Derek Bond
@derekbonddirector.bsky.social
Theatre director & writer
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I went and saw YMBBT about a million years ago and I can remember every single moment of the entire ride. It was like nothing I’ve ever experienced before or since and I think about it a lot.
You Me Bum Bum Train tickets sell faster than Glastonbury, and the show has made people quit jobs - and marriages.
@emilyjupp.bsky.social - one of their 20,000 volunteers - reveals why it inspires such devotion, and chats to its creators Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd
@emilyjupp.bsky.social - one of their 20,000 volunteers - reveals why it inspires such devotion, and chats to its creators Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd
'Bum Bum Train has proven to me that magic exists'
You Me Bum Bum Train tickets sell faster than Glastonbury, and the show has made people quit jobs - and marriages. One of their 20,000 volunteers reveals why it inspires such devotion
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January 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I went and saw YMBBT about a million years ago and I can remember every single moment of the entire ride. It was like nothing I’ve ever experienced before or since and I think about it a lot.
Also - BOVTS is not going to be the last. So many universities are in big financial trouble. There is going to be a crisis in higher education, particularly in arts courses and especially in vocational arts training.
January 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Also - BOVTS is not going to be the last. So many universities are in big financial trouble. There is going to be a crisis in higher education, particularly in arts courses and especially in vocational arts training.
This is terrible. I love that place - have worked with some INCREDIBLE students, staff & creatives there. It is (WAS - oh my god) one of the best places to train in the UK if not the world. Hopefully this is temporary. Otherwise, a terrible, terrible loss.
This is devastating news - part of a much bigger problem with higher education institutions in the UK in general, sure, but a development that will have a profound impact on theatre nonetheless.
www.thestage.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.thestage.co.uk/news/bristol...
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School ends undergraduate training over cost issues
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is to end its undergraduate training, citing "unprecedented funding challenges".
www.thestage.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is terrible. I love that place - have worked with some INCREDIBLE students, staff & creatives there. It is (WAS - oh my god) one of the best places to train in the UK if not the world. Hopefully this is temporary. Otherwise, a terrible, terrible loss.
Have eaten body weight in chocolate, and roast things. Bliss.
December 25, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Have eaten body weight in chocolate, and roast things. Bliss.
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1/ So, where were we? Oh yep, #duvetknowitschristmas. Firstly, some admin: Twitter/X has evidently been run into the ground by a preening, self-radicalised clot, so while there's a slim possibility that this annual celebration might be thriving over there, I won't know cos I won't be looking.
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
1/ So, where were we? Oh yep, #duvetknowitschristmas. Firstly, some admin: Twitter/X has evidently been run into the ground by a preening, self-radicalised clot, so while there's a slim possibility that this annual celebration might be thriving over there, I won't know cos I won't be looking.
Actual Lyn Gardner on Bluesky - @annaruthjordan.bsky.social you did it!
Hello? Is there anybody there?
December 3, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Actual Lyn Gardner on Bluesky - @annaruthjordan.bsky.social you did it!
Fellow writers - you’re in the middle of writing a project, when suddenly, unbidden, a new idea bursts in and demands your attention. Do you pause the first project? Or tell the new idea to wait its turn?
December 1, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Fellow writers - you’re in the middle of writing a project, when suddenly, unbidden, a new idea bursts in and demands your attention. Do you pause the first project? Or tell the new idea to wait its turn?
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"We are reviewing the curriculum to put arts and music back at the heart of the national curriculum where it belongs." - Lisa Nandy MP
We welcome the Culture Secretary's commitment to arts education. Meaningful reform is urgently needed to reverse years of decline.
We welcome the Culture Secretary's commitment to arts education. Meaningful reform is urgently needed to reverse years of decline.
November 28, 2024 at 5:18 PM
"We are reviewing the curriculum to put arts and music back at the heart of the national curriculum where it belongs." - Lisa Nandy MP
We welcome the Culture Secretary's commitment to arts education. Meaningful reform is urgently needed to reverse years of decline.
We welcome the Culture Secretary's commitment to arts education. Meaningful reform is urgently needed to reverse years of decline.
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Artist development programme with @headlongtheatre.bsky.social for early career directors from outside of London. Includes £5000 bursary and 12 months of development support.
Deadline for applications 10am 27th November.
www.headlong.co.uk/origins
Deadline for applications 10am 27th November.
www.headlong.co.uk/origins
Origins — Headlong
www.headlong.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Artist development programme with @headlongtheatre.bsky.social for early career directors from outside of London. Includes £5000 bursary and 12 months of development support.
Deadline for applications 10am 27th November.
www.headlong.co.uk/origins
Deadline for applications 10am 27th November.
www.headlong.co.uk/origins
Don’t screw it up.
November 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Don’t screw it up.
Hello! I’m a theatre director and writer, I live in Stroud in Gloucestershire, I like theatre (most of the time), running (I’m slow but getting faster) and DIY (love a project).
November 17, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Hello! I’m a theatre director and writer, I live in Stroud in Gloucestershire, I like theatre (most of the time), running (I’m slow but getting faster) and DIY (love a project).