Helen Arney
@helenarney.bsky.social
Musical Theatre writer @firebrigademusical.bsky.social, The Unstoppable Letty Pegg. Sometimes geek songstress/scientist/stand-up. Mum x2. 1/3 fotsn.bsky.social. She/her. 📷 @idisukan
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Helen Arney
@helenarney.bsky.social
· Jun 5
Throw back to June 2023 when we sent "Unstoppable" from The Unstoppable Letty Pegg into the Stiles+Drewe Best New Song Prize... and Sienna Aurora Clarke sang it in the final concert! 💁♀️ 🥋 💪
Now we're about to workshop the rest of the show based on @iszio.bsky.social's book with @nymt.org.uk 🤯 🤩 😲
Now we're about to workshop the rest of the show based on @iszio.bsky.social's book with @nymt.org.uk 🤯 🤩 😲
Prepping for a week in Canterbury, workshopping "The Unstoppable Letty Pegg - the musical" with @nymt.org.uk... the dream is coming true! We have an amazing young company, director, choreographer, MD and more in the room - plus a Q&A with Letty's book-mum @iszi.com.
Get ready for LONDON CHAOS!
Get ready for LONDON CHAOS!
August 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Prepping for a week in Canterbury, workshopping "The Unstoppable Letty Pegg - the musical" with @nymt.org.uk... the dream is coming true! We have an amazing young company, director, choreographer, MD and more in the room - plus a Q&A with Letty's book-mum @iszi.com.
Get ready for LONDON CHAOS!
Get ready for LONDON CHAOS!
ncredible scenes!
I applied a second (final) time for a DYCP grant from @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and... I got it!
From September, I'm developing my bookwriting skills for youth companies & coming up with new ideas for British Musicals to nurture towards production over the coming years 🙌
I applied a second (final) time for a DYCP grant from @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and... I got it!
From September, I'm developing my bookwriting skills for youth companies & coming up with new ideas for British Musicals to nurture towards production over the coming years 🙌
August 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
ncredible scenes!
I applied a second (final) time for a DYCP grant from @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and... I got it!
From September, I'm developing my bookwriting skills for youth companies & coming up with new ideas for British Musicals to nurture towards production over the coming years 🙌
I applied a second (final) time for a DYCP grant from @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and... I got it!
From September, I'm developing my bookwriting skills for youth companies & coming up with new ideas for British Musicals to nurture towards production over the coming years 🙌
Digging into the Science Museum archive today, and found this: an original notebook of Hertha Ayrton’s research into fans 🪭
Also found a Suffragette Society letterhead being used as a bookmark in a science journal 😝💪🔥
Hertha Ayrton Fan Club assemble! We have some big things coming soon…
Also found a Suffragette Society letterhead being used as a bookmark in a science journal 😝💪🔥
Hertha Ayrton Fan Club assemble! We have some big things coming soon…
July 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Digging into the Science Museum archive today, and found this: an original notebook of Hertha Ayrton’s research into fans 🪭
Also found a Suffragette Society letterhead being used as a bookmark in a science journal 😝💪🔥
Hertha Ayrton Fan Club assemble! We have some big things coming soon…
Also found a Suffragette Society letterhead being used as a bookmark in a science journal 😝💪🔥
Hertha Ayrton Fan Club assemble! We have some big things coming soon…
Throw back to June 2023 when we sent "Unstoppable" from The Unstoppable Letty Pegg into the Stiles+Drewe Best New Song Prize... and Sienna Aurora Clarke sang it in the final concert! 💁♀️ 🥋 💪
Now we're about to workshop the rest of the show based on @iszio.bsky.social's book with @nymt.org.uk 🤯 🤩 😲
Now we're about to workshop the rest of the show based on @iszio.bsky.social's book with @nymt.org.uk 🤯 🤩 😲
June 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Throw back to June 2023 when we sent "Unstoppable" from The Unstoppable Letty Pegg into the Stiles+Drewe Best New Song Prize... and Sienna Aurora Clarke sang it in the final concert! 💁♀️ 🥋 💪
Now we're about to workshop the rest of the show based on @iszio.bsky.social's book with @nymt.org.uk 🤯 🤩 😲
Now we're about to workshop the rest of the show based on @iszio.bsky.social's book with @nymt.org.uk 🤯 🤩 😲
Reposted by Helen Arney
What a night #PintOfScience was on 20 May! @neilgostling.bsky.social shattered dodo myths with science & wit, then @helenarney.bsky.social stole the show with songs, smarts & a ukulele.
Extinct birds + geek comedy = a Tuesday treat. Thanks for the laughs, facts & full house! @pintofscience.uk
Extinct birds + geek comedy = a Tuesday treat. Thanks for the laughs, facts & full house! @pintofscience.uk
June 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What a night #PintOfScience was on 20 May! @neilgostling.bsky.social shattered dodo myths with science & wit, then @helenarney.bsky.social stole the show with songs, smarts & a ukulele.
Extinct birds + geek comedy = a Tuesday treat. Thanks for the laughs, facts & full house! @pintofscience.uk
Extinct birds + geek comedy = a Tuesday treat. Thanks for the laughs, facts & full house! @pintofscience.uk
Kid's publishing people, and adjacents!
I've written a draft of a kids picture book text in a genre I'm calling GIANT SQUID MAGICAL REALISM.
My 4 year old and 8 year old like it, but does anyone want to have a look at it?
🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑
I've written a draft of a kids picture book text in a genre I'm calling GIANT SQUID MAGICAL REALISM.
My 4 year old and 8 year old like it, but does anyone want to have a look at it?
🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑
June 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Kid's publishing people, and adjacents!
I've written a draft of a kids picture book text in a genre I'm calling GIANT SQUID MAGICAL REALISM.
My 4 year old and 8 year old like it, but does anyone want to have a look at it?
🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑
I've written a draft of a kids picture book text in a genre I'm calling GIANT SQUID MAGICAL REALISM.
My 4 year old and 8 year old like it, but does anyone want to have a look at it?
🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑 🦑
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IT’S FUN TO STAY AT THE
May 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
IT’S FUN TO STAY AT THE
Reposted by Helen Arney
If you're in Southampton at the end of the month, you should go to The Stage Door and hear them sing some of the songs from @firebrigademusical.bsky.social (the musical I'm writing with @jennipinnock.com and @helenarney.bsky.social !)
thestagedoor.org.uk/product.php/...
thestagedoor.org.uk/product.php/...
May 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you're in Southampton at the end of the month, you should go to The Stage Door and hear them sing some of the songs from @firebrigademusical.bsky.social (the musical I'm writing with @jennipinnock.com and @helenarney.bsky.social !)
thestagedoor.org.uk/product.php/...
thestagedoor.org.uk/product.php/...
Happy Birthday Hertha Ayrton! Physicist, inventor, science communicator, social activist and founder of the Cambridge First All-Ladies Fire Brigade:
youtube.com/watch?v=lkiU...
youtube.com/watch?v=lkiU...
The Cambridge First All-Ladies Fire Brigade - Birmingham Hippodrome New Musicals Showcase
YouTube video by Birmingham Hippodrome
youtube.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Happy Birthday Hertha Ayrton! Physicist, inventor, science communicator, social activist and founder of the Cambridge First All-Ladies Fire Brigade:
youtube.com/watch?v=lkiU...
youtube.com/watch?v=lkiU...
A rare solo show from me, doubling up with an even rare dodo expert… what a team!
🧪 Science... 🦤 Dodos.... 🎶 Ukuleles!
We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.
Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻
Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH
We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.
Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻
Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH
April 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A rare solo show from me, doubling up with an even rare dodo expert… what a team!
Reposted by Helen Arney
🧪 Science... 🦤 Dodos.... 🎶 Ukuleles!
We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.
Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻
Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH
We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.
Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻
Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH
April 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🧪 Science... 🦤 Dodos.... 🎶 Ukuleles!
We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.
Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻
Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH
We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.
Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻
Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH
Reposted by Helen Arney
Check out the updated version we helped produce in 2019 with @helenarney.bsky.social, the Waterbeach Brass Band and chemists from around the world!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=viDY...
#ChemSky #ScienceSky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=viDY...
#ChemSky #ScienceSky #MusicSky
April 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Check out the updated version we helped produce in 2019 with @helenarney.bsky.social, the Waterbeach Brass Band and chemists from around the world!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=viDY...
#ChemSky #ScienceSky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=viDY...
#ChemSky #ScienceSky #MusicSky
Sharing brilliant news that @jennipinnock.com and @mackenwells.bsky.social are part of Lincoln Arts Centre's 2025 Innovate Artist intake!
Can't wait to work with local talent to bring @firebrigademusical.bsky.social to life here - one of our Fire Fighters is Lincoln-born Charlotte Scott! 🔥🔥🔥
Can't wait to work with local talent to bring @firebrigademusical.bsky.social to life here - one of our Fire Fighters is Lincoln-born Charlotte Scott! 🔥🔥🔥
April 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sharing brilliant news that @jennipinnock.com and @mackenwells.bsky.social are part of Lincoln Arts Centre's 2025 Innovate Artist intake!
Can't wait to work with local talent to bring @firebrigademusical.bsky.social to life here - one of our Fire Fighters is Lincoln-born Charlotte Scott! 🔥🔥🔥
Can't wait to work with local talent to bring @firebrigademusical.bsky.social to life here - one of our Fire Fighters is Lincoln-born Charlotte Scott! 🔥🔥🔥
Head over here to find out what I’ve been wanging on about for a year and a half so far…
Ready for some sparks to fly? Head over to our website to watch our showcase filmed at Birmingham Hippodrome earlier this month! firebrigademusical.com/about/
March 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Head over here to find out what I’ve been wanging on about for a year and a half so far…
Reposted by Helen Arney
Ready for some sparks to fly? Head over to our website to watch our showcase filmed at Birmingham Hippodrome earlier this month! firebrigademusical.com/about/
March 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ready for some sparks to fly? Head over to our website to watch our showcase filmed at Birmingham Hippodrome earlier this month! firebrigademusical.com/about/
Reposted by Helen Arney
The showcase recording of our fire brigade musical is here! Head to the link to see what the fabulous @helenarney.bsky.social , @mackenwells.bsky.social and I have been up to this year (aside from spending 30 minutes on single bars of music of course..)
Ready for some sparks to fly? Head over to our website to watch our showcase filmed at Birmingham Hippodrome earlier this month! firebrigademusical.com/about/
March 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The showcase recording of our fire brigade musical is here! Head to the link to see what the fabulous @helenarney.bsky.social , @mackenwells.bsky.social and I have been up to this year (aside from spending 30 minutes on single bars of music of course..)
Happy World Theatre day, to anyone and everyone who feels seen by this...
Sometimes writing a musical involves spending 30 minutes on a zoom call "discussing" a single bar in a song in ever decreasing circles of madness and then adding one SINGLE WORD and the song is suddenly 3,000% better and everyone is happy (PS love you @jennipinnock.com @mackenwells.bsky.social)
March 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Happy World Theatre day, to anyone and everyone who feels seen by this...
Sometimes writing a musical involves spending 30 minutes on a zoom call "discussing" a single bar in a song in ever decreasing circles of madness and then adding one SINGLE WORD and the song is suddenly 3,000% better and everyone is happy (PS love you @jennipinnock.com @mackenwells.bsky.social)
March 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sometimes writing a musical involves spending 30 minutes on a zoom call "discussing" a single bar in a song in ever decreasing circles of madness and then adding one SINGLE WORD and the song is suddenly 3,000% better and everyone is happy (PS love you @jennipinnock.com @mackenwells.bsky.social)
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Happy π Day everyone! This year we collided some masses together.
In practise: youtu.be/vlUTlbZT4ig
And in theory: youtu.be/6dTyOl1fmDo
In practise: youtu.be/vlUTlbZT4ig
And in theory: youtu.be/6dTyOl1fmDo
We calculated pi with colliding blocks
YouTube video by Stand-up Maths
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Happy π Day everyone! This year we collided some masses together.
In practise: youtu.be/vlUTlbZT4ig
And in theory: youtu.be/6dTyOl1fmDo
In practise: youtu.be/vlUTlbZT4ig
And in theory: youtu.be/6dTyOl1fmDo
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We nailed those fire drills! Thanks to Birmingham Hippodrome, the entire New Musicals team, cast and crew for two amazing New Musicals Showcases yesterday. It was brilliant to share the sparks of our musical with so many people!
March 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We nailed those fire drills! Thanks to Birmingham Hippodrome, the entire New Musicals team, cast and crew for two amazing New Musicals Showcases yesterday. It was brilliant to share the sparks of our musical with so many people!
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Our fabulous fire brigade at last week's showcase! From left to right: Elena Pitsiaeli, Courtney Stapleton, Rosie Coles, Elexi Walker and Maddison Bulleyment.
Birmingham Hippodrome 📷@danny_with_a_camera
Birmingham Hippodrome 📷@danny_with_a_camera
March 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Our fabulous fire brigade at last week's showcase! From left to right: Elena Pitsiaeli, Courtney Stapleton, Rosie Coles, Elexi Walker and Maddison Bulleyment.
Birmingham Hippodrome 📷@danny_with_a_camera
Birmingham Hippodrome 📷@danny_with_a_camera
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Maths & English teachers - what is your experience (if any) of collaboration between the two subjects?
Please take part in this joint @mathematicala.bsky.social /
@englishassociation.bsky.social survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/gsoe/engli...
Please take part in this joint @mathematicala.bsky.social /
@englishassociation.bsky.social survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/gsoe/engli...
English and mathematics collaboration survey
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Maths & English teachers - what is your experience (if any) of collaboration between the two subjects?
Please take part in this joint @mathematicala.bsky.social /
@englishassociation.bsky.social survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/gsoe/engli...
Please take part in this joint @mathematicala.bsky.social /
@englishassociation.bsky.social survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/gsoe/engli...
It’s one of those days… After a quick email exchange this morning, you can tune in to More Or Less on @bbcradio4.bsky.social tomorrow morning at 9am to hear me sing a topical new version of a popular nerdy song… 🤓
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It’s one of those days… After a quick email exchange this morning, you can tune in to More Or Less on @bbcradio4.bsky.social tomorrow morning at 9am to hear me sing a topical new version of a popular nerdy song… 🤓
Reposted by Helen Arney
Fighting fires, smashing the patriarchy and studying hard for a degree they won’t even earn. Our intrepid band of firefighters were a busy gang. But they also found time for fun – and one of the many activities they enjoyed was singing. Find out more: firebrigademusical.com/2025/03/02/w...
Why is a musical the perfect medium for our fire brigade?
Music referenced in the Girton archives and Hertha’s biography: In questa tomba, Schubert’s Gott in der nature and Gott ist mein Hirt and Mendelssohn’s Laudate pueri dominium. Fig…
firebrigademusical.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Fighting fires, smashing the patriarchy and studying hard for a degree they won’t even earn. Our intrepid band of firefighters were a busy gang. But they also found time for fun – and one of the many activities they enjoyed was singing. Find out more: firebrigademusical.com/2025/03/02/w...