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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · Aug 20

The article:
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/08...

Revealed: The review website secretly owned by a Fringe publicist : News 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

Revealed: The review website secretly owned by a Fringe publicist - Conflict of interest row over top PR’s links to Entertainment Now

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · Jul 22

director here. Thank you so much for this shoutout. the cast/crew whatsapp has been pinging like mad from the reviews all day, then they finished the show and saw you had posted as well!

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Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social · Jun 30

My Job Hasn’t Changed, My Disability Hasn’t Changed, So Why Has My Support Changed? www.touretteshero.com/2025/06/20/m...

My Job Hasn’t Changed, My Disability Hasn’t Changed, So Why Has My Support Changed?

Shortly before my emergency pacemaker operation at the end of March, I had a meeting with a couple of my colleagues to talk about what should happen to our company if I didn’t survive the procedure. T...

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · Jun 30

We have sold 300 tickets for this so far. Highly reccomend booking soon!

Poltergeist Halloweezou 🎃 @polisloizou.bsky.social · May 24

Who's coming to see @theabigailthorn.bsky.social's queer Shakespeare reworking THE PRINCE at Lace Market Theatre in Nottingham this July? 😍🏳️‍🌈

lacemarkettheatre.co.uk/LaceMarketTh...

The Prince - The Lace Market Theatre

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · May 30

The comedy show I co-create got a fantastic writeup in @centralbylines.co.uk
centralbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/th...

Entering Club Wormhole’s alternative comedy community

Club Wormhole's Nottingham-based comedy venue provides both laughter and community

centralbylines.co.uk

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Poltergeist Halloweezou 🎃 @polisloizou.bsky.social · May 24

Who's coming to see @theabigailthorn.bsky.social's queer Shakespeare reworking THE PRINCE at Lace Market Theatre in Nottingham this July? 😍🏳️‍🌈

lacemarkettheatre.co.uk/LaceMarketTh...

The Prince - The Lace Market Theatre

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · May 8

I didn't understand the actual joke for a second and thought this was was some new playwright at the royal court that I hadn't heard of

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · May 7

If it helps, humans have been duped by this kind of thing for at least the last 400 years.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_m...

Tulip mania - Wikipedia

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · May 5

Book now to see Abigail Thorn's The Prince! Mon 21st to Sat 26th July. There are performances every night at 7:30pm and an additional 2:30pm performance on Saturday. Tickets are £14 standard, and £12 concession.
lacemarkettheatre.co.uk/LaceMarketTh...
#trans #transgender #queer #lgbtqia+

The Prince - The Lace Market Theatre

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · May 2

I tried to write a parody response like 'the wokerati would cancel numberwang' but I just know Gl1nner has probably already said something like this already

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · Apr 30

Not many people know that AA Milne had a much smaller brother called AAA Milne

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · May 1

These are the reasons the Supreme Court gave for refusing to hear from the trans intervenors (whilst agreeing to hear from many transphobes).

None.

Our legal team of three barristers included two who are now KCs.

(I have redacted the Registrar's signature.)

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Ryan Ken @ryankenacts.bsky.social · Apr 28

Just a casual conversation between spouses on reality television

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · Apr 25

Maybe it's just straight to the point

Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · Apr 24

there's a local kebab place whose website claims to have a PDF of the menu, but when you open the PDF it's just a single photo of a kebab and chips

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · Apr 24

“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 24

“Can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights?” our tech columnist asks. “Many A.I. experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close. But I was intrigued.”

Should We Start Taking the Welfare of A.I. Seriously?

As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.

www.nytimes.com

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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · Apr 25

WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM FANBASE IS THE MOST TRANSGENDER?

Because the news is miserable at the moment, I decided to be a bit silly

Fill in the form with the football team you support. The most popular club gets the title of “Most Transgender Football Club” next season 👇

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A graphic that says “which football team is the most transgender? A silly competition by Arthur”

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Courtney 🐙 Lovecraftian 🐙 Actually @hexadecibelle.fyi · Apr 24

"i never heard of autism growing up"

H.G.WELLS, THE ENGLISH NOVELIST PLAYING AN INDOOR WARGAME

(From a Drawing by S. Begg in the Illustrated London News)

"Mr. Wells has developed his game so that the country over which the campaign is to be fought is laid out in any desired manner, with the aid of branches of shrubs as trees, with cardboard bridges, rocks, chalked-out rivers, streams and fords, cardboard forts, barracks, houses, and what not; there are employed leaden infantrymen and cavalrymen, and guns firing wooden cylinders about an inch long, capable of hitting a toy soldiers nine times out of ten at a distance of nine yards, and having a screw adjustment for elevation and depression. There are strict rules governing the combat. Before the battle begins, the country is divided by the drawing of a curtain across it for a short time, so that the general of each opposing army may dispose of his forces without the enemy's being aware of that disposition. Then the curtains are drawn back and the campaign begins. All moves of men and guns are timed. An infantryman moves not more than a foot at a time, a cavalryman not more than two feet, and a gun, according to whether cavalry or infantry are with it, from one to two feet. Mr. Wells is seen on the left of the drawing, taking a measurement with a length of string, to determine the distance some of his forces may move. On the right and left are seen the curtains for dividing the country before beginning the game."

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Nottingham Against Transphobia @againsttransphobia.bsky.social · Apr 24

@transsupportchezzy.bsky.social are putting together their first protest. If you can make it show them some support.

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · Apr 24

Trying to sleep but fully losing my shit over Louis Theroux telling a story about a lesbian pigeon who learns to take up space
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

CBeebies Bedtime Stories - Peggy the Always Sorry Pigeon - BBC Sounds

Louis Theroux tells the story of Peggy, the pigeon who can't stop saying sorry.

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Trans Support Chesterfield @transsupportchezzy.bsky.social · Apr 24

Join us in Chesterfield town center to make our voices heard!

#TransRightsareHumanRights

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · Apr 24

Ok, except one of the major themes of the play is about how trans people and cis people relate to each other. So forgive me for being horrendously boring but I did cast trans people as the trans characters. We also had many trans people audition for cis characters, which was encouraged.

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · Apr 23

⭐How to speak up, while trans!⭐
A crash course in public speaking for trans people. How to speak loudly, clearly and SAFELY at a protest.
improvlaurie.co.uk/blg-speakup/

How To Speak Up While Trans • Laurie Owen's Notes

Theatre portfolio and personal journal for Laurie Owen. From here you can see my current productions, and read my writing.

improvlaurie.co.uk

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Grant White @grantwhite.bsky.social · Apr 22

Reminder Starmer used the murder of Brianna Ghey to attack Sunak.

He was quite happy to acknowledge trans people when he needed a disposable attack line, the spineless coward.

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improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · Apr 22

and the same sorts of people say this means that trans people are horrible vandals who are attacking women and we deserve to have our human rights taken away. Funny that!!! (3/3)

improvlaurie.co.uk @riewarden.bsky.social · Apr 22

and it should never have been built, and the money should have gone on real people, BUT ALSO the Brian Clough statue got a bit of paint on it during the trans rights protest, (2/3)

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