movie frenzy. Warner Bros wants to chalk up the film as a major win, but what the execs don't get is: more young moviegoers may be laughing at the film than with it theankler.com/p/minecraft-...

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JBR @jbragent.com · Apr 16

Trans rights are human rights. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Our agency is, and always will be, a safe space.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · Apr 16

On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.

Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...

Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project

At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...

goodlawproject.org

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JBR @jbragent.com · Apr 11

"The big fight of our time is to get the public excited about moviegoing again, as an ongoing thing, not just for one Minecraft here and there."

As always a great piece from Richard Rushfield and The Ankler and a fun quiz (I scored a weak 6)

The Ankler @theankler.com · Apr 10

. @richardrushfield.bsky.social posits too much of the film industry is in the hands of people who don’t love film or know very much about it, so he’s created a Film Citizenship Test to "eliminate film-illiterate ne'er-do-wells". Take it and let us know how you did: theankler.com/p/weed-out-h...

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JBR @jbragent.com · Apr 9

Ah, damn, the great William Finn has gone to the choir.
I sang The Games I Play at my drama school showcase about 20 years ago and fell in love with his work then. I took Mark's All Male Thanksgiving to so many auditions. Another tremendous loss. playbill.com/article/tony...

Tony Winner William Finn Has Died at 73

The composer/lyricist was responsible for some of the most popular cult musicals of all time, including Falsettos , A New Brain , and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

playbill.com

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