Jack MacGregor
@jmacr.bsky.social
playwright, director, highlander / messages from the deep (he/they)
represented by Brennan Artists, IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship 2026
represented by Brennan Artists, IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship 2026
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Jack MacGregor
@jmacr.bsky.social
· Jan 5
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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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 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.
Please sign up to the mailing list
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Creative Scotland should streamline application and monitoring processes, communicate its plans more clearly and take more risks, according to an independent review.
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Creative Scotland review urges capital investment fund and more transparency
An independent review is calling for Creative Scotland to streamline application and monitoring processes, communicate plans more clearly and take more risks
www.thestage.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Creative Scotland should streamline application and monitoring processes, communicate its plans more clearly and take more risks, according to an independent review.
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A beautiful weekend at home.
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A beautiful weekend at home.
Got on a bus and ended up here. Not decided where I'll go now.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Got on a bus and ended up here. Not decided where I'll go now.
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Brilliant combo of writer and organisations. Jack's a singular writer, exploring topics few others are tuned in to. The research opportunities this partnership offers are going to be such a boon to all!
Thrilled to be appointed the new writer in residence for the IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship for 2026. More details to follow soon. www.traverse.co.uk/news/travers...
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Brilliant combo of writer and organisations. Jack's a singular writer, exploring topics few others are tuned in to. The research opportunities this partnership offers are going to be such a boon to all!
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Nicely done Jack, the Trav and IASH.
Thrilled to be appointed the new writer in residence for the IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship for 2026. More details to follow soon. www.traverse.co.uk/news/travers...
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Nicely done Jack, the Trav and IASH.
A world class honour to be the playwright-in-residence with IASH and the Trav for 2026. Massive!
Meet our 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow!
We're proud to announce that playwright Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social has been selected as the 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow, continuing a long-running partnership with @traversetheatre.bsky.social.
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/introdu...
We're proud to announce that playwright Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social has been selected as the 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow, continuing a long-running partnership with @traversetheatre.bsky.social.
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/introdu...
Introducing our 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A world class honour to be the playwright-in-residence with IASH and the Trav for 2026. Massive!
Thrilled to be appointed the new writer in residence for the IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship for 2026. More details to follow soon. www.traverse.co.uk/news/travers...
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Thrilled to be appointed the new writer in residence for the IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship for 2026. More details to follow soon. www.traverse.co.uk/news/travers...
I'll be presenting an extract of my next play at Capital Theatres Studio, Edinburgh. Thursday 20th November, 7:30pm.
Set on a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific, Catching a Falling Knife explores the interplay between faith and cult.
www.capitaltheatres.com/shows/open-f...
Set on a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific, Catching a Falling Knife explores the interplay between faith and cult.
www.capitaltheatres.com/shows/open-f...
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I'll be presenting an extract of my next play at Capital Theatres Studio, Edinburgh. Thursday 20th November, 7:30pm.
Set on a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific, Catching a Falling Knife explores the interplay between faith and cult.
www.capitaltheatres.com/shows/open-f...
Set on a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific, Catching a Falling Knife explores the interplay between faith and cult.
www.capitaltheatres.com/shows/open-f...
frankly ridiculous proposal from @dundeecitycouncil.bsky.social here. 100% funding cuts worth £286,000. An astonishing sum of money for any regional theatre to make up for, would lead to a fight for the very survival of Dundee Rep, absolutely mad
www.thestage.co.uk/news/dundee-...
www.thestage.co.uk/news/dundee-...
Dundee Rep facing ‘brutal’ potential 100% council funding cut
Dundee Rep is facing a proposed 100% cut to its council funding, in a move that has been labelled ‘brutal’ by actor Brian Cox
www.thestage.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
frankly ridiculous proposal from @dundeecitycouncil.bsky.social here. 100% funding cuts worth £286,000. An astonishing sum of money for any regional theatre to make up for, would lead to a fight for the very survival of Dundee Rep, absolutely mad
www.thestage.co.uk/news/dundee-...
www.thestage.co.uk/news/dundee-...
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Returning here to my pipe dream of a decaying country house in Argyll, where academics in the humanities and social sciences can go for funded ‘retreats’ in exchange for vague proposals. There would be workshops and communal cooking on low budgets.
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Returning here to my pipe dream of a decaying country house in Argyll, where academics in the humanities and social sciences can go for funded ‘retreats’ in exchange for vague proposals. There would be workshops and communal cooking on low budgets.
the early nights and winter dark is really setting in now, hold onto the hope, folks
youtu.be/L4sdU-C1hRk
youtu.be/L4sdU-C1hRk
Frightened Rabbit - Roadless | Sofar Glasgow - GIVE A HOME 2017
YouTube video by Sofar Sounds
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November 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
the early nights and winter dark is really setting in now, hold onto the hope, folks
youtu.be/L4sdU-C1hRk
youtu.be/L4sdU-C1hRk
10 lbs down! Feeling pretty good, making consistent progress, slow and steady.
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
10 lbs down! Feeling pretty good, making consistent progress, slow and steady.
So I've been following Mali's civil war for almost 3 years now and this is - without a doubt - the most crazy week of the conflict since it first broke out. RU Wagner / Africa Corps unable to hold the sitution together for Goita's military government.
www.ft.com/content/36fa...
www.ft.com/content/36fa...
Jihadis encircle Mali’s capital as they close in on power
Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists tighten blockade around Bamako as military regime reels
www.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
So I've been following Mali's civil war for almost 3 years now and this is - without a doubt - the most crazy week of the conflict since it first broke out. RU Wagner / Africa Corps unable to hold the sitution together for Goita's military government.
www.ft.com/content/36fa...
www.ft.com/content/36fa...
nothing major happening, but i got a new jacket
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
nothing major happening, but i got a new jacket
A huge honour to help carry the Taiko Dai at the autumn festivals in Sangawa and Mishima. Unusual for foreigners to carry these, had to be vouched for in order to wear a hoppi and shoulder it. Extremely hard work but so much fun. A properly unique experience to carry these gods to their shrines.
October 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
A huge honour to help carry the Taiko Dai at the autumn festivals in Sangawa and Mishima. Unusual for foreigners to carry these, had to be vouched for in order to wear a hoppi and shoulder it. Extremely hard work but so much fun. A properly unique experience to carry these gods to their shrines.
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'Harvest Fox Spirit' (messenger of Inari, kami of the crops) - Shoson Ohara, ca. 1910.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Hiroshima today with some very well travelled theatre merch: common tongue shirt, ppp bag x
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Hiroshima today with some very well travelled theatre merch: common tongue shirt, ppp bag x
Postcard from Hiroshima.
October 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Postcard from Hiroshima.
a beautiful night with beautiful people, celebrating Isla and Patrick, the happy couple 💛
October 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
a beautiful night with beautiful people, celebrating Isla and Patrick, the happy couple 💛
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!
October 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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!
Lost 5lbs! Great to see more progress.
October 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Lost 5lbs! Great to see more progress.
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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
October 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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.
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★★★★ 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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October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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evidence submitted: my love of theatre burns bright. it lights up my wee world. love little shows and being with my friends.
October 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
evidence submitted: my love of theatre burns bright. it lights up my wee world. love little shows and being with my friends.