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daneka etchells
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actor-writer-crip🎗️ full time gobshite
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a tale of two halves
screenshot from the northwich and winsford guardian facebook page advertising The Grange Theatre’s production of Macbeth, with a comment underneath from Mark Peter Ullyott saying “still getting the woke version. not after the next election. how longs that, if this government lasts that long” screenshot from google showing two headlines from 2014 in the northwich guardian. the first one reads: “winsford man appears in court on drugs charges. mark ullyott 51 appeared before crewe magistrates on thursday july 17th”. the second one reads: “winsford police uncover large cannabis operation. 51 year old mark allyott was arrested at the scene and since been charged with production of a controlled class b drug illegally”
September 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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never fear folk… i’m amidst draft one of yet another unhinged play. alas bed bitch isn’t a one-off. firmly in my unsettling satire era.
screengrab from the tv show “severance”. Mr Drummond, a large, tall, broad bearded White man looks earnestly at someone across a table. Subtitle below him reads: “and the work is mysterious and important.”
April 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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me doing my 24/25 self assessment today
screenshot from simpsons. ned flanders wearing a dickensian sleep hat and matching pyjamas in a horrid shade of turquoise sits up in bed, nighttime outside the window, and says “ooh january 1st. better get going on those taxes neddy”
April 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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was feeling sad but all i needed was a week at home and cuddles from my boy x
bruno - a nearly 8 year old beige fawn pug stares directly at the camera. his little black velvet ears and floppy and his fur is all soft and teddy bear like cos he’s just been bathed. he’s a handsome regal boy. got a little grey chin now cos he’s middle aged.
March 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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screengrab from the Simpsons. the one episode wonder Duff Zero guy shutting up shop outside the shut down Duff factory, putting a sign up on the gate that reads “OUT OF BUSINESS” as he turns around, full suit and tie, saying “well, that’s the end of me”
February 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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christmas bath for the stinky boy
bruno the pug masquerading as a drowned rat. his beige fur is drenched and it looks like 90s boyband gel tips. he looks curiously into the camera with his good eye.
December 25, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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is that Brassed Off i spy!?!?

Top 50 of the year baby!!! regional mid scale can do it too!! 🎺❤️⛏️
Brassed Off THEATRE BY THE LAKE, KESWICK, THEATRE BY THE LAKE, KESWICK, OCTAGON THEATRE, BOLTON, STEPHEN JOSEPH THEATRE, SCARBOROUGH Filtering the events of the 1980s miners’ strike through the lens of Paul Allen’s stage adaptation of the 1996 film of the same name, this Liz Stevenson-directed revival hit a still-resonant note for 2024, landing as it did in the immediate wake of the summer’s general election, with its timeless tale of dignity, survival and escape through music amid bleak economic circumstances. Beautifully staged on Simon Kenny’s assault course of broken pitworks, and with musical director Matthew Malone bringing members of the Penrith Town Band’s brass playing to life, the excellent ensemble hit every emotional note of this heart-wrenching but highly entertaining story to perfection. David Pollock
December 18, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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the Brassed Off team we are nominated for two categories!! best regional production and best MD - for the incomparable Matthew Malone!

thank you to everyone who voted. we are proving that high quality impactful work exists and thrives outside of the capital. thank you!!!
whatsonstage award nominations for the WOS awards. best regional production. 42 balloons at the lowry, the artist at TRP, becoming nancy at birmingham rep, dear evan hansen at nottingham playhouse, oliver at chichester… and the piece de resistance…. BRASSED OFF AT TBTL/SJT/Octagon!!!! whatsonstage award nominations for the WOS awards. best musical direction or musical supervisor. mark aspinall and dan turek for fiddler on the roof, niraj chag and simon baker for the buddha of suburbia, darren clark and mark aspinall for the curious case of benjamin button, alastair macrae for macbeth, liam robinson and tarek merchant for hadestown… and matthew malone for Brassed Off!!!
December 5, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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bracing myself for my rehearsed reading today
screengrab from Arthur - the 90s animated sitcom - the subtitle reads “no one understand my art” as a character looks into the lens of the camera and The Brain walks away from her.
November 26, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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knee deep in this redraft of this ahead of our industry sharing next week.

frequently typing, stopping to reckon with becoming disgusted/aghast by my own unhinged creation.
poster for bed bitch by daneka etchells. an image of a quintessential vintage depiction of a palatable woman who definitely bakes cookies for her a kids and is slowly poisoning her husband, is imprinted into a black and white urban crosswalk. the play title bed bitch slap bang in the middle in large bold capital red font. logos on the bottom read: supported by arts council england, HOME and developed with support from sheffield theatres.
November 20, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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it takes unfathomable endless waiting times to get any sort of support as a disabled or sick person.

but the proposed legislation Assisted Dying Bill will gives people 2 weeks access to AS.
A digital drawing by Jess Thom. Text in the top right corner reads: A Comparison of Waiting Times for Disability Support and Assisted Suicide. Based on previously proposed legislation, personal experience and data - November 2024. At the top of the image is a black silhouette of a wheelchair user a black line reaches from them to different types of support in order of how long the wait is likely to be. Each has a black symbol on a yellow background to reflect the text. Text includes: Assisted Suicide - 2 weeks, Mental Health Services - 3 months, Personal Independence Payment - 5 months, Access To Work - 8 months, social care -11 months, wheelchair - 1 year, pain specialist - 2 years and accessible housing - 47 years.
November 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM
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everything’s really great right now
kate moss standing in the river thames in a green sparkly dress holding an empty champagne flute in her left hand and smoking a cigarette with her right
November 18, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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untreated endo caused irreversible permanent damage to my organs and now i’ll forever be a Sore Tummy Girly
mona from nanalan (a green puppet) lies down on a couch, hands next to her like a frozen corpse, eyes vacant like she’s heard the devils secrets, under a knitted orange blanket.
November 14, 2024 at 9:28 PM