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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · May 14

From October to January I had literally no phone signal or mobile data and aside from one or 2 annoying things like 2 factor authentication with banks I had no downsides. Reckon I'll just cancel my contract when it runs out

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · May 14

I've genuinely been considering getting rid of my phone based on how enshittified everything has become

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Apr 28

Looking forward to it!

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Mar 25

Katharine Williams for definite!

liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Mar 21

Majorly seconding this!

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · Mar 14

A great night out at the Capital Theatres Studio seeing The Land That Never Was. Really entertaining work from a gifted storyteller, @liamrees.bsky.social has the goods and yes folks he has delivered. Also appreciate having a Q&A with an academic host, always nice to see the other side.

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Tron Theatre @trontheatre.bsky.social · Mar 12

Next week we're welcoming the brilliant @liamrees.bsky.social with The Land That Never Was.

This true story of Scotland’s most infamous con artist Gregor MacGregor asks audiences what they believe and why.

BOOK TICKETS (21 & 22 March) ➡️ www.tron.co.uk/shows/the-land-that-never-was/

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Tron Theatre @trontheatre.bsky.social · Mar 7

Part confessional storytelling, part TED Talk but mostly bullshit, The Land That Never Was tells the true story of Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish conman who sold a country that literally did not exist.

@liamrees.bsky.social

BOOK TICKETS (21 & 22 Mar) ➡️ www.tron.co.uk/shows/the-land-that-never-was/

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Mar 7

I'm happy to chat if you're looking for a director

liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Mar 7

Do I count?

liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 28

New photos just dropped of The Land That Never Was @sceneandheard.bsky.social

Coming to Festival Theatre Studio Fri 14th March
Then @trontheatre.bsky.social Fri 21st & Sat 22nd March

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 20

Really loved chatting to @scotnational.bsky.social the other day about scams, the geopolitical mess we're in, and The Land That Never Was

Tickets for Edinburgh (14 March) & @trontheatre.bsky.social (21-22 March) are now half gone btw

www.thenational.scot/news/2493869...

Play spotlights 19th-century Scottish scam artist’s journey

Donald Trump’s proposals to take over the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada have been greeted with widespread incredulity but a 19th-century Scot…

www.thenational.scot

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 18

Thank god for unexpected nuance

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 14

I co-produced a show last fringe, can't promise any useful answers but happy to chat

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 13

Today's revelation: make your play's central an unreliable narrator so that any plots holes are actually a thematic choice rather than a glaring mistake.

In totally unrelated news you should get tickets for The Land That Never Was! @trontheatre.bsky.social @sceneandheard.bsky.social

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 10

Coming to Dublin this Saturday!

Edinburgh. 14th March @ Capital Theatres Studio
Glasgow. 21-22nd March @trontheatre.bsky.social

Scene + Heard @sceneandheard.bsky.social · Feb 10

KICKING OFF OUR FIRST WEEKEND WE HAVE BLOCK 07...

The Land That Never Was

#sceneandheard

Check it out:
smockalley.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 10

This is incredible!

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Catriona MacLeod @thatcatmacleod.bsky.social · Feb 10

_and friends is thrilled to be partnering with Room for Therapy to offer group therapy sessions in our Glasgow space, running for ten weeks starting April 25th.

Info doc and note of interest form are in the Linktree in my bio!

Text reads “Room for Therapy and friends: Group Therapy Sessions for the Scottish Theatre Community” over a circle sliced into four, each circle a soft pastel colour - green, peachy orange, light pink and a darker pink.

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 1

I had a chat with The Times about charlatans, making sense of the mess we're in, and The Land That Never Was

Coming to:
@sceneandheard.bsky.social (15th Feb)
The Studio @ Capital Theatres (14th March)
@trontheatre.bsky.social (21-22nd March)

A newspaper article with the headline: Conman who invented a country. With a photo of a tropical beach.

An extract from the newspaper article saying:

Rees says he was struck by the sheer audacity of the fraud "The ability to say, I'm going to make up a country' was just extraordinary. And the fact that happened over 200 years ago helped me make sense of what we're living through now. It's easy for us to say 'Oh, we live in unprecedented times of post-truth' but, you know, there's always been charlatans."
There are parallels, he believes, between MacGregor and the crypto scams of today, or Elizabeth Holmes, and her fraudulent blood testing company Theranos. "Even looking at the way Trump and Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage invoke an idea of the past that doesn't really exist," he said. "They're all manipulating and scamming people in different ways."

The Land That Never Was is at The Studio, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on March 14 and at Tron Theatre, Glasgow, on March 21-22.

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 7

Every time I see an org say they got less than they ask for I wonder how much of a shortfall they're dealing with. Mostly because I've run an org and know the strains but without more transparency everyone ends up fighting one another

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 5

The Fringe Soc reminds me of my cat, who has apparently never been fed in her life and is surely going to waste away unless I refill her half-eaten bowl of food

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 4

Can you tell us what those "good ideas" are? Just one?

liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 4

They're a centralised ticketing service, provide a contact list of accredited media at the Fringe, and run some events during the Fringe. That's kinda it

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Feb 1

I had a chat with The Times about charlatans, making sense of the mess we're in, and The Land That Never Was

Coming to:
@sceneandheard.bsky.social (15th Feb)
The Studio @ Capital Theatres (14th March)
@trontheatre.bsky.social (21-22nd March)

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liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social · Jan 31

Yes please!

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