Brian Coyle
@brianscoyle.bsky.social
Playwright and scriptwriter. Also Mixed Up Theatre.
www.briancoyle.co.uk & www.mixeduptheatre.co.uk
www.briancoyle.co.uk & www.mixeduptheatre.co.uk
You can see an extract from my single-hander LIFEFORCE next week (Thurs 1st) at Canvas and Cream in Forest Hill, London. It's part of "Initial Sketches", an evening of short plays and extracts.
Come along if you fancy seeing some new writing.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/for...
Come along if you fancy seeing some new writing.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/for...
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April 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
You can see an extract from my single-hander LIFEFORCE next week (Thurs 1st) at Canvas and Cream in Forest Hill, London. It's part of "Initial Sketches", an evening of short plays and extracts.
Come along if you fancy seeing some new writing.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/for...
Come along if you fancy seeing some new writing.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/for...
KING OF THE WORLD - a dark comedy for dark times.
If any theatre person is interested in a 60min drama about the impact of hard-man leaders on their subjects let me know, I'll send you the script.
If any theatre person is interested in a 60min drama about the impact of hard-man leaders on their subjects let me know, I'll send you the script.
April 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
KING OF THE WORLD - a dark comedy for dark times.
If any theatre person is interested in a 60min drama about the impact of hard-man leaders on their subjects let me know, I'll send you the script.
If any theatre person is interested in a 60min drama about the impact of hard-man leaders on their subjects let me know, I'll send you the script.
Everyone needs a side-hustle…
April 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Everyone needs a side-hustle…
Pampers and two half bottles of vodka. Who’d be a new parent…
March 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Pampers and two half bottles of vodka. Who’d be a new parent…
Five years since the first lockdown. Here are the twelve monologues I wrote around that time. Filmed on their phone by twelve very fine actors.
www.briancoyle.co.uk/we-will-not-...
www.briancoyle.co.uk/we-will-not-...
We WIll Not Be Silenced Monologues
A series of short monologues about living through the coronavirus pandemic.
www.briancoyle.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Five years since the first lockdown. Here are the twelve monologues I wrote around that time. Filmed on their phone by twelve very fine actors.
www.briancoyle.co.uk/we-will-not-...
www.briancoyle.co.uk/we-will-not-...
Thank you @papatangotc.bsky.social !!
March 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Thank you @papatangotc.bsky.social !!
Just saw The Winter's Tale at the Tobacco Factory Theatre. Terrific production: a fresh take and quite moving. If you're in Bristol or near by I recommend.
tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/the-wi...
tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/the-wi...
The Winter's Tale - Tobacco Factory Theatres
One of William Shakespeare's final plays, The Winter’s Tale fuses comedy, romance and tragedy in this profound story of love, loss and redemption.
tobaccofactorytheatres.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just saw The Winter's Tale at the Tobacco Factory Theatre. Terrific production: a fresh take and quite moving. If you're in Bristol or near by I recommend.
tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/the-wi...
tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/the-wi...
Fascinating in-depth article on the behemoth that is Netflix.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...
www.nplusonemag.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Fascinating in-depth article on the behemoth that is Netflix.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Reposted by Brian Coyle
Announcing the winners of our Earlybird Draw! Joel Wall, Brian Coyle and Chloe Wade are our lucky winners! Congratulations - prizes will be on their way shortly!
#PapatangoStudio #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights
#PapatangoStudio #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights
March 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Announcing the winners of our Earlybird Draw! Joel Wall, Brian Coyle and Chloe Wade are our lucky winners! Congratulations - prizes will be on their way shortly!
#PapatangoStudio #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights
#PapatangoStudio #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights
“I sometimes fear that / people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress.” Michael Rosen
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it? | Zoe Williams
The truth is paralysing. But after JD Vance met the far-right leader Alice Weidel in Germany, it is time to be clear about what we are seeing, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“I sometimes fear that / people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress.” Michael Rosen
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Brian Coyle
Reposted by Brian Coyle
Please sign the petition. One of the absolute places in London. #SaveThePCC
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
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...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Please sign the petition. One of the absolute places in London. #SaveThePCC
My 2024? A bit like waiting for a bus I’ve had no productions on for ages and then two came along this year (THE BOX in London and TIMELESS in Edinburgh).
Many thanks to all the people involved in the productions and everyone who came to see the shows.
Many thanks to all the people involved in the productions and everyone who came to see the shows.
December 24, 2024 at 4:45 PM
My 2024? A bit like waiting for a bus I’ve had no productions on for ages and then two came along this year (THE BOX in London and TIMELESS in Edinburgh).
Many thanks to all the people involved in the productions and everyone who came to see the shows.
Many thanks to all the people involved in the productions and everyone who came to see the shows.
Annual viewing complete. I will never tire of this classic.
December 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Annual viewing complete. I will never tire of this classic.
What was the best new play this year then?
December 20, 2024 at 7:01 PM
What was the best new play this year then?
Reposted by Brian Coyle
Every year I start off wrapping Christmas presents with the greatest of intention to make them look beautiful, but 3 gifts in and they all start looking like something an Evri driver has dropkicked over a neighbour’s hedge into a muddy puddle.
December 18, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Every year I start off wrapping Christmas presents with the greatest of intention to make them look beautiful, but 3 gifts in and they all start looking like something an Evri driver has dropkicked over a neighbour’s hedge into a muddy puddle.
Reposted by Brian Coyle
Reposted by Brian Coyle
Sleigh bells. Are you listening? (Pause) No. Just the sound of boots on snow, dead men’s feet on graveyard gravel. (Pause) I thought that. (Pause) Did you? (Pause) No. (Pause) Shall we build a snowman (Pause) In the meadow? (Pause.) Yes. (Ridiculously long pause) No
Walking In A Pinter Wonderland
Walking In A Pinter Wonderland
December 5, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Sleigh bells. Are you listening? (Pause) No. Just the sound of boots on snow, dead men’s feet on graveyard gravel. (Pause) I thought that. (Pause) Did you? (Pause) No. (Pause) Shall we build a snowman (Pause) In the meadow? (Pause.) Yes. (Ridiculously long pause) No
Walking In A Pinter Wonderland
Walking In A Pinter Wonderland
Don’t miss the brilliant film adaptation of the great August Wilson play #ThePianoLesson on Netflix. Stunning.
November 30, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Don’t miss the brilliant film adaptation of the great August Wilson play #ThePianoLesson on Netflix. Stunning.
Really nice story. Gen Z'er discovers her late father's ten thousand record collection and reviews a sample of them.
“There’s something really beautiful about having physical copies of music...The scratches I can see on the records were scratches that he made"
www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...
“There’s something really beautiful about having physical copies of music...The scratches I can see on the records were scratches that he made"
www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...
Her dead father left her 10,000 records. Sharing them online helped her grieve – and get to know him
Jula began sampling albums from her father’s extensive collection on Instagram. Her ‘listening parties’ connected her with people who shared his passion
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Really nice story. Gen Z'er discovers her late father's ten thousand record collection and reviews a sample of them.
“There’s something really beautiful about having physical copies of music...The scratches I can see on the records were scratches that he made"
www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...
“There’s something really beautiful about having physical copies of music...The scratches I can see on the records were scratches that he made"
www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...
Letizia Battaglia at the Photographers’ Gallery in London. A must see.
November 20, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Letizia Battaglia at the Photographers’ Gallery in London. A must see.
I've finally escaped from the doomverse. Hello!
November 13, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I've finally escaped from the doomverse. Hello!