Rachel Thomas
@rachellos.bsky.social
Actor | Producer | Joint AD & Producer @7thsensetheatre.bsky.social | Writer, Dramaturg, MH activist, 99% panic ✨
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This is so lovely
Hey! I really felt the weight of everything last week, and I wanted a way to talk through it... so I've been working on (maybe the first???) choose your own adventure game set up directly *in* Bluesky. And here it is!
Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?
Enter the garden.
Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?
Enter the garden.
May 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This is so lovely
This is so brilliant
April 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is so brilliant
I love this place and would like to cry through the LOTR overnight marathon with strangers in it many more times. Please take a second to jot your name down too 🤍
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Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
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January 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I love this place and would like to cry through the LOTR overnight marathon with strangers in it many more times. Please take a second to jot your name down too 🤍
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Once again, very much this. 👇
‘Our industry should be appalled’: Brassic creator laments lack of working class people in TV and film
‘Our industry should be appalled’: Brassic creator laments lack of working class people in TV and film
Danny Brocklehurst’s much loved comedy drama raised the bar – now he is calling for greater representation across the industry
Leaning on the bar of The Crow’s Nest pub in the northern town of Hawley, Danny Brocklehurst has something to say.
“I think…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Once again, very much this. 👇
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This is a beautiful tribute.
January 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is a beautiful tribute.
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Booking is now open for the next Artist Surgery on 28 Jan - these free in person chats are a chance to come and meet Team NDT, and discuss anything that's on your mind (producing, fundraising, marketing, PR, career trajectory etc). More details & link to book in here:
newdiorama.com/for-artists/...
newdiorama.com/for-artists/...
January 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Booking is now open for the next Artist Surgery on 28 Jan - these free in person chats are a chance to come and meet Team NDT, and discuss anything that's on your mind (producing, fundraising, marketing, PR, career trajectory etc). More details & link to book in here:
newdiorama.com/for-artists/...
newdiorama.com/for-artists/...
This is such nice news! Yay for Michael Sheen being passionate and wonderful once again 🤍
Actor Michael Sheen has launched a new national theatre company for Wales, which he says promises to herald a "new dawn" for Welsh creatives and content 👇
www.thestage.co.uk/news/michael...
www.thestage.co.uk/news/michael...
Michael Sheen launches new national theatre for Wales
Actor Michael Sheen has launched a new national theatre company for Wales, which he says promises to herald a ‘new dawn’ for Welsh creatives and content
www.thestage.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is such nice news! Yay for Michael Sheen being passionate and wonderful once again 🤍
‘Hell is empty and all the devils are on hinge’ correct
Alexander Cohen writes about the perils of turning press nights into dates nights, and the search for that elusive spark - both on the stage and off
Why am I so single? Because I’m a theatre critic
The problem with turning press nights into date nights
open.substack.com
January 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
‘Hell is empty and all the devils are on hinge’ correct
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Hello! I get paid to read 30-40 screenplays I read every month, and I’m starting a newsletter in January that will analyze the most common notes I give, in order to help you break down your own scripts and get to rewriting! Subscribe here! i-have-some-notes.beehiiv.com/subscribe
I Have Some Notes
A Hollywood Coverage Writer's Best Notes of the Month
i-have-some-notes.beehiiv.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Hello! I get paid to read 30-40 screenplays I read every month, and I’m starting a newsletter in January that will analyze the most common notes I give, in order to help you break down your own scripts and get to rewriting! Subscribe here! i-have-some-notes.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Looking to connect with writers with plays that would benefit from some R&D. Flexible cast size (probs 3-10 ish). Looking for stuff with:
•Strong narrative/story
•Sparky dialogue
•Preference for work that engages with queerness, community, intimacy, legacy + I like sci-fi
Drop me a message!
•Strong narrative/story
•Sparky dialogue
•Preference for work that engages with queerness, community, intimacy, legacy + I like sci-fi
Drop me a message!
December 20, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Looking to connect with writers with plays that would benefit from some R&D. Flexible cast size (probs 3-10 ish). Looking for stuff with:
•Strong narrative/story
•Sparky dialogue
•Preference for work that engages with queerness, community, intimacy, legacy + I like sci-fi
Drop me a message!
•Strong narrative/story
•Sparky dialogue
•Preference for work that engages with queerness, community, intimacy, legacy + I like sci-fi
Drop me a message!
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This morning two theatre companies (Freedom Studios and Coney) have announced their permanent closure. Both 'left' the National Portfolio in 2023 and have found the climate impossible since. Their statements are heartbreakingly similar. Without massive funding reform many more will follow in 2025.
December 18, 2024 at 11:35 AM
This morning two theatre companies (Freedom Studios and Coney) have announced their permanent closure. Both 'left' the National Portfolio in 2023 and have found the climate impossible since. Their statements are heartbreakingly similar. Without massive funding reform many more will follow in 2025.
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Fuck
What a day
Freedom Studios
Coney
National Theatre Wales
Hang on to each other
The storm is starting
What a day
Freedom Studios
Coney
National Theatre Wales
Hang on to each other
The storm is starting
December 18, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Fuck
What a day
Freedom Studios
Coney
National Theatre Wales
Hang on to each other
The storm is starting
What a day
Freedom Studios
Coney
National Theatre Wales
Hang on to each other
The storm is starting
!!
Theatre has a vision problem.
When I say vision, I mean an articulation of why a building or organisation exists. A purpose. A statement of how you want to change the world.
A coherent, inspiring vision was essential to everything we did at Company Three.
But so many theatres don’t have one.
When I say vision, I mean an articulation of why a building or organisation exists. A purpose. A statement of how you want to change the world.
A coherent, inspiring vision was essential to everything we did at Company Three.
But so many theatres don’t have one.
December 17, 2024 at 8:23 PM
!!
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We had a FABULOUS time last week at our annual Christmas party 🎳🎄🎤 it was a great way to kick off the festive season and celebrate an excellent year!
and no…absolutely NO photoshopping happened in pic 2 🙃
and no…absolutely NO photoshopping happened in pic 2 🙃
December 11, 2024 at 5:01 PM
We had a FABULOUS time last week at our annual Christmas party 🎳🎄🎤 it was a great way to kick off the festive season and celebrate an excellent year!
and no…absolutely NO photoshopping happened in pic 2 🙃
and no…absolutely NO photoshopping happened in pic 2 🙃
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Have you submitted your thoughts to our State of Arts PR survey yet? 🤔
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We need your help!
We're running our State of Arts PR survey again in 2025 to get a snapshot of how arts communication professionals are feeling as we go into the new year.
If your job involves PR in the arts, please do complete the survey and spread the word to colleagues: bit.ly/4i80NeH
We're running our State of Arts PR survey again in 2025 to get a snapshot of how arts communication professionals are feeling as we go into the new year.
If your job involves PR in the arts, please do complete the survey and spread the word to colleagues: bit.ly/4i80NeH
December 11, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Have you submitted your thoughts to our State of Arts PR survey yet? 🤔
mobiusindustries.surveysparrow.com/s/The-State-...
mobiusindustries.surveysparrow.com/s/The-State-...
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Save the date 🗓️ We're hosting a peer-to-peer, drop-in session for Hull freelancers to come do their tax returns together, in our rehearsal space on Tuesday 14 January (11am-2pm). You bring your receipts, we'll bring the tea and biscuits.
November 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Save the date 🗓️ We're hosting a peer-to-peer, drop-in session for Hull freelancers to come do their tax returns together, in our rehearsal space on Tuesday 14 January (11am-2pm). You bring your receipts, we'll bring the tea and biscuits.
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📢Announcing: the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025. Bigger, bolder, brighter.
Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
December 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM
📢Announcing: the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025. Bigger, bolder, brighter.
Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
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okay, listen, who's got plays on in London in the middle/ second half of Jan? I would like to know about them!
December 1, 2024 at 12:31 PM
okay, listen, who's got plays on in London in the middle/ second half of Jan? I would like to know about them!
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Applying for DYCP? We've got free templates for the app, budget + timeline in our *Resources*. Save yourself from a Grantium-related disaster by writing it somewhere else first! www.the-uncultured.com/resources-ar... also helpful if you wanna know what you need to prep before deciding to apply 📝
November 29, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Applying for DYCP? We've got free templates for the app, budget + timeline in our *Resources*. Save yourself from a Grantium-related disaster by writing it somewhere else first! www.the-uncultured.com/resources-ar... also helpful if you wanna know what you need to prep before deciding to apply 📝
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Fantastic piece on leaving X in @thestage.bsky.social by @georgialouluck.bsky.social "Managing director @rfitzm.bsky.social said the decision to leave was 'both moral and practical... X has become toxic – especially to marginalised groups, including many artists we work with.'" bit.ly/49c2P9n
Theatre industry leaves Elon Musk's X for Bluesky
Theatre companies, advocacy groups and PRs are making the shift from X to surging social media site Bluesky, with some saying the site formerly known as Twitter is ’irrelevant’ and unhealthy
www.thestage.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Fantastic piece on leaving X in @thestage.bsky.social by @georgialouluck.bsky.social "Managing director @rfitzm.bsky.social said the decision to leave was 'both moral and practical... X has become toxic – especially to marginalised groups, including many artists we work with.'" bit.ly/49c2P9n
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You've 'til Tuesday for BBC #writers Open Call.
Decided I’d write 1 last thing after DECADES trying - whacked in & boom! Shortlisted for Wales writer in res & landed place on BBC Voices - where I met the BEST people
Hadn’t got anywhere for YEARS before
Don’t give up
www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...
Decided I’d write 1 last thing after DECADES trying - whacked in & boom! Shortlisted for Wales writer in res & landed place on BBC Voices - where I met the BEST people
Hadn’t got anywhere for YEARS before
Don’t give up
www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...
How to submit a script to us
Open Call is our system for receiving unsolicited original scripts.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 5:26 PM
You've 'til Tuesday for BBC #writers Open Call.
Decided I’d write 1 last thing after DECADES trying - whacked in & boom! Shortlisted for Wales writer in res & landed place on BBC Voices - where I met the BEST people
Hadn’t got anywhere for YEARS before
Don’t give up
www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...
Decided I’d write 1 last thing after DECADES trying - whacked in & boom! Shortlisted for Wales writer in res & landed place on BBC Voices - where I met the BEST people
Hadn’t got anywhere for YEARS before
Don’t give up
www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...
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If you are unable to attend the #PlaywrightsChristmasParty in person please join our FREE Festive Creative Check-in Led by @naomiwesterman.bsky.social and Jane Christie on zoom - 7pm! #SupportPlaywrights
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November 24, 2024 at 4:44 PM
If you are unable to attend the #PlaywrightsChristmasParty in person please join our FREE Festive Creative Check-in Led by @naomiwesterman.bsky.social and Jane Christie on zoom - 7pm! #SupportPlaywrights
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-festi...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-festi...
Started crying at the overture for the Wicked movie and basically didn’t stop. 12 year old me who wore her defying gravity hoodie 24/7 and 29 year old me both needed this so much. Gorgeous, magical, gorgeous. 💖💚
November 24, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Started crying at the overture for the Wicked movie and basically didn’t stop. 12 year old me who wore her defying gravity hoodie 24/7 and 29 year old me both needed this so much. Gorgeous, magical, gorgeous. 💖💚
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Are you a working class freelancer in the arts? @RTYDS has created some financial resources to help artists from low socio-economic backgrounds navigate self-employment & benefits.
Check out their advice leaflet & the @turn2us_org Benefits Calculator
Check out their advice leaflet & the @turn2us_org Benefits Calculator
Financial Resources - Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme - RTYDS
Navigating Your Finances Freelancing in our industry can be precarious and unpredictable, with a baseline economic model known for its inequality, inaccessibility and squeezed resources. For an…
buff.ly
November 22, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Are you a working class freelancer in the arts? @RTYDS has created some financial resources to help artists from low socio-economic backgrounds navigate self-employment & benefits.
Check out their advice leaflet & the @turn2us_org Benefits Calculator
Check out their advice leaflet & the @turn2us_org Benefits Calculator