Stephen Christopher
@stephenchristopher.bsky.social
Playwright. Passionate about harm reduction and recovery.
The Scaff & Dancing Shoes with Graeme Smith.
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Looking forward to this tomorrow!
November 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Looking forward to this tomorrow!
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We have six fantastic ten minute plays for you *this* Monday, November 3rd. Such a lot of talent in the room.
See you there!
More info and tickets here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/penpal-pro...
See you there!
More info and tickets here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/penpal-pro...
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We have six fantastic ten minute plays for you *this* Monday, November 3rd. Such a lot of talent in the room.
See you there!
More info and tickets here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/penpal-pro...
See you there!
More info and tickets here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/penpal-pro...
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Thoroughly enjoyed @portybookfest.bsky.social yesterday. The Unheard Voices panel showed writing's power to build community, especially during tough times. Brilliant contributions from fellow writers @stephenchristopher.bsky.social & Jim Aitken & chair Debbie Menezes. Thanks to all who came.
October 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed @portybookfest.bsky.social yesterday. The Unheard Voices panel showed writing's power to build community, especially during tough times. Brilliant contributions from fellow writers @stephenchristopher.bsky.social & Jim Aitken & chair Debbie Menezes. Thanks to all who came.
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Hello, Playwrights and theatre colleagues. We have made it to Bluesky.
The SSP is Scotland's theatre writer's union. We develop and promote the interests and craft of professional #playwrights and #playwriting within Scottish theatre.
Give us a follow or tag us so we can find you!
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The SSP is Scotland's theatre writer's union. We develop and promote the interests and craft of professional #playwrights and #playwriting within Scottish theatre.
Give us a follow or tag us so we can find you!
🏴 🎭 ✍🏼
August 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Hello, Playwrights and theatre colleagues. We have made it to Bluesky.
The SSP is Scotland's theatre writer's union. We develop and promote the interests and craft of professional #playwrights and #playwriting within Scottish theatre.
Give us a follow or tag us so we can find you!
🏴 🎭 ✍🏼
The SSP is Scotland's theatre writer's union. We develop and promote the interests and craft of professional #playwrights and #playwriting within Scottish theatre.
Give us a follow or tag us so we can find you!
🏴 🎭 ✍🏼
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Hope everyone is ready to get their shoes on again this December 👠
Hot on the heels of a thrilling TravFest25, meet the first of the performances joining us from September.
Our Autumn season sees some of the most exciting shows take centre stage with new productions and returning favourites alike.
Find out more: www.traverse.co.uk/news/announc...
Our Autumn season sees some of the most exciting shows take centre stage with new productions and returning favourites alike.
Find out more: www.traverse.co.uk/news/announc...
Announcement: Autumn 2025 Season
Scotland’s engine room of new writing reveals Autumn programme of home-grown performances and thrilling new work from Scotland and further afield
www.traverse.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hope everyone is ready to get their shoes on again this December 👠
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📣 Autumn 2025 📣
We are delighted to reveal the 12 wonderful plays coming to Òran Mór and to venues across Scotland this Autumn!
Take a wee look ⬇️
playpiepint.com/autumn-annou...
We are delighted to reveal the 12 wonderful plays coming to Òran Mór and to venues across Scotland this Autumn!
Take a wee look ⬇️
playpiepint.com/autumn-annou...
July 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
📣 Autumn 2025 📣
We are delighted to reveal the 12 wonderful plays coming to Òran Mór and to venues across Scotland this Autumn!
Take a wee look ⬇️
playpiepint.com/autumn-annou...
We are delighted to reveal the 12 wonderful plays coming to Òran Mór and to venues across Scotland this Autumn!
Take a wee look ⬇️
playpiepint.com/autumn-annou...
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Here's the team for this month's @penpalproductions.bsky.social event.
It's the big #Edinburgh900 event at @scotstorycentre.bsky.social and here are your director, eight writers and five actors.
Heroes all!
Pic: @thomdibdin.bsky.social
It's the big #Edinburgh900 event at @scotstorycentre.bsky.social and here are your director, eight writers and five actors.
Heroes all!
Pic: @thomdibdin.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Here's the team for this month's @penpalproductions.bsky.social event.
It's the big #Edinburgh900 event at @scotstorycentre.bsky.social and here are your director, eight writers and five actors.
Heroes all!
Pic: @thomdibdin.bsky.social
It's the big #Edinburgh900 event at @scotstorycentre.bsky.social and here are your director, eight writers and five actors.
Heroes all!
Pic: @thomdibdin.bsky.social
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Interested in making political theatre by any chance? We’ve got a great workshop for you….
We’re delighted to have Uma Nada-Rajah lead a workshop on Making Political Theatre at #FrameworkFestival25 🎪
We’re delighted to have Uma Nada-Rajah lead a workshop on Making Political Theatre at #FrameworkFestival25 🎪
May 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Interested in making political theatre by any chance? We’ve got a great workshop for you….
We’re delighted to have Uma Nada-Rajah lead a workshop on Making Political Theatre at #FrameworkFestival25 🎪
We’re delighted to have Uma Nada-Rajah lead a workshop on Making Political Theatre at #FrameworkFestival25 🎪
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Celebrate! Looking forward to this one. scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:59...
Scottish Storytelling Centre
scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Celebrate! Looking forward to this one. scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:59...
Gotta wee piece on at this.
My attempt at a tragedy in ten minutes.
Eight pieces of new writing for a fiver!
My attempt at a tragedy in ten minutes.
Eight pieces of new writing for a fiver!
Things are warming up here in Edinburgh and it's not just the weather.
We are fast approaching our #Edinburgh900 event on May 19th @scotstorycentre.bsky.social
We have 8 amazing playwrights scrieving away on short plays written especially for this event.
More details soon
Ticket link below
We are fast approaching our #Edinburgh900 event on May 19th @scotstorycentre.bsky.social
We have 8 amazing playwrights scrieving away on short plays written especially for this event.
More details soon
Ticket link below
May 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Gotta wee piece on at this.
My attempt at a tragedy in ten minutes.
Eight pieces of new writing for a fiver!
My attempt at a tragedy in ten minutes.
Eight pieces of new writing for a fiver!
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Doubt: A Parable Review – Dundee Rep’s Gripping Thriller
★★★★★ John Patrick Stanley’s Doubt: A Parable debuted off-Broadway in 2004, and took the Pulitzer Prize for Drama once transferred in the next year. That is to say, the jury is pretty much out on the quality of this Church based…
★★★★★ John Patrick Stanley’s Doubt: A Parable debuted off-Broadway in 2004, and took the Pulitzer Prize for Drama once transferred in the next year. That is to say, the jury is pretty much out on the quality of this Church based…
Doubt: A Parable Review – Dundee Rep’s Gripping Thriller
★★★★★ John Patrick Stanley’s Doubt: A Parable debuted off-Broadway in 2004, and took the Pulitzer Prize for Drama once transferred in the next year. That is to say, the jury is pretty much out on the quality of this Church based psychological play, which pitches Sister Aloysius (Ann Louise Ross) and her suspicions against the young, charismatic and seemingly progressive…
theqr.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Doubt: A Parable Review – Dundee Rep’s Gripping Thriller
★★★★★ John Patrick Stanley’s Doubt: A Parable debuted off-Broadway in 2004, and took the Pulitzer Prize for Drama once transferred in the next year. That is to say, the jury is pretty much out on the quality of this Church based…
★★★★★ John Patrick Stanley’s Doubt: A Parable debuted off-Broadway in 2004, and took the Pulitzer Prize for Drama once transferred in the next year. That is to say, the jury is pretty much out on the quality of this Church based…
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New in The Noise of Art
Heroin ‘Uncut’ - The Films of Peter Carr and the Edinburgh Community Stories Behind Them
How Peter Carr’s Heroin films returned to the neighbourhood where they were filmed for their first screening in more than 40 years.
open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...
Heroin ‘Uncut’ - The Films of Peter Carr and the Edinburgh Community Stories Behind Them
How Peter Carr’s Heroin films returned to the neighbourhood where they were filmed for their first screening in more than 40 years.
open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...
Heroin ‘Uncut’ - The Films of Peter Carr and the Edinburgh Community Stories Behind Them
Heroin ‘Uncut’ - The Films of Peter Carr and the Edinburgh Community Stories Behind Them
open.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
New in The Noise of Art
Heroin ‘Uncut’ - The Films of Peter Carr and the Edinburgh Community Stories Behind Them
How Peter Carr’s Heroin films returned to the neighbourhood where they were filmed for their first screening in more than 40 years.
open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...
Heroin ‘Uncut’ - The Films of Peter Carr and the Edinburgh Community Stories Behind Them
How Peter Carr’s Heroin films returned to the neighbourhood where they were filmed for their first screening in more than 40 years.
open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...
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Thanks for coming H.A.P.P.Y people! It was fabulous.
Drama@TheDepot is back on July 7th but you can get tickets for our Edinburgh 900 event at the Storytelling Centre here:
scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:59...
See you soon
Drama@TheDepot is back on July 7th but you can get tickets for our Edinburgh 900 event at the Storytelling Centre here:
scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:59...
See you soon
April 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Thanks for coming H.A.P.P.Y people! It was fabulous.
Drama@TheDepot is back on July 7th but you can get tickets for our Edinburgh 900 event at the Storytelling Centre here:
scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:59...
See you soon
Drama@TheDepot is back on July 7th but you can get tickets for our Edinburgh 900 event at the Storytelling Centre here:
scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:59...
See you soon
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It is almost time to Rise and Shine!
Look at this amazing line up of acting talent we have for you at Drama@TheDepot,
*this* Monday, April 7th, 8pm @leithdepot.
Tickets still available but we do tend to sell out so don't miss out!
tinyurl.com/3bys28fu
Look at this amazing line up of acting talent we have for you at Drama@TheDepot,
*this* Monday, April 7th, 8pm @leithdepot.
Tickets still available but we do tend to sell out so don't miss out!
tinyurl.com/3bys28fu
April 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It is almost time to Rise and Shine!
Look at this amazing line up of acting talent we have for you at Drama@TheDepot,
*this* Monday, April 7th, 8pm @leithdepot.
Tickets still available but we do tend to sell out so don't miss out!
tinyurl.com/3bys28fu
Look at this amazing line up of acting talent we have for you at Drama@TheDepot,
*this* Monday, April 7th, 8pm @leithdepot.
Tickets still available but we do tend to sell out so don't miss out!
tinyurl.com/3bys28fu
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Saw this today and loved it. This writing duo excels at taking serious social issues like loneliness and addiction and exploring them with humour and big hearts. Great performances, nicely-judged staging, definitely one to catch!
Boogie-licious reviews for Dancing Shoes this week!
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Stage
Congrats to @stephenchristopher.bsky.social, @graemefsmith.bsky.social, @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social and the cast + team!
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Stage
Congrats to @stephenchristopher.bsky.social, @graemefsmith.bsky.social, @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social and the cast + team!
April 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Saw this today and loved it. This writing duo excels at taking serious social issues like loneliness and addiction and exploring them with humour and big hearts. Great performances, nicely-judged staging, definitely one to catch!
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Really enjoyed Zoe Bullock's Night, Idiot, the latest @playpiepint.bsky.social show.
It is a cleverly conceived Sliding Doors story about a man who goes missing. Well worth catching at Oran Mor, or in Edinburgh or Aberdeen.
4-star review @thestage.co.uk here:
www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/nigh...
It is a cleverly conceived Sliding Doors story about a man who goes missing. Well worth catching at Oran Mor, or in Edinburgh or Aberdeen.
4-star review @thestage.co.uk here:
www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/nigh...
Night, Idiot review at Òran Mór: intelligent writing
Read our review of Night, Idiot at Òran Mór: promising playwright Zoë Bullock's intelligent tale of a missing man features strong performances
www.thestage.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Really enjoyed Zoe Bullock's Night, Idiot, the latest @playpiepint.bsky.social show.
It is a cleverly conceived Sliding Doors story about a man who goes missing. Well worth catching at Oran Mor, or in Edinburgh or Aberdeen.
4-star review @thestage.co.uk here:
www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/nigh...
It is a cleverly conceived Sliding Doors story about a man who goes missing. Well worth catching at Oran Mor, or in Edinburgh or Aberdeen.
4-star review @thestage.co.uk here:
www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/nigh...
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BBC Scotland Disclosure documentary on the history of drug policy and service provision in Scotland including interview with SDF CEO Kirsten Horsburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Disclosure, One More Fix
Will a centre where people can inject illegal drugs under medical supervision save lives?
www.bbc.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
BBC Scotland Disclosure documentary on the history of drug policy and service provision in Scotland including interview with SDF CEO Kirsten Horsburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Meet our playwrights for Drama@TheDepot, Rise and Shine edition.
Join this lovely lot at Leith Depot on Monday April 7th at 8pm, for some perfect pint-sized plays.
Tickets available here
tinyurl.com/3bys28fu
p.s we tend to sell out so get in quick!
Join this lovely lot at Leith Depot on Monday April 7th at 8pm, for some perfect pint-sized plays.
Tickets available here
tinyurl.com/3bys28fu
p.s we tend to sell out so get in quick!
March 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Meet our playwrights for Drama@TheDepot, Rise and Shine edition.
Join this lovely lot at Leith Depot on Monday April 7th at 8pm, for some perfect pint-sized plays.
Tickets available here
tinyurl.com/3bys28fu
p.s we tend to sell out so get in quick!
Join this lovely lot at Leith Depot on Monday April 7th at 8pm, for some perfect pint-sized plays.
Tickets available here
tinyurl.com/3bys28fu
p.s we tend to sell out so get in quick!
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Boogie-licious reviews for Dancing Shoes this week!
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Stage
Congrats to @stephenchristopher.bsky.social, @graemefsmith.bsky.social, @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social and the cast + team!
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Stage
Congrats to @stephenchristopher.bsky.social, @graemefsmith.bsky.social, @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social and the cast + team!
March 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Boogie-licious reviews for Dancing Shoes this week!
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Stage
Congrats to @stephenchristopher.bsky.social, @graemefsmith.bsky.social, @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social and the cast + team!
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Stage
Congrats to @stephenchristopher.bsky.social, @graemefsmith.bsky.social, @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social and the cast + team!
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ from The Guardian for Dancing Shoes. Get yours on! @playpiepint.bsky.social @stephenchristopher.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
Dancing Shoes review – bedroom boogying bloke frees his feet in fab comedy
Masculine pals who shudder at intimacy help grieving addict Donny find viral success and unlikely solace in this brilliant, funny three-hander
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐ from The Guardian for Dancing Shoes. Get yours on! @playpiepint.bsky.social @stephenchristopher.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
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People have reported sudden collapse after injecting or smoking heroin, with a rapid onset of overdose. Further testing is underway to identify the specific drugs involved in these clusters.
RAISED CONCERN AFTER RISE IN SUDDEN OVERDOSES IN PEOPLE USING HEROIN IN SCOTLAND - Scottish Drugs Forum
To view and/or download the overdose alert resource – CLICK HERE There is concern about clusters of drug…
sdf.org.uk
March 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
People have reported sudden collapse after injecting or smoking heroin, with a rapid onset of overdose. Further testing is underway to identify the specific drugs involved in these clusters.
Opening at the Oran Mor next Monday. A story about addiction that doesn't look back. Absolutely brilliant team bringing this to life !!
@playpiepint.bsky.social
@playpiepint.bsky.social
A sneak peek of 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 🩰
Join us next week for this hilarious and thoughtful comedy-drama, as three men in recovery from addiction form an unlikely friendship, and one of whom has a secret love of dancing...
🎫 bit.ly/PPPDancingShoes
Co-presented with Traverse Theatre.
Join us next week for this hilarious and thoughtful comedy-drama, as three men in recovery from addiction form an unlikely friendship, and one of whom has a secret love of dancing...
🎫 bit.ly/PPPDancingShoes
Co-presented with Traverse Theatre.
March 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Opening at the Oran Mor next Monday. A story about addiction that doesn't look back. Absolutely brilliant team bringing this to life !!
@playpiepint.bsky.social
@playpiepint.bsky.social
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Week 2 of @playpiepint.bsky.social brings Kev Campbell Was He by Alexander Tait 🎭🥧🍻
This hilarious and moving one-person show explores masculinity in modern Scotland and was a finalist of the David MacLennan Award 2024!
📅 Tue 11 - Sat 15 Mar, 1pm
This hilarious and moving one-person show explores masculinity in modern Scotland and was a finalist of the David MacLennan Award 2024!
📅 Tue 11 - Sat 15 Mar, 1pm
March 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Week 2 of @playpiepint.bsky.social brings Kev Campbell Was He by Alexander Tait 🎭🥧🍻
This hilarious and moving one-person show explores masculinity in modern Scotland and was a finalist of the David MacLennan Award 2024!
📅 Tue 11 - Sat 15 Mar, 1pm
This hilarious and moving one-person show explores masculinity in modern Scotland and was a finalist of the David MacLennan Award 2024!
📅 Tue 11 - Sat 15 Mar, 1pm
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When someone is experiencing an overdose, they are unconscious and therefore completely unresponsive. When you try to wake them, an unresponsive person will not respond by speaking, opening their eyes or moving.
For more info visit stopthedeaths.com #stopthedeaths
For more info visit stopthedeaths.com #stopthedeaths
March 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
When someone is experiencing an overdose, they are unconscious and therefore completely unresponsive. When you try to wake them, an unresponsive person will not respond by speaking, opening their eyes or moving.
For more info visit stopthedeaths.com #stopthedeaths
For more info visit stopthedeaths.com #stopthedeaths
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Ross Allan, Stephen Docherty and Craig Mclean to star in Stephen Christopher and Graeme Smith's Dancing Shoes @playpiepint.bsky.social, directed by Brian Logan.
Runs at Oran Mor 24-29 March, then tours to @traversetheatre.bsky.social...
Runs at Oran Mor 24-29 March, then tours to @traversetheatre.bsky.social...
March 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Ross Allan, Stephen Docherty and Craig Mclean to star in Stephen Christopher and Graeme Smith's Dancing Shoes @playpiepint.bsky.social, directed by Brian Logan.
Runs at Oran Mor 24-29 March, then tours to @traversetheatre.bsky.social...
Runs at Oran Mor 24-29 March, then tours to @traversetheatre.bsky.social...