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The Fairytale Library
20th Oct 2025 @ 2pm-6pm in person, London - FREE
The next in-person gathering of fairytales is at VPN interactive arts fest. Info - voidspacezine.com/12086-2/
Library - jenifertoksvig.substack.com/s/fairytale-...
20th Oct 2025 @ 2pm-6pm in person, London - FREE
The next in-person gathering of fairytales is at VPN interactive arts fest. Info - voidspacezine.com/12086-2/
Library - jenifertoksvig.substack.com/s/fairytale-...
Happy Samhain :-)
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All Hallowed Rituals
Seasonal reasons to celebrate
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October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Happy Samhain :-)
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A good while ago, composer Dominic Haslam and I adapted Terry Pratchett’s Mort for the stage. Today’s Substack is the opening number from the show: Mort’s father takes him to an apprentice hiring fair. open.substack.com/pub/jenifert... #GNUTerryPratchett #Mort #Discworld
Terry Pratchett’s Mort the Musical: Make a Living
The opening song from a stage adaptation of Pratchett's Discworld novel about Death's apprentice, by Haslam / Toksvig.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A good while ago, composer Dominic Haslam and I adapted Terry Pratchett’s Mort for the stage. Today’s Substack is the opening number from the show: Mort’s father takes him to an apprentice hiring fair. open.substack.com/pub/jenifert... #GNUTerryPratchett #Mort #Discworld
Today’s substack is What They Took With Them, my poem about what refugees have taken with them when they have to flee their home at a moment’s notice. It’s harrowing, but the global refugee crisis is only getting worse. open.substack.com/pub/jenifert...
What They Took With Them: a List
A poem about the items refugees took with them when they fled their homes
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October 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Today’s substack is What They Took With Them, my poem about what refugees have taken with them when they have to flee their home at a moment’s notice. It’s harrowing, but the global refugee crisis is only getting worse. open.substack.com/pub/jenifert...
The amazing Christopher Morrison and I are speaking at Summit'25 run about how to optimise access support, and why accessibility is a situational thing.
22nd Oct 2025 @ 11:45am-12:45am in person, London - ££
immersiveexperience.network/articles/eve...
Access www.woolwich.works/your-visit/a...
22nd Oct 2025 @ 11:45am-12:45am in person, London - ££
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Access www.woolwich.works/your-visit/a...
Improving Accessibility For Live And Digital Events. - Immersive Experience Network
Learn the tools of making your experience accessible as well as a new paradigm for thinking of events that will open up your experiences to the widest
immersiveexperience.network
October 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The amazing Christopher Morrison and I are speaking at Summit'25 run about how to optimise access support, and why accessibility is a situational thing.
22nd Oct 2025 @ 11:45am-12:45am in person, London - ££
immersiveexperience.network/articles/eve...
Access www.woolwich.works/your-visit/a...
22nd Oct 2025 @ 11:45am-12:45am in person, London - ££
immersiveexperience.network/articles/eve...
Access www.woolwich.works/your-visit/a...
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In this week's Household Agony column, the Folklore Agony Aunt helps a reader with their knotty decision over what to do with their household spirits when they move… Subscribe and get all the drama in your inbox! #HouseholdLore🏡 #Folklore #FolkyFriday #spirits liza-frank.com/moving-house... 1/3
Moving House(hold Spirits) | Household Agony!
A reader about to move house asks the Folklore Agony Aunt for tips on how best to manage their household spirits...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In this week's Household Agony column, the Folklore Agony Aunt helps a reader with their knotty decision over what to do with their household spirits when they move… Subscribe and get all the drama in your inbox! #HouseholdLore🏡 #Folklore #FolkyFriday #spirits liza-frank.com/moving-house... 1/3
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If you're a #Writer and have a yearning to write the routemaps forward towards a future we'd be proud to leave to the generations that come after us.... Then do come along.
#Thrutopian thinking is wild and broad - and essential
www.flowingwithlife.org/events/love-...
#WritersofBlueSky
#Thrutopian thinking is wild and broad - and essential
www.flowingwithlife.org/events/love-...
#WritersofBlueSky
Love Letters from the Future: Online Writing Retreat — Flowing with Life Events
In what is so often a solitary vocation, writing with others can be deeply empowering and connecting. And when we unite to encourage ourselves and our readers to know, deep in our bones, that another ...
www.flowingwithlife.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you're a #Writer and have a yearning to write the routemaps forward towards a future we'd be proud to leave to the generations that come after us.... Then do come along.
#Thrutopian thinking is wild and broad - and essential
www.flowingwithlife.org/events/love-...
#WritersofBlueSky
#Thrutopian thinking is wild and broad - and essential
www.flowingwithlife.org/events/love-...
#WritersofBlueSky
Today's fairytale on Substack is Rapunzel. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/rapunzel Don't forget I am gathering in person soon, and you can also book me to gather your fairytale moment online. Details on my website (jenifertoksvig.com)
October 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Today's fairytale on Substack is Rapunzel. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/rapunzel Don't forget I am gathering in person soon, and you can also book me to gather your fairytale moment online. Details on my website (jenifertoksvig.com)
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How many words are there where the animal stands in for an entire action?
WOLF: to eat quickly
HOG: to grab and keep more than your share
...I can't think of more. We have animal-plus-preposition, like 'rabbit on', but single-word metaphorical verbs? I love them and propose we create more.
WOLF: to eat quickly
HOG: to grab and keep more than your share
...I can't think of more. We have animal-plus-preposition, like 'rabbit on', but single-word metaphorical verbs? I love them and propose we create more.
October 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
How many words are there where the animal stands in for an entire action?
WOLF: to eat quickly
HOG: to grab and keep more than your share
...I can't think of more. We have animal-plus-preposition, like 'rabbit on', but single-word metaphorical verbs? I love them and propose we create more.
WOLF: to eat quickly
HOG: to grab and keep more than your share
...I can't think of more. We have animal-plus-preposition, like 'rabbit on', but single-word metaphorical verbs? I love them and propose we create more.
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On #WorldMentalHealthDay, the union-led CULT Cymru programme is launching a pioneering initiative that brings together trade unions, employers, government + specialist organisations to tackle the root causes of poor mental health in the creative sector
writersguild.org.uk/wales-creati...
writersguild.org.uk/wales-creati...
Wales’ creative sector unites to tackle poor mental health - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain
On World Mental Health Day 2025, the union led CULT Cymru programme is launching a pioneering initiative that brings together trade unions, employers, government, and specialist organisations to tackl...
writersguild.org.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, the union-led CULT Cymru programme is launching a pioneering initiative that brings together trade unions, employers, government + specialist organisations to tackle the root causes of poor mental health in the creative sector
writersguild.org.uk/wales-creati...
writersguild.org.uk/wales-creati...
20 years ago I wrote a play with a character who stammers, and recently revised it, then wrote this article for speech disfluency charity Stamma. I welcome ideas about how to do a workshop of it with actors who have speech disfluency that we could stream online.
stamma.org/your-voice/l...
stamma.org/your-voice/l...
October 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
20 years ago I wrote a play with a character who stammers, and recently revised it, then wrote this article for speech disfluency charity Stamma. I welcome ideas about how to do a workshop of it with actors who have speech disfluency that we could stream online.
stamma.org/your-voice/l...
stamma.org/your-voice/l...
The Fairytale Library
20th Oct 2025 @ 2pm-6pm in person, London - FREE
The next in-person gathering of fairytales is at VPN interactive arts fest. Info - voidspacezine.com/12086-2/
Library - jenifertoksvig.substack.com/s/fairytale-...
20th Oct 2025 @ 2pm-6pm in person, London - FREE
The next in-person gathering of fairytales is at VPN interactive arts fest. Info - voidspacezine.com/12086-2/
Library - jenifertoksvig.substack.com/s/fairytale-...
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Fairytale Library
20th Oct 2025 @ 2pm-6pm in person, London - FREE
The next in-person gathering of fairytales is at VPN interactive arts fest. Info - voidspacezine.com/12086-2/
Library - jenifertoksvig.substack.com/s/fairytale-...
20th Oct 2025 @ 2pm-6pm in person, London - FREE
The next in-person gathering of fairytales is at VPN interactive arts fest. Info - voidspacezine.com/12086-2/
Library - jenifertoksvig.substack.com/s/fairytale-...
Theoretical illustrations today on Substack: The Slow Whale. This is an invitation to you to share your drawings, whether or not you think of yourself as an artist. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/the-slow-w...
The Slow Whale
Theoretical illustration
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September 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Theoretical illustrations today on Substack: The Slow Whale. This is an invitation to you to share your drawings, whether or not you think of yourself as an artist. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/the-slow-w...
I’m just checking everybody knows that tylenol does not cause autism. Everybody actually knows that, right?
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’m just checking everybody knows that tylenol does not cause autism. Everybody actually knows that, right?
Stella Duffy’s gorgeous Chaosbaby Project is my Substack post for today - a few of the many hundreds of photos I took during that process, along with a bit of company singing. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/the-chaosb...
The Chaosbaby Project
A collaborative work made in Open Space, founded and led by Stella Duffy
jenifertoksvig.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Stella Duffy’s gorgeous Chaosbaby Project is my Substack post for today - a few of the many hundreds of photos I took during that process, along with a bit of company singing. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/the-chaosb...
I’m gathering fairytales this afternoon 1-6pm at Side/Step, Colab Tower, South London. It’s free, and takes maybe 30 mins or so. sidestepfestival.squarespace.com
SIDE/STEP FESTIVAL
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September 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I’m gathering fairytales this afternoon 1-6pm at Side/Step, Colab Tower, South London. It’s free, and takes maybe 30 mins or so. sidestepfestival.squarespace.com
Today’s Substack post today is a song I crafted from a love letter my grandfather wrote. Music by the brilliant Alexander Rudd and performed by the brilliant Michael D. Xavier. open.substack.com/pub/jenifert...
The Pen Song
A love letter to my grandmother...
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August 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Today’s Substack post today is a song I crafted from a love letter my grandfather wrote. Music by the brilliant Alexander Rudd and performed by the brilliant Michael D. Xavier. open.substack.com/pub/jenifert...
Today's Substack piece of theoretical theatre is a song by me and composer Alex Rudd. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/the-moon-i...
The Moon Instead of You
A Rudd/Toksvig song from 2016
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August 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Today's Substack piece of theoretical theatre is a song by me and composer Alex Rudd. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/the-moon-i...
Today's Substack post: full script of a short play with a character who stammers. Included today & tomorrow are notes from a consultation I did with the brilliant Nye Russell-Thompson of Stammermouth theatre company about the portrayal of speech disfluency. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/tall-storey
Tall Storey
Full script of a short play in verse, with a character who stammers.
jenifertoksvig.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Today's Substack post: full script of a short play with a character who stammers. Included today & tomorrow are notes from a consultation I did with the brilliant Nye Russell-Thompson of Stammermouth theatre company about the portrayal of speech disfluency. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/tall-storey
Today’s substack is for those who do aerial work… open.substack.com/pub/jenifert...
Sowing the Stars
A story scribed for aerial theatre
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August 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Today’s substack is for those who do aerial work… open.substack.com/pub/jenifert...
Barriers to access in theatre are broader than the industry ever acknowledges. Broader than many of us with access support needs acknowledge. I'm posting about this on Substack - come join the conversation. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/barriers-t...
Barriers to Theatre
Considerations of accessibility and inclusivity
jenifertoksvig.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Barriers to access in theatre are broader than the industry ever acknowledges. Broader than many of us with access support needs acknowledge. I'm posting about this on Substack - come join the conversation. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/barriers-t...
Taking care of our own creativity... come and join me on Substack, where I am finding ways to do just that. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/the-wellbe...
The Wellbeing of Creativity
Being a writer on Substack
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July 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Taking care of our own creativity... come and join me on Substack, where I am finding ways to do just that. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/the-wellbe...
This really is a perfect show. Very strong recommend for anyone who wants a fun, relaxed, entertaining, smart, joyful, engaging evening in a very relaxed and friendly environment that really isn't anything like theatre, and is simultaneously some of the best theatre I have ever seen.
An exciting announcement...
Following sell out and critical success at the Barbican in 2022 and 2024, an OFFIE Award, and an international stint at ILT Festival in Aarhus, Denmark, Perfect Show For Rachel will be touring the UK through 2025 and 2026!
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Following sell out and critical success at the Barbican in 2022 and 2024, an OFFIE Award, and an international stint at ILT Festival in Aarhus, Denmark, Perfect Show For Rachel will be touring the UK through 2025 and 2026!
@wearezooco.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This really is a perfect show. Very strong recommend for anyone who wants a fun, relaxed, entertaining, smart, joyful, engaging evening in a very relaxed and friendly environment that really isn't anything like theatre, and is simultaneously some of the best theatre I have ever seen.
I have a one-on-one theatre show called The Fairytale Library in which I gather snippets of story from people. Today, I've opened up the Library on Substack. They’re all different, and they remind me of a slightly more gentle version of Post Secret. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/the-fairyt...
The Fairytale Library
Immediate, immersive, intimate theatre
jenifertoksvig.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I have a one-on-one theatre show called The Fairytale Library in which I gather snippets of story from people. Today, I've opened up the Library on Substack. They’re all different, and they remind me of a slightly more gentle version of Post Secret. jenifertoksvig.substack.com/p/the-fairyt...
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2nd July, Weds next week, I'm doing an online talk with the brilliant Christopher Morrison, about making your shows / interactive gaming experiences more accessible. It's FREE (though you need to sign up to register). There are two iterations - 9:55am and 5:55pm. worldxo.org/how-to-make-...
How to Make Your Event More Accessible — WXO
Join Christopher Morrison (Cirque du Soleil, AAA games, Vita Nova) and Jenifer Toksvig (The Copenhagen Interpretation) for a powerful online session that redefines what accessibility can (and should) ...
worldxo.org
June 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
2nd July, Weds next week, I'm doing an online talk with the brilliant Christopher Morrison, about making your shows / interactive gaming experiences more accessible. It's FREE (though you need to sign up to register). There are two iterations - 9:55am and 5:55pm. worldxo.org/how-to-make-...