Kate McGrath
1katemcgrath.bsky.social
Kate McGrath
@1katemcgrath.bsky.social
Artistic Director & CEO, Fuel.
Trustee, Clore Leadership.
Board member, What Next? & ARTCRY.
She/her.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Fuel is hiring! 🌟

We’re looking for a Senior Development Manager to lead our fundraising strategy and help us champion bold, diverse new theatre across the UK and beyond.

💰 £35–40k | 🗓️ Apply by 24 Nov

Full job pack ➡️ fueltheatre.com/get-involved/

#ArtsJobs #Theatre #Fundraising #Fuel
October 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Jimmy Kimmel's comeback monologue is very well judged, passionate and smart and with some punchy gags.
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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September 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys
September 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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🎶 Open Call! 🎶 £2500 paid opportunity for early-career composers or music directors to join us as an associate on a new project. Funded by PRS Dev Network. Full info here: fueltheatre.com/fuel-new-tal... #ComposerOpportunity #MusicDirector
September 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Fuel is thrilled to bring Khalid Abdalla’s ★★★★★ solo show Nowhere to Oxford Playhouse
📅 22–24 Jan 2026
🎟 Tickets on sale 12th September: www.oxfordplayhouse.com
Also touring: Geneva (Sept 2025) & Dublin (Oct 2025).
#Nowhere #OxfordPlayhouse #Fuel
September 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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The Guardian has featured The 419 exhibition by Inua Ellams & Oluwamuyiwa ‘Logor’ Logo, exploring Lagos, 419 culture & money. Free to attend at West Wing Gallery, Somerset House, 9–14 Sept. Read the article here: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... #The419 #FreeExhibition #SomersetHouse
September 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Will Adamsdale & Fuel are running a crowdfunder for AI, AI, Oh... (or how I wrote a hit sitcom with ChatGPT but we’re not talking now), Will’s show about AI, technophobia & mid-life crises. 🤖We're at 11% of our £5375 target so far - your support would mean the world! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/aiaioh
August 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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‘This important casting director took one look at me and thought I was destined to be typecast’

With his solo show for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe underway, actor Khalid Abdalla talks to Fergus Morgan about wrestling with typecasting and activism 👇
Khalid Abdalla on typecasting, activism and his fringe show
With his solo show for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe underway, actor Khalid Abdalla talks to Fergus Morgan about wrestling with typecasting and activism
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August 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
August 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza.

Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
July 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Summer is a time of connection, abundance and creative energy, but also one where freelancers can feel overstretched.

The Creative Freelancer’s Climate Almanac is a free resource designed to support artists, producers, and independent creatives to take climate action in seasonal, sustainable ways.
July 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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The UK must immediately recognise Palestinian statehood.

There can be no two state solution if there is no viable state left to call Palestine.
July 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The 419, a new exhibition created by Inua Ellams & Logor, produced by Fuel, opens in September at Somerset House. It’s free - come along! Info below.
The 419 by Inua Ellams & Logor explores 14 lives in Lagos through poetry + photography. A playful, powerful take on the 419 stereotype.
📍 Somerset House
📅 Sept 8–14, 2025
#The419 #InuaEllams #Lagos #Fuel
July 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Exciting new programme klaxon! Huge thanks to all partners and to ACE for backing this new collaboration with 6 amazing partners to tour new theatre on the mid-scale across England. More info below!
We're excited to announce #TouringTogether – a new collaboration between China Plate, Fuel, Royal & Derngate, Oxford Playhouse, Warwick Arts, Leeds Playhouse & Brighton Dome. Follow the link to find out more: fueltheatre.com/touring-toge... #ACESupported 📷 Iona Firouzabadi, Geraint Lewis
June 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Keir Starmer says Labour is the party of work, equality and fairness, but less than a year after the election, changes at the Department for Work and Pensions have forced me to stop doing the job I love. The full video can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpq... #AccessToWork
June 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“According to Unicef, by January this year 14,500 Palestinian children in Gaza had been killed by Israel; 17,000 are separated from their parents or orphaned; and Gaza has the highest percentage of child amputees in the world.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Please read, sign and share. 🙏
Calling all artists, creatives and cultural sector workers, there is an open letter about the changes to Access to Work which will be released on Monday, it’s been signed by almost 2000 people, please add your name if you can: airtable.com/appSbdVCnzZy...
June 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thrilled that #Nowhere by Khalid Abdalla, commissioned and produced by Fuel (@fueltheatre.bsky.social) is now on sale for performances 12-24 August @traversetheatre.bsky.social. #Edinburgh pals, #Theatre pals, please join us & spread the word! 💖
Nowhere (Scottish Premiere)
by Khalid Abdalla, directed by Omar Elerian

Inspired by his involvement in the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and the counter-revolution, actor and activist Khalid Abdalla confronts history head-on.

#TravFest25

www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
May 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Jess Thom, co-artistic director of Touretteshero, can no longer do her job after a 61% cut to her #AccessToWork support. This is not a unique case - disabled people across the UK are being hit hard. Read @graeaetheatre.bsky.social here and consider writing to your MP: graeae.org/resource/gra...
I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4
May 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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🎤 If the government wants national renewal, they should invest in the arts and culture 🎤

Today, we're launching a petition to remind Rachel Reeves: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them 🌱

www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

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May 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Want to become a museum trustee? This free online event from the Association of Independent Museums could be super helpful for you aim-museums.co.uk/events/aim-m...
Heritage Trustees 101 - online - AIM - Association of Independent Museums
What is a heritage trustee and how do I become one? AIM is hosting a series of free
aim-museums.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Following its sold out premiere in October, Nowhere - Khalid Abdalla’s powerful solo show - is heading to Edinburgh this August. 🎭 Catch it at Traverse Theatre as part of the Here & Now Showcase. Tickets on sale 21 May! 📸: Manuel Vason #Nowhere #EdFringe25 #TraverseTheatre
May 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM