Catriona MacLeod
@thatcatmacleod.bsky.social
writes & directs theatre & film / ad + exec producer of performance, artistic development initiative + Glasgow rehearsal space _and friends / don't make me sing
catmacleod.com
https://linktr.ee/andfriends.scotland
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Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
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Would your #edfringe show benefit from a wee bit extra marketing support? If you’re an emerging artist/company permanently based in Scotland - you should absolutely apply to our Fringe Takeover! 📲
🔗 For more info & to apply: www.frameworktheatre.com/fringetakeover
🔗 For more info & to apply: www.frameworktheatre.com/fringetakeover
June 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Would your #edfringe show benefit from a wee bit extra marketing support? If you’re an emerging artist/company permanently based in Scotland - you should absolutely apply to our Fringe Takeover! 📲
🔗 For more info & to apply: www.frameworktheatre.com/fringetakeover
🔗 For more info & to apply: www.frameworktheatre.com/fringetakeover
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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"
The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”
www.motherjones.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
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We are delighted to announce the launch of our Access and Creative Principles Toolkit! We've distilled over 40 years of experience in making theatre performances with learning disabled actors into this new publication filled with insights, practical tips and examples:
www.lungha.com/2025/06/lung...
www.lungha.com/2025/06/lung...
Lung Ha Theatre Company Launches Groundbreaking Access and Creative Principles Toolkit - Lung Ha Theatre Company
We have distilled over 40 years of experience in making theatre performances with learning disabled actors into the first edition of our Access and Creative Principles Toolkit, filled with insights, p...
www.lungha.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We are delighted to announce the launch of our Access and Creative Principles Toolkit! We've distilled over 40 years of experience in making theatre performances with learning disabled actors into this new publication filled with insights, practical tips and examples:
www.lungha.com/2025/06/lung...
www.lungha.com/2025/06/lung...
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“Nasser Hospital says 24 people have been killed & dozens injured by Israeli fire while waiting for aid distribution in Rafah…
roughly the same location where…Israeli forces killed 31 people on Sunday”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
roughly the same location where…Israeli forces killed 31 people on Sunday”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Hospital director says 24 killed by Israeli fire while waiting for aid in Rafah - live updates
The Israeli military says it fired shots near an aid distribution complex after identifying
www.bbc.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“Nasser Hospital says 24 people have been killed & dozens injured by Israeli fire while waiting for aid distribution in Rafah…
roughly the same location where…Israeli forces killed 31 people on Sunday”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
roughly the same location where…Israeli forces killed 31 people on Sunday”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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We’ll search for the perfect opportunities so you don’t have to 🙏
Fancy having all the latest emerging artist callouts in Scotland arrive in your inbox every month???
🔗✉️ You can sign up to our monthly newsletter via this link: eepurl.com/hsqbXj
Fancy having all the latest emerging artist callouts in Scotland arrive in your inbox every month???
🔗✉️ You can sign up to our monthly newsletter via this link: eepurl.com/hsqbXj
June 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We’ll search for the perfect opportunities so you don’t have to 🙏
Fancy having all the latest emerging artist callouts in Scotland arrive in your inbox every month???
🔗✉️ You can sign up to our monthly newsletter via this link: eepurl.com/hsqbXj
Fancy having all the latest emerging artist callouts in Scotland arrive in your inbox every month???
🔗✉️ You can sign up to our monthly newsletter via this link: eepurl.com/hsqbXj
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"It's important to reflect, not just on our collective actions, but the state’s violent response to them...There will always be a response. But so many of the people protesting for the first time in 2020 didn’t know that."
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/george...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/george...
How the George Floyd Protests Prepared Us for This Moment of State Violence
Our collective actions are part of an ongoing struggle and resistance, not a final resting place.
www.teenvogue.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"It's important to reflect, not just on our collective actions, but the state’s violent response to them...There will always be a response. But so many of the people protesting for the first time in 2020 didn’t know that."
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/george...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/george...
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Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
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Paisley for Palestine seeks a director for a rehearsed reading of a short play, No Lessons Learned by Alex Cathcart, this Autumn. Role is unpaid, as all funds are going to Medical Aid for Palestine, but Paisley for Palestine will provide admin and tech support. Details from cathcart.aw81@gmail.com.
May 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Paisley for Palestine seeks a director for a rehearsed reading of a short play, No Lessons Learned by Alex Cathcart, this Autumn. Role is unpaid, as all funds are going to Medical Aid for Palestine, but Paisley for Palestine will provide admin and tech support. Details from cathcart.aw81@gmail.com.
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MEET THE INDUSTRY PANEL for Framework Festival 2025! 🎪
🧡 Catriona MacLeod
🧡 Alex Bird
🧡 Eve Nicol
Register for your free ticket here: www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
🧡 Catriona MacLeod
🧡 Alex Bird
🧡 Eve Nicol
Register for your free ticket here: www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
May 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
MEET THE INDUSTRY PANEL for Framework Festival 2025! 🎪
🧡 Catriona MacLeod
🧡 Alex Bird
🧡 Eve Nicol
Register for your free ticket here: www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
🧡 Catriona MacLeod
🧡 Alex Bird
🧡 Eve Nicol
Register for your free ticket here: www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
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Things are going well on the everything app: www.404media.co/elon-musks-g...
Elon Musk's Grok AI Will 'Remove Her Clothes' In Public, On X
Elon Musk’s AI bot is undressing women on X.
www.404media.co
May 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Things are going well on the everything app: www.404media.co/elon-musks-g...
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📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team...
@mslizstrange.bsky.social - Social Media Support
Liz is an Edinburgh based actor, physical theatre maker and facilitator. Her experience and interest in visual, participatory and interactive theatre has lead her to channel her skills into social media support...
@mslizstrange.bsky.social - Social Media Support
Liz is an Edinburgh based actor, physical theatre maker and facilitator. Her experience and interest in visual, participatory and interactive theatre has lead her to channel her skills into social media support...
May 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
📣 Introducing the Nosferatu team...
@mslizstrange.bsky.social - Social Media Support
Liz is an Edinburgh based actor, physical theatre maker and facilitator. Her experience and interest in visual, participatory and interactive theatre has lead her to channel her skills into social media support...
@mslizstrange.bsky.social - Social Media Support
Liz is an Edinburgh based actor, physical theatre maker and facilitator. Her experience and interest in visual, participatory and interactive theatre has lead her to channel her skills into social media support...
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We’re so excited to have ‘Witchy Slag Gals’ performed at our Framework Festival 2025 scratch! 🎪
Set in the kitchen of a fourth-floor tenement flat in Edinburgh, ‘Witchy Slag Gals’ is a thrilling comedy-horror written by Rose Murray.
Set in the kitchen of a fourth-floor tenement flat in Edinburgh, ‘Witchy Slag Gals’ is a thrilling comedy-horror written by Rose Murray.
April 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We’re so excited to have ‘Witchy Slag Gals’ performed at our Framework Festival 2025 scratch! 🎪
Set in the kitchen of a fourth-floor tenement flat in Edinburgh, ‘Witchy Slag Gals’ is a thrilling comedy-horror written by Rose Murray.
Set in the kitchen of a fourth-floor tenement flat in Edinburgh, ‘Witchy Slag Gals’ is a thrilling comedy-horror written by Rose Murray.
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Well done to The Brown Doll team for opening today!
Want a bit more? Join us on Wed, 30 April for a free post show-discussion💬
Hosted by Brian Logan, our Artistic Director, this panel features writer Cilla Silvia, along with cast members Sharan Atwal and Rachel Ogilvy.
➡️ bit.ly/PPPTheBrownD...
Want a bit more? Join us on Wed, 30 April for a free post show-discussion💬
Hosted by Brian Logan, our Artistic Director, this panel features writer Cilla Silvia, along with cast members Sharan Atwal and Rachel Ogilvy.
➡️ bit.ly/PPPTheBrownD...
April 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Well done to The Brown Doll team for opening today!
Want a bit more? Join us on Wed, 30 April for a free post show-discussion💬
Hosted by Brian Logan, our Artistic Director, this panel features writer Cilla Silvia, along with cast members Sharan Atwal and Rachel Ogilvy.
➡️ bit.ly/PPPTheBrownD...
Want a bit more? Join us on Wed, 30 April for a free post show-discussion💬
Hosted by Brian Logan, our Artistic Director, this panel features writer Cilla Silvia, along with cast members Sharan Atwal and Rachel Ogilvy.
➡️ bit.ly/PPPTheBrownD...
I can’t go to this wonderful show this week, but I wanted to support the team bringing this important story to the stage. _and friends will buy two tickets and give them away.
Shoot us a message with the date of your choice and your email address. We’ll get your ticket + email you the confirmation.
Shoot us a message with the date of your choice and your email address. We’ll get your ticket + email you the confirmation.
April 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I can’t go to this wonderful show this week, but I wanted to support the team bringing this important story to the stage. _and friends will buy two tickets and give them away.
Shoot us a message with the date of your choice and your email address. We’ll get your ticket + email you the confirmation.
Shoot us a message with the date of your choice and your email address. We’ll get your ticket + email you the confirmation.
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Introducing the writers for our Framework Festival scratch event - Erin Boulter & Rose Murray! 🎪
⏰ If you fancy directing one of the script excerpts - the deadline to apply is tomorrow @ 10am! Be sure to visit our website for more info: www.frameworktheatre.com/work-with-us
⏰ If you fancy directing one of the script excerpts - the deadline to apply is tomorrow @ 10am! Be sure to visit our website for more info: www.frameworktheatre.com/work-with-us
April 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Introducing the writers for our Framework Festival scratch event - Erin Boulter & Rose Murray! 🎪
⏰ If you fancy directing one of the script excerpts - the deadline to apply is tomorrow @ 10am! Be sure to visit our website for more info: www.frameworktheatre.com/work-with-us
⏰ If you fancy directing one of the script excerpts - the deadline to apply is tomorrow @ 10am! Be sure to visit our website for more info: www.frameworktheatre.com/work-with-us
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This Earth Day, we're looking back at what really happens to your used clothing.
This is fashion's last stop, where your used clothing harms ecosystems, pollutes the environment, and drives often dangerous markets. Read more here ⤵️
This is fashion's last stop, where your used clothing harms ecosystems, pollutes the environment, and drives often dangerous markets. Read more here ⤵️
'Stop Sending These Stained Clothes': Fast Fashion Is Destroying These Cities— and Lives
See fashion's last stop, the places where your used clothing is harming ecosystems, polluting the environment, and driving often-dangerous markets.
www.teenvogue.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This Earth Day, we're looking back at what really happens to your used clothing.
This is fashion's last stop, where your used clothing harms ecosystems, pollutes the environment, and drives often dangerous markets. Read more here ⤵️
This is fashion's last stop, where your used clothing harms ecosystems, pollutes the environment, and drives often dangerous markets. Read more here ⤵️
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Remember when I quit the Labour Party years ago and said it was institutionally transphobic and people told me that it wasn’t, the problem was just Rosie Duffield, and that I should stay and fight? Well, well, well.
Asked if Keir Starmer still believes that a trans woman is a woman, his spokesman replies "no".
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
April 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Remember when I quit the Labour Party years ago and said it was institutionally transphobic and people told me that it wasn’t, the problem was just Rosie Duffield, and that I should stay and fight? Well, well, well.
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It's been 51 days since ANY humanitarian aid has entered Gaza. Israeli Minister of Defense Katz has said: "Israel’s policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza."
This is a war crime.
We must end our complicity. NO more military aid for Netanyahu's war machine.
This is a war crime.
We must end our complicity. NO more military aid for Netanyahu's war machine.
April 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's been 51 days since ANY humanitarian aid has entered Gaza. Israeli Minister of Defense Katz has said: "Israel’s policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza."
This is a war crime.
We must end our complicity. NO more military aid for Netanyahu's war machine.
This is a war crime.
We must end our complicity. NO more military aid for Netanyahu's war machine.
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Greenock's @thebeaconarts.bsky.social Young Company are looking for a writer to collaborate with them and create a new work in 2025 ytas.org.uk/opportunitie... (deadline - 28 Apr 2025)
Beacon Arts Centre: Beacon Young Company Create - Writer - YTAS
Beacon Art Centre's Young Company, invite writers to get in touch to pitch their portfolio, to create new work in 2025 with their Young People.
ytas.org.uk
April 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Greenock's @thebeaconarts.bsky.social Young Company are looking for a writer to collaborate with them and create a new work in 2025 ytas.org.uk/opportunitie... (deadline - 28 Apr 2025)
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After everything feminists fought so hard for, we are now legally reduced to and defined by biology. A win for project 2025 and MAGA fascism www.thenational.scot/news/2509385...
Supreme Court rules sex is biological in victory for gender critical feminists
THE Supreme Court has ruled that women are defined by biology in a landmark judgment which deals a blow to transgender campaigners.
www.thenational.scot
April 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
After everything feminists fought so hard for, we are now legally reduced to and defined by biology. A win for project 2025 and MAGA fascism www.thenational.scot/news/2509385...