actor, writer, director... currently @spittingimage ... Double Olivier Winner & multiple nominee, Tony nominee, Artistic Director @BirminghamRep film @Mindhorn
This moment during my recent interview with @JuliaHB1 tells you everything you need to know about her attitude to facts and to the reality of the Climate Crisis.
Climate denial should be illegal, people dying is no laughing matter Julia.
Nearly 300 years ago, the first Black performer to play Juliet was Rachael Baptiste, an Irishwoman also hugely successful as a singer.
She performed in Lancashire in the mid-1700s.
ALT Portrait by Jean-Étienne Liotard.
A painting of Rachael Baptist. A woman with dark skin, with a white head wrap covering her hair and slightly smiling.
“Our ultimate sadness lies in the fact that we know that this is not a pre-ordained destiny; it isn’t fate… There is still time, though not much of it. In history, if it exists, we shall be praised or damned.” Granta, autumn 2003.
Lovely reflections @AVFCOfficial I would have been happy with a Europa League qualification...4th or 5th is a bonus for me and one that we can build on. @WaseemZaffar
Jutta Urpilainen, EU Commissioner, opens the EU Global Gateway High Level event on education... an opportunity to reflect on progress (or lack of it) since @TransformingEdu in 2022. We need to pick up speed on education! @globaleducation@eduint@ActionAid
🎭 TODAY'S THE DAY 🎭
SILENCE opens its first preview TONIGHT at @QueensTheatreH and the whole Tara Theatre team couldn't be more excited 💫
There is still time to get your tickets, but be quick! SILENCE is only here until next Sat 13 Apr ⏰
Book Now 🎟️ queens-theatre.co.uk/whatson…
Bloke from the BBC decided to give one of the former colonies a jolly good lecture on carbon emissions.
The reply, from the president of Guyana to the paternalistic hypocrisy & double standards of The West, is truly priceless.
📣 Exciting news alert! We've shortlisted 8 new plays for The Victoria Wood Playwrighting Prize for Comedy - the first ever major playwrighting prize dedicated to the art of Comedy. We're thrilled to be supporting new talent! 🌟
🔗 tinyurl.com/ynn54me8
ALT The late Victoria Wood is sitting on a comfortable chair. She is looking directly at the camera and smiling.
A significant proportion of global deforestation is directly linked to demand for loo roll, so this matters.
"Two of the top bamboo loo roll brands came out of the tests flushed with success: Who Gives A Crap and The Cheeky Panda contain 100% bamboo" theguardian.com/environment/…
Al Murray's the same idiot who made a mockery of a democratic election.
Running and mocking Farage. Who, as it turned out, had the majority of ppl on his side.
But of course Al knew better... ✊🏻💦