Lee Simpson
@leesimpson.bsky.social
Improbable Co-artistic director, member of @comedystoreplayers.com, real name Len.
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And @totoroshow.bsky.social is now booking through August next year - some good deals available on tickets.
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Book your tickets for the RSC and Joe Hisaishi’s acclaimed production of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro. Now playing at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And @totoroshow.bsky.social is now booking through August next year - some good deals available on tickets.
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Black Friday discount on these tickets making them much more affordable
Just saw My Neighbour Totoro stage show in London, and it’s absolutely astonishing — magical, spectacular, funny, devastatingly emotional, and wonderfully innovative. If you love the film, or just love live theatre, it’s a must watch
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Black Friday discount on these tickets making them much more affordable
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On sale now.
Delightfully vitriolic.👺
Like you.
"Free State Of California"
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Plus Dec 30 and 31 in San Francisco
For Drinks and Album Making
Punchline San Francisco Bitches🌉
With @jackiekashian.bsky.social !!!
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Delightfully vitriolic.👺
Like you.
"Free State Of California"
lnk.to/freestateofc...
Plus Dec 30 and 31 in San Francisco
For Drinks and Album Making
Punchline San Francisco Bitches🌉
With @jackiekashian.bsky.social !!!
punchlinecomedyclub.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
On sale now.
Delightfully vitriolic.👺
Like you.
"Free State Of California"
lnk.to/freestateofc...
Plus Dec 30 and 31 in San Francisco
For Drinks and Album Making
Punchline San Francisco Bitches🌉
With @jackiekashian.bsky.social !!!
punchlinecomedyclub.com
Delightfully vitriolic.👺
Like you.
"Free State Of California"
lnk.to/freestateofc...
Plus Dec 30 and 31 in San Francisco
For Drinks and Album Making
Punchline San Francisco Bitches🌉
With @jackiekashian.bsky.social !!!
punchlinecomedyclub.com
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Really looking forward to improvising comedy with David Reed, Lauren Shearing, Miles Jupp & Josie Lawrence, with Steve Edis at the piano. Sunday 23rd, doors 6.30, show 7.30 to 9.30. See you there!
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Really looking forward to improvising comedy with David Reed, Lauren Shearing, Miles Jupp & Josie Lawrence, with Steve Edis at the piano. Sunday 23rd, doors 6.30, show 7.30 to 9.30. See you there!
Dress done, first show at @contactmcr.bsky.social in a couple of hours #perfectshowforrachel @zooco.bsky.social @improbable1.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Dress done, first show at @contactmcr.bsky.social in a couple of hours #perfectshowforrachel @zooco.bsky.social @improbable1.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🎭 Big Improbable news: Matilda Leyser is now Co-Artistic Director!
After years as Associate Director, performer, writer & Open Space champion — she joins Phelim & Lee in leading the company.
“It may still be weird, or wild, but it won’t be lonely.”
Read her beautiful reflection 👉 buff.ly/2kzlE9X
After years as Associate Director, performer, writer & Open Space champion — she joins Phelim & Lee in leading the company.
“It may still be weird, or wild, but it won’t be lonely.”
Read her beautiful reflection 👉 buff.ly/2kzlE9X
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🎭 Big Improbable news: Matilda Leyser is now Co-Artistic Director!
After years as Associate Director, performer, writer & Open Space champion — she joins Phelim & Lee in leading the company.
“It may still be weird, or wild, but it won’t be lonely.”
Read her beautiful reflection 👉 buff.ly/2kzlE9X
After years as Associate Director, performer, writer & Open Space champion — she joins Phelim & Lee in leading the company.
“It may still be weird, or wild, but it won’t be lonely.”
Read her beautiful reflection 👉 buff.ly/2kzlE9X
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The first session is tonight!
Come and join our wonderful new Co-Artistic Director at Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/improbable/t...
Come and join our wonderful new Co-Artistic Director at Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/improbable/t...
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The first session is tonight!
Come and join our wonderful new Co-Artistic Director at Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/improbable/t...
Come and join our wonderful new Co-Artistic Director at Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/improbable/t...
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Improbable names first-ever woman to head up company www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces
Improbable names first-ever woman to head up company - Arts Professional
The theatre company behind collaborations including My Neighbour Totoro has appointed former circus aerialist and writer, MATILDA LEYSER, as a joint creative
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Improbable names first-ever woman to head up company www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces
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🌱☔️🌱
The friend who loves rainy weather
Winter fans reveal yourself in the comments below! ☔️💚
#FindYourSpirit
Winter fans reveal yourself in the comments below! ☔️💚
#FindYourSpirit
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🌱☔️🌱
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My Neighbour Totoro stage show Extends its West End Run until August 2026
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My Neighbour Totoro stage show Extends its West End Run until August 2026
This news can be considered old (as it was announced last month) but it is definitely worth knowing, as the My Neighbour Totoro stage show continues to receive success at the London West End as org…
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November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
My Neighbour Totoro stage show Extends its West End Run until August 2026
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Absolutely delightful time watching the live stage performance of my neighbour Totoro. Puppetry unlike anything I've ever seen (both Totoro's in these shots are fully puppeteered characters in the show and you can see their size in comparison to the actors beside them)
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Absolutely delightful time watching the live stage performance of my neighbour Totoro. Puppetry unlike anything I've ever seen (both Totoro's in these shots are fully puppeteered characters in the show and you can see their size in comparison to the actors beside them)
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The WhatsOnStage #WOSAwards Nominations are open! 🤗 #MyNeighbourTotoro is eligible for:
🌱 Best West End Show
🌱 Best Takeover Performance:
✨ Victoria Chen
✨ Phyllis Ho
✨ Kumiko Mendl
✨ Deanna Myers
✨ Steven Nguyen
✨ Shaofan Wilson
✨ Jamie Zubairi
awards.whatsonstage.com ☂️
🌱 Best West End Show
🌱 Best Takeover Performance:
✨ Victoria Chen
✨ Phyllis Ho
✨ Kumiko Mendl
✨ Deanna Myers
✨ Steven Nguyen
✨ Shaofan Wilson
✨ Jamie Zubairi
awards.whatsonstage.com ☂️
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The WhatsOnStage #WOSAwards Nominations are open! 🤗 #MyNeighbourTotoro is eligible for:
🌱 Best West End Show
🌱 Best Takeover Performance:
✨ Victoria Chen
✨ Phyllis Ho
✨ Kumiko Mendl
✨ Deanna Myers
✨ Steven Nguyen
✨ Shaofan Wilson
✨ Jamie Zubairi
awards.whatsonstage.com ☂️
🌱 Best West End Show
🌱 Best Takeover Performance:
✨ Victoria Chen
✨ Phyllis Ho
✨ Kumiko Mendl
✨ Deanna Myers
✨ Steven Nguyen
✨ Shaofan Wilson
✨ Jamie Zubairi
awards.whatsonstage.com ☂️
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An audience suggestion and short scene from the Comedy Store Players show last Sunday.
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
An audience suggestion and short scene from the Comedy Store Players show last Sunday.
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📅 Thursdays from 13 November -18 December
🕚 5-6pm
📍 Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks
🎟️ Tickets start at £7.50*
For more information: buff.ly/DsX0I7v
*If costs are a barrier but you would still like to attend the sessions, please email [email protected]
🕚 5-6pm
📍 Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks
🎟️ Tickets start at £7.50*
For more information: buff.ly/DsX0I7v
*If costs are a barrier but you would still like to attend the sessions, please email [email protected]
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📅 Thursdays from 13 November -18 December
🕚 5-6pm
📍 Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks
🎟️ Tickets start at £7.50*
For more information: buff.ly/DsX0I7v
*If costs are a barrier but you would still like to attend the sessions, please email [email protected]
🕚 5-6pm
📍 Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks
🎟️ Tickets start at £7.50*
For more information: buff.ly/DsX0I7v
*If costs are a barrier but you would still like to attend the sessions, please email [email protected]
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
2
[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
5
NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
6
NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
7
NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
8
KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
9
[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
10
MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
11
[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
12
[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Ticket to @theimprovathon.bsky.social purchased ✅️
Monday off work ✅️
Emergency accommodation organised for when my ability to stay awake drops off a cliff at around 5am ✅️
Improvathon is the maddest, most wonderful experience - do drop in for an episode or two.
Monday off work ✅️
Emergency accommodation organised for when my ability to stay awake drops off a cliff at around 5am ✅️
Improvathon is the maddest, most wonderful experience - do drop in for an episode or two.
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ticket to @theimprovathon.bsky.social purchased ✅️
Monday off work ✅️
Emergency accommodation organised for when my ability to stay awake drops off a cliff at around 5am ✅️
Improvathon is the maddest, most wonderful experience - do drop in for an episode or two.
Monday off work ✅️
Emergency accommodation organised for when my ability to stay awake drops off a cliff at around 5am ✅️
Improvathon is the maddest, most wonderful experience - do drop in for an episode or two.
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❤️❤️❤️ I eagerly await the next time I can see these people.
Love them all ❤️❤️❤️
Love them all ❤️❤️❤️
The Comedy Store Players on BBC News explaining what we've been doing for the last 40 years.
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
❤️❤️❤️ I eagerly await the next time I can see these people.
Love them all ❤️❤️❤️
Love them all ❤️❤️❤️
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Julian Clary has been guesting with The Comedy Store Players since the 1980s, and he's back this Sunday 2nd November. With Kirsty Newton on piano. Tickets going fast!
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Julian Clary has been guesting with The Comedy Store Players since the 1980s, and he's back this Sunday 2nd November. With Kirsty Newton on piano. Tickets going fast!
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Don’t miss! #comedystoreplayers
Julian Clary has been guesting with The Comedy Store Players since the 1980s, and he's back this Sunday 2nd November. With Kirsty Newton on piano. Tickets going fast!
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Don’t miss! #comedystoreplayers
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✨ #SecretsOfTheForest: Satsuki's Tomato Prop 🍅
Did you know that the tomato Satsuki eats isn't really a tomato? Watch to find out how it's made! 😮🌱
#FindYourSpirit
Did you know that the tomato Satsuki eats isn't really a tomato? Watch to find out how it's made! 😮🌱
#FindYourSpirit
October 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
✨ #SecretsOfTheForest: Satsuki's Tomato Prop 🍅
Did you know that the tomato Satsuki eats isn't really a tomato? Watch to find out how it's made! 😮🌱
#FindYourSpirit
Did you know that the tomato Satsuki eats isn't really a tomato? Watch to find out how it's made! 😮🌱
#FindYourSpirit
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The Comedy Store Players celebrate 40 years this Sunday (though I've only been a member since 1986) Come and see Neil, Josie, me, Ruth and Lee plus Steve Edis on piano, doors 6.30 show 7.30 til 9.30.
October 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Comedy Store Players celebrate 40 years this Sunday (though I've only been a member since 1986) Come and see Neil, Josie, me, Ruth and Lee plus Steve Edis on piano, doors 6.30 show 7.30 til 9.30.
I think, as 40th birthday parties go, this one will be special. And you are all invited.
October 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I think, as 40th birthday parties go, this one will be special. And you are all invited.
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The news is out!
My Neighbour Totoro is extending in the West End until 30 August 2026!
We can't wait to welcome you to the neighbourhood 💚
📸 Manuel Harlan © RSC
totoroshow.com/news/
My Neighbour Totoro is extending in the West End until 30 August 2026!
We can't wait to welcome you to the neighbourhood 💚
📸 Manuel Harlan © RSC
totoroshow.com/news/
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The news is out!
My Neighbour Totoro is extending in the West End until 30 August 2026!
We can't wait to welcome you to the neighbourhood 💚
📸 Manuel Harlan © RSC
totoroshow.com/news/
My Neighbour Totoro is extending in the West End until 30 August 2026!
We can't wait to welcome you to the neighbourhood 💚
📸 Manuel Harlan © RSC
totoroshow.com/news/
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Three years of magic and joy. 💚
The sky is so big here! 😮
Three years ago, London officially met the Kusakabe family when #MyNeighbourTotoro officially opened at the Barbican Centre in 2022! 💚✨
#FindYourSpirit
Three years ago, London officially met the Kusakabe family when #MyNeighbourTotoro officially opened at the Barbican Centre in 2022! 💚✨
#FindYourSpirit
October 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Three years of magic and joy. 💚