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OPEN DOOR is SOLD OUT on Saturday night!

#LGBTQ+ #History #Theatre
Notice on Taunton Brewhouse's webpage. DATE: Saturday 20th September 2025 TIME: 20 hundred hours SOLD OUT
September 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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We're on GWS Radio today, talking all things OPEN DOOR.

A 1950s moment that changed queer history.

Live: 5pm, on 5Drive

Or find us on listen again.

gws-radio.co.uk

#LGBTQ+History #GayPride
GWS radio logo: stylised lower-case letters g,w,s in orange, black and blue.
September 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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OPEN DOOR – Queer Freedom Unlocked

🗓 Saturday 20th September, 8pm

📍Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton

📞 Box office: 01823 283 244

🎟 TIX
www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti...
September 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Dennis is having a bad day & he's making sure everyone knows it.

Rehearsal shot of Danny Laine by Emily Appleton.

OPEN DOOR – Queer Freedom Unlocked

🗓 Saturday 20th September, 8pm

📍Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton

📞 Box office: 01823 283 244

🎟 TIX
www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti...
Dennis, a young man in a 1950s suit, is taking surly to new heights.
September 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Dr Sheldon. Icy & sarky, but maybe she has a warm heart? And a secret?

Rehearsal shot of Joanne Rogers by Emily Appleton

OPEN DOOR

🗓 Saturday 20th September, 8:00pm
📍Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
📞 Box office: 01823 283 244
🎟 TIX

www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti...

#LGBTQ+ #Theatre
Dr Sheldon, icy and sarky, but potentially warm-hearted. She's a 1950s professional in a tweed jacket and stylish green blouse. And she looks like she's getting ready to put someone in their place.
September 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Robert Reid. Queer activist, lost to time.

🗓 Saturday 20th September, 8:00 pm
📍Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
📞 Box office: 01823 283 244

www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti...
September 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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1954. On a dark February night, a young gay lad catches a train... and changes the life of every queer person in the UK.

OPEN DOOR is coming to Taunton Brewhouse!

TIX: www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti...

#LGBTQ+History #Theatre #Playwriting
August 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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We are casting!

#TheatreSky #LGBTQ+Pride
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Photo of a green-tiled corridor, with a barred gate opening onto daylight. Titles: Open Door – Queer freedom unlocked. Below that, the logo for Critical Moment Theatre: on a red background, the white shape of a figure about to cross a line. OPEN DOOR CASTING CALL OUT We are casting for a rehearsed reading of a brand new play inspired by true events. ‘Open Door’ by Martin Malcolm uncovers the roots of gay liberation in the rural South West and an unlikely activist who opened the way to the more free and equal society we know today. We are casting the following roles: DR JEAN SHELDON female, thirties, steely RUBY CALTON female, early twenties, nervous but determined DENNIS REECE male, early twenties, shifty The setting is Wells, Somerset 1954 (with a story connecting Exeter to Taunton) DATES: APPLY BY: Monday 23rd June AUDITION: Tuesday 1st July (Afternoon) REHEARSALS: Tuesday 15th July 10-6pm Exeter Thursday 17th July 10-6pm Exeter Friday 18th July 10-6pm Exeter PERFORMANCE DAYS: Saturday 19th July 10-6pm Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Saturday 20th September - Brewhouse, Taunton FEE: £150 per day, including performance days, i.e. £750 in total. (please note while some travel costs can be covered we are looking for actors with a Devon/Cornwall/Somerset base) We’re open to diverse and inclusive casting and will be delighted to receive applications from global majority, LGBTQ+ and non-binary performers. TO APPLY: Please send your CV/Spotlight link with a short cover email detailing which role you would like to be considered for and your connection to the South West. Email: criticalmomenttheatre@gmail.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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On the trail of a long-lost gay activist...

We're sending one of our #playwrights to Wells Pride to tell the story of our new show Open Door!

Hit the link to join us. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

14 June, Wells Town Hall, Somerset

#LGBTQ+Pride

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Promo image for Open Door. The strapline reads 'Queer freedom unlocked'. The image shows a shadowy green-tiled corridor, with a barred door open to the light of day. Critical Moment Theatre's logo - a figure about to cross a line, white on a red background - is at the bottom of the image.
June 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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'Not the courts, not the state. We decide our own fate.'

Solidarity, respect & love to our trans brothers & sisters at today's Trans action in a packed Parliament Square.

#NoLGBWithoutTheT #TransRightsAreHumanRights
The pink-white-and-light-blue Trans Pride flag flutters in the breeze above a packed protest, with Westminster Abbey in the background.
April 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The Transgender Pride Flag, with stripes (from the top) in light blue, pink, white, pink and lightblue.
April 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Meet Milo, our resident dramaturg.

He listens attentively & with calm intelligence.

Costing us a bomb in raspberries, but he's worth it.

#TheatreSky #Playwriting #Playwrights
Milo, a grey squirrel with intelligent eyes, listens attentively while nibbling on a raspberry.
March 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Our first budget line, always this helpful reminder.

#TheatreSky
Top corner of a budget spreadsheet. Under 'Artistic/Creative Costs' the first entry reads (in red): 'DON'T BE AFRAID!'
March 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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It's Arts Council England* application time again!

#TheatreSky

* For those who have never seen it, Grantium is their online portal, designed by Franz Kafka.
A round china money box, labelled "Grantium's Swear Box"
January 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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This is us #theatresky !
November 22, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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Hello #theatresky we're celebrating being here with a big smile from our sponsor!
A broadly smiling mask of the theatre god Dionysus as a satyr. All glowing greens, with a dazzlingly direct stare.
November 18, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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Lights on the wall, making us dream of the dazzly new set we're gonna have for our next-year's show...

#TheatreSky #ScriptSky
Specks of blurry light on a plain wall (in real life, the wall is white but it has taken on a blue tinge in this shot.
November 30, 2023 at 3:33 PM
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The tiny silver acorn we like to keep around.

To remind us (and anyone else who needs to know) that plays can take a loooooooooong time to grow.

#TheatreSky #ScriptSky #Consolation
A tiny silver acorn sits consolingly on a page of script.
November 24, 2023 at 1:14 PM
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Hello Bluesky!

There's a line. A line you should not, could not, must not cross. A step you should not, could not, must not take.

But what if you did?

We're Critical Moment Theatre and we tell urgent stories from here & now.

Check out our sparkly new website for more!

www.criticalmoment.co.uk
Urgent stories from here and now.
November 14, 2023 at 1:00 PM