northerner | director & pasty fan | JMK Finalist | Prev NT NewWorks Resident Director | @wearekneehigh | @nytofgb | @opendoorpeople | Trustee @NewWolsey| he/him
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30 Nov 2019
Was lucky enough to write a few words for @guardian about A Midsummer Nights Dream’, Costa Del Whitbos & how we need to look beyond the chip paper of seaside towns!
....Mr Jeffs (English Teacher at Whitby CC) look at me now!
Thanks to @NYTofGB & the fierce @NYTREPcompany
29 Nov 2019
“I left Whitby Community College with a D in A-level English. And now I am directing a Shakespeare play.”
Matt Harrison, Director of our @NYTREPcompany’s wintery take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, opening next Friday, talks to @guardian 👉
theguardian.com/stage/2019/n…
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Jan 14
Here’s an utterly insane Adidas ad, directed by David Lynch in 1993
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2 Sep 2025
Transfer window got me thinking -
Where are the spaces that nurture and support directors?
Not the buildings pushing to grab you at Isak levels, but the places willing to care for, develop and give talent space to fail?
Schemes are stopping.
Routes closing.
What do we do?
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9 Jun 2025
Following a successful debut in 2024, StoryFest returns this July to the National Youth Theatre’s award-winning headquarters in North London @NYTofGB buff.ly/HK5R3Bl
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9 Jun 2025
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
StoryFest 2025, sponsored by @StudiocanalUK & @UrbanMythFilms
A new writing festival featuring 10 new plays from breakthrough voices and bold new talent this July.
All Tickets Pay What You Decide nyt.org.uk/storyfest
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4 Jun 2025
Real story.
A Silk
The founder of an A I startup
A senior civil servant
A £1M plus event planner
The head of an international court
& A Theatre Director
go out for dinner.
Who’s the only one who ends up saying they’ll pay for something?
…Yeah!
#ImposterSyndrome
#Claas
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14 Jan 2025
Today, alongside @EquityUK @Soc_of_Authors, we have launched a petition calling on Director-General of the BBC Tim Davie to rethink plans to eradicate audio drama from @BBCRadio3 – which will be devastating for writers, other creative workers and audiences
Sign the petition to Save Audio Drama at the BBC
change.org/SADatTheBBC
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20 Dec 2024
"Talent is spread equally across all children. Opportunity certainly is not." - @PollyBLabour
With arts education in urgent need of reform, we're encouraged by the debate on creative arts education that took place in Westminster this week.
See more: parliamentlive.tv/event/inde…
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11 Nov 2024
We're #hiring 🙌
We're looking for a #Dramaturg to join our New Work team.
Head here to find out more: bit.ly/3YBtgjO
ALT Exterior view of the National Theatre in London with people walking by in the foreground.
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28 Oct 2024
“Are you not entertained?!”
Always incredibly proud of you @MikeParrActor .
the best friend and overweight northerner could wish for.
The Dales are lucky to have you back.
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4 Sep 2024
New from @NYTofGB & @NetflixUK in response to research finding 89% of working-class parents don’t want their child to pursue a creative career because they don't consider it a viable path to success
Free opportunities in the North East, West Midlands & East London 👇
4 Sep 2024
🚀 We want to tackle negative perceptions about creative careers & for TV, Film & Theatre to be more representative
⚡️ So we’ve teamed up with @NetflixUK & Adeel Akhtar on IGNITE
Offering 16-25s FREE workshops to unlock access to creative careers. Apply nyt.org.uk/ignite
ALT IGNITE Your Creativity nyt.org.uk/ignite Netflix and National Youth Theatre logos on top of image of young person with a camera and lights
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4 Sep 2024
Working-class parents do not see film and TV as viable career for their children theguardian.com/inequality/a…
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1 Sep 2024
Lack of arts schemes for working class will make UK theatre whiter and posher, director says theguardian.com/stage/articl…
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26 Aug 2024
Still the greatest Liam video ever
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25 Jul 2024
My Central Line carriage smells like a Toby Carvery & I am HERE for it!
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3 Jun 2024
💥 We have BIG news 💥
DE-MYS-TIFY is back! This time with Arts Council Funding. Which means we are changing our model and paying students to attend! Our summer 2024 term will be bigger and better than ever.
Apply here: demystifyti.com
ALT Text box reads: Get paid to train with DE-MYS-TIFY Our unique training programme for actors from a low socio-economic background is back! We are proud to annouce we are now funded by Arts Council England. Which means DE-MYS-TIFY will remove barriers to training, by paying students to attend our summer programme. To apply go to: www.demystifyti.com
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22 Mar 2024
Got to collaborate with the best team on this piece for @audible_com
It’s about mothers & daughters & the climate crisis & how we balance doing what we believe in with the responsibilities of being a parent
I’m proud of it
Would love you to listen
🎧adbl.co/weedsUK🎧
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19 Feb 2024
Like listing ingredients.
If you know you’ve got no allergies you don’t have to read it.
If you do, it’s good to know that delicious looking sandwich has the potential to really fuck you up.
You can then choose to risk the satay sauce or avoid it.
Be kind, don’t be a plonker!
18 Feb 2024
“I worry sometimes that we’re moving towards a sanitised version of everything”
Actor Matt Smith says theatre should “shock” people and that “one of the great things about Doctor Who was that you scared children, but in a controlled way”
#BBCLauraK bbc.in/49kMrT9
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Matt Harrison retweeted
25 Jan 2024
Seed funding, bespoke training, mentoring, showcase & rehearsal space, new sparky ideas, links with young audiences….
Very proud to be launching Catapult and the First/Next steps programmes.
Please share with your networks far and wide!
25 Jan 2024
Announcing Polka's Catapult Programme 🥳
Open to artists at any stage in their career, we’re launching two new programmes to help support and give a platform to underrepresented artists and their ideas.
Further information is available here >> polkatheatre.com/for-artists…
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7 Jan 2024
‘A national emergency’: UK theatres fear closure after more local funding cuts theguardian.com/culture/2024…
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