Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large

Would your #edfringe show benefit from a wee bit extra marketing support? If you’re an emerging artist/company permanently based in Scotland - you should absolutely apply to our Fringe Takeover! 📲

🔗 For more info & to apply: www.frameworktheatre.com/fringetakeover

An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."

The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our Access and Creative Principles Toolkit! We've distilled over 40 years of experience in making theatre performances with learning disabled actors into this new publication filled with insights, practical tips and examples:
www.lungha.com/2025/06/lung...

“Nasser Hospital says 24 people have been killed & dozens injured by Israeli fire while waiting for aid distribution in Rafah…
roughly the same location where…Israeli forces killed 31 people on Sunday”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

We’ll search for the perfect opportunities so you don’t have to 🙏

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"It's important to reflect, not just on our collective actions, but the state’s violent response to them...There will always be a response. But so many of the people protesting for the first time in 2020 didn’t know that."

Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/george...

Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ

Paisley for Palestine seeks a director for a rehearsed reading of a short play, No Lessons Learned by Alex Cathcart, this Autumn. Role is unpaid, as all funds are going to Medical Aid for Palestine, but Paisley for Palestine will provide admin and tech support. Details from [email protected].

MEET THE INDUSTRY PANEL for Framework Festival 2025! 🎪

🧡 Catriona MacLeod
🧡 Alex Bird
🧡 Eve Nicol

Register for your free ticket here: www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

Things are going well on the everything app: www.404media.co/elon-musks-g...

📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team...

@mslizstrange.bsky.social - Social Media Support

Liz is an Edinburgh based actor, physical theatre maker and facilitator. Her experience and interest in visual, participatory and interactive theatre has lead her to channel her skills into social media support...

We’re so excited to have ‘Witchy Slag Gals’ performed at our Framework Festival 2025 scratch! 🎪

Set in the kitchen of a fourth-floor tenement flat in Edinburgh, ‘Witchy Slag Gals’ is a thrilling comedy-horror written by Rose Murray.

Well done to The Brown Doll team for opening today!

Want a bit more? Join us on Wed, 30 April for a free post show-discussion💬

Hosted by Brian Logan, our Artistic Director, this panel features writer Cilla Silvia, along with cast members Sharan Atwal and Rachel Ogilvy.

➡️ bit.ly/PPPTheBrownD...

I can’t go to this wonderful show this week, but I wanted to support the team bringing this important story to the stage. _and friends will buy two tickets and give them away.

Shoot us a message with the date of your choice and your email address. We’ll get your ticket + email you the confirmation.

Introducing the writers for our Framework Festival scratch event - Erin Boulter & Rose Murray! 🎪

⏰ If you fancy directing one of the script excerpts - the deadline to apply is tomorrow @ 10am! Be sure to visit our website for more info: www.frameworktheatre.com/work-with-us

This Earth Day, we're looking back at what really happens to your used clothing.

This is fashion's last stop, where your used clothing harms ecosystems, pollutes the environment, and drives often dangerous markets. Read more here ⤵️

Remember when I quit the Labour Party years ago and said it was institutionally transphobic and people told me that it wasn’t, the problem was just Rosie Duffield, and that I should stay and fight? Well, well, well.

It's been 51 days since ANY humanitarian aid has entered Gaza. Israeli Minister of Defense Katz has said: "Israel’s policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza."
 
This is a war crime.
 
We must end our complicity. NO more military aid for Netanyahu's war machine.

Greenock's @thebeaconarts.bsky.social Young Company are looking for a writer to collaborate with them and create a new work in 2025 ytas.org.uk/opportunitie... (deadline - 28 Apr 2025)

After everything feminists fought so hard for, we are now legally reduced to and defined by biology. A win for project 2025 and MAGA fascism www.thenational.scot/news/2509385...