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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 3d

Sad to see Rhoda Dakar has had to cancel her Scottish tour - non mainstream artists have more and more of a battle to sell tickets - our world is becoming banal and tediously fascistic (because that has the simplicity of lazy thinking)

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · 3d

Yep same here.

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · 3d

For the first time in my life I'm hearing the Green Party mentioned on Lbc radio at least once day if not more.

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Hinton magazine for this interview about The Flowers of Srebrenica!
Have you booked your tickets?
www.hintonmagazine.com/post/30th-an...

30th Anniversary of Srebrenica Genocide marked with theatre production The Flowers of Srebrenica

Inspired by Aidan Hehir’s illustrated novel, drawing on his experience of travelling from Sarajevo to Srebrenica, the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide is marked by a new theatre production ...

www.hintonmagazine.com

Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · 10d

Two weeks to go to The flowers of Srebrenica!
It's been an honour to adapt @aidanhehir.bsky.social beautiful book.
Come see it!

LegalAliens Theatre @legalalienstheatre.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks #Seestage for this lovely piece on The Flowers of Srebrenica
seestage.org/features/sta...

Staging The Flowers of Srebrenica: "An enormous responsibility"

Lara Parmiani, of migrant-led theatre company LegalAliens, on a new international production marking the 30th anniversary of Srebrenica.

seestage.org

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · 16d

If you believe our society isn't immune from violence and we should all unite and remember what happens when we allow the worst of humanity to prevail come to see this show.
It had audiences in tears throughout the Balkans. But it's not just about the past. It's about the present

LegalAliens Theatre @legalalienstheatre.bsky.social · 16d

Our beautiful and sadly relevant show The Flowers of Srebrenica will open in London in 3 weeks. A call for solidarity to stop history repeating.
"We never think it can happen to us"... until it does.
Book here www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/the-f...
#srebrenica #politicaltheatre #theatre

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · 16d

This is what Farage wants in the UK and most of his mates on @lbc.co.uk would cheer.

History will look at all of them like we look at the SS...

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16d

I'm appalled but unfortunately unsurprised to hear that ICE is targeting my neighbors in Rogers Park today. Unidentifiable and unaccountable agents are roaming the streets with their faces covered targeting schools and community centers. It needs to end. Abolish ICE.

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · 16d

Ferrari is completely ok with Farage's fascism and promotes his xenophobic agenda every single day

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · 21d

True. Silo is the same. I get they're underground but after 100 years you'd think they'd manage to have stronger bulbs!!

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Alex Istudor @alexistudor.bsky.social · 25d

Migrants in Theatre doesn’t have an account (yet) on bluesky but this is the latest statement to put together. We are all concerned with what’s going on in this country and need the solidarity of our peers from the theatre industry. Feel free to follow us on Instagram.

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New Tides Platform @newtidesp.bsky.social · 29d

Join us this autumn in London, Oslo and Pisa for a series of panel discussions curated as part of
@legalalienstheatre.bsky.social
production of Flowers of Srebrenica. Dates and more info at:
www.newtidesplatform.org/srebrenica-p...

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · 25d

Book your tickets!
www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/the-f...

Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · Sep 9

I totally agree. Clues were either random/absurd or too easy. And all based on cliches. The bus pretty much only went up and down and sideways from Italy and tbh it could have just been parked outside the bbc building since contestants never really interacted with locations... Very boring

Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · Sep 9

It was really boring. The "cues" were either so random it was impossible to get them or so obvious there was just no surprise. The challenges were also random and had nothing to go with the locations... the contestants could have been in a studio in the U.K. and it would have made no difference

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

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Deniz Opal @selzero.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Levi3D 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦 #Annibyniaeth @levi3d.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Zach, how can you address the fact that 80% of the UKs politics and media coverage is driven by one man's obsession over a cohort that only comprises of 0.0005% of the UKs population"

UK is fucked.

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Secret Squirrel @secretsquidgle.bsky.social · Sep 2

His answer was hugely impressive and it’s what Labour could have said years ago .

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hornist24.bsky.social @hornist24.bsky.social · Sep 2

Press/MSM, especially BBC, has found it impossible to accept that their one-time mates, the Tories, lost GE last year.
They now have a new "hero," Farage, of course, and have "decreed" that he will be PM, asap.
Labour must be hammered daily, and other progressive parties, eg Greens, swatted away.

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · Sep 2

Question to Zach Polanski at the leadership announcement:

"Q: How can you take on Nigel Farage when your policy on immigration is so different?"

Everything wrong with British politics and media summed up so succinctly in a single absolutely unhinged question.

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · Aug 31

And the U.K. is still planning to roll out the red carpet for this deranged troll right?

Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · Aug 31

The account from which Trump shared this QAnon image churns out an endless stream of material designed to drive race hate, antisemitism, fear & hatred of trans people, Muslims, etc. The message refers to "the Storm" of violence that QAnon cultists eagerly expect Trump to unleash.

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · Aug 28

When the world is torn apart by the nasty forces of division and hate, theatre can be a force for cohesion and empathy.

LegalAliens Theatre @legalalienstheatre.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our free theatre classes for refugees and migrants are back! Happening right in the middle of Tottenham Hale at the lovely community centre that has hosted us for six years. Because inclusive communities are happy communities

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · Aug 28

And let's stress that had he been a Muslim asylum seeker going to the shops it wouldn't have justified a 12 year old attacking him with a knife. Imagine the lovely parents she must have...

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Lara Parmiani @laravp8.bsky.social · Aug 28

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