Richard Vergette
@dickyv.bsky.social
Touring Born in the USA from 11 September to 19 November. We start at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre on 11 September and Dorchester Arts on 12th September. Full tour details can be found here:-
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For anyone who hasn't seen the magnificent Born in the USA/Leaving Vietnam, here are the links to current and upcoming shows. It's powerful and emotional. It's dramatic, humourous and relevant. Go if you can. It might not be a play you think you want to see, but sometimes, those are the best ones.
Here’s a link to the tour dates and venues this Autumn. www.facebook.com/share/163uZr...
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October 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
For anyone who hasn't seen the magnificent Born in the USA/Leaving Vietnam, here are the links to current and upcoming shows. It's powerful and emotional. It's dramatic, humourous and relevant. Go if you can. It might not be a play you think you want to see, but sometimes, those are the best ones.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Mark Francois
September 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Mark Francois
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Tomorrow Never Dies
September 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Tomorrow Never Dies
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"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children against deadly childhood diseases. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone."
Michael Okuda
Michael Okuda
September 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children against deadly childhood diseases. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone."
Michael Okuda
Michael Okuda
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I’ve never seen so many flags since I visited Belfast in the 1980s and saw what a symbol of unity they were then.
September 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I’ve never seen so many flags since I visited Belfast in the 1980s and saw what a symbol of unity they were then.
@andykjordan.bsky.social
New version of American Justice will receive its first reading through on 14 August at 7 pm at East Riding Theatre.
New version of American Justice will receive its first reading through on 14 August at 7 pm at East Riding Theatre.
August 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
@andykjordan.bsky.social
New version of American Justice will receive its first reading through on 14 August at 7 pm at East Riding Theatre.
New version of American Justice will receive its first reading through on 14 August at 7 pm at East Riding Theatre.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I was a drama teacher for 30 years. A joy of the job was creating a safe space for anxious kids and see them gain in confidence- not as performers but as communicators. Yet I spent years fighting for my subject not to be marginalised in favour of more ‘important’ subjects!
July 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I was a drama teacher for 30 years. A joy of the job was creating a safe space for anxious kids and see them gain in confidence- not as performers but as communicators. Yet I spent years fighting for my subject not to be marginalised in favour of more ‘important’ subjects!
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social what a wonderful performance you gave last night Reece. Great to see you acting out of your skin to a full house. Bravo!!
July 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social what a wonderful performance you gave last night Reece. Great to see you acting out of your skin to a full house. Bravo!!
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social very much looking forward to seeing Through It All Together tomorrow evening. Hope it’s going well!
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social very much looking forward to seeing Through It All Together tomorrow evening. Hope it’s going well!
@mrjamesob.bsky.social my favourite Farage falsehood is the claim to have been the victim of an assassination attempt when his wheel bearing wore out and he didn’t understand the French mechanic because he’d not bothered to learn the language of the country he lived and worked in.
July 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social my favourite Farage falsehood is the claim to have been the victim of an assassination attempt when his wheel bearing wore out and he didn’t understand the French mechanic because he’d not bothered to learn the language of the country he lived and worked in.
@lewisgoodall.com I’m not a customer, I’m a consumer
June 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
@lewisgoodall.com I’m not a customer, I’m a consumer
@lewisgoodall.com your Reform caller brings to mind a comment by Jamie Rubin on #TheExFiles last week. In the old days politicians argued about the facts but they didn’t argue what the facts were. When people are prepared to say that black is white, debate is dead.
June 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
@lewisgoodall.com your Reform caller brings to mind a comment by Jamie Rubin on #TheExFiles last week. In the old days politicians argued about the facts but they didn’t argue what the facts were. When people are prepared to say that black is white, debate is dead.
So Putin’s gone crazy? That was a TV series I must have missed then: “Vladimir Putin, the reasonable years”.
May 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
So Putin’s gone crazy? That was a TV series I must have missed then: “Vladimir Putin, the reasonable years”.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Sophocles (who lived until around 90) said that the end of sexual desire was like being freed from a “mad and savage master”. God bless Barry!!
May 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Sophocles (who lived until around 90) said that the end of sexual desire was like being freed from a “mad and savage master”. God bless Barry!!
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The play ‘Born in the USA’ is on tour. Caught it in Dundee tonight - highly recommended. 75 minutes, single handed, audience captured throughout - well done @dickyv.bsky.social
Richard Vergette (@dickyv.bsky.social)
Touring Born in the USA from 12 April to 15 May before a bigger tour in the Autumn. We start at Lowther Pavilion on 12 April https://lowtherpavilion.co.uk/shows/born-in-the-usa/
dickyv.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The play ‘Born in the USA’ is on tour. Caught it in Dundee tonight - highly recommended. 75 minutes, single handed, audience captured throughout - well done @dickyv.bsky.social
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It may not currently be in Edinburgh, but it's still a terrific piece of theatre from @dickyv.bsky.social
Don't just take my word for it.
northwestend.com/born-in-the-...
Don't just take my word for it.
northwestend.com/born-in-the-...
‘Born in the USA (Leaving Vietnam’ - C Arts (studio), Edinburgh - North West End UK
This engrossing one man show tells the story of Jimmy Vandenburgh, a decorated marine who finds it difficult to come to terms with life after his military service in Vietnam War, and is swayed for a w...
northwestend.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It may not currently be in Edinburgh, but it's still a terrific piece of theatre from @dickyv.bsky.social
Don't just take my word for it.
northwestend.com/born-in-the-...
Don't just take my word for it.
northwestend.com/born-in-the-...
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I CANNOT recommend this one person play Leaving Vietnam by my friend @dickyv.bsky.social enough. It's emotional, powerful and still highly relatable. If you get a chance, please go and see it. You won't regret it. thebrunton.online.red61.co.uk/event/2814:5...
May 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I CANNOT recommend this one person play Leaving Vietnam by my friend @dickyv.bsky.social enough. It's emotional, powerful and still highly relatable. If you get a chance, please go and see it. You won't regret it. thebrunton.online.red61.co.uk/event/2814:5...
Looking forward to showing #BornintheUSA at @thelowtherpavilion.bsky.social on 12 April. Please come and see it!
March 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Looking forward to showing #BornintheUSA at @thelowtherpavilion.bsky.social on 12 April. Please come and see it!
@mrjamesob.bsky.social do you remember when Norwich Union changed its name to Aviva? There was a great promo ad with Ringo Starr, where he asks,
“Would I have become famous if I’d stuck with my old name Richard Starkey?”
Yes! If you were fortunate enough to join a band with Lennon and McCartney!
“Would I have become famous if I’d stuck with my old name Richard Starkey?”
Yes! If you were fortunate enough to join a band with Lennon and McCartney!
March 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social do you remember when Norwich Union changed its name to Aviva? There was a great promo ad with Ringo Starr, where he asks,
“Would I have become famous if I’d stuck with my old name Richard Starkey?”
Yes! If you were fortunate enough to join a band with Lennon and McCartney!
“Would I have become famous if I’d stuck with my old name Richard Starkey?”
Yes! If you were fortunate enough to join a band with Lennon and McCartney!
@jason-watkins.bsky.social welcome! Ridiculous decision regarding McDonald and Dodds. Let’s hope that sense prevails ultimately and the decision is reversed .
January 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
@jason-watkins.bsky.social welcome! Ridiculous decision regarding McDonald and Dodds. Let’s hope that sense prevails ultimately and the decision is reversed .
We’ve had commissions! There have been more Social Care Commissions than have come out of Sandhurst. Families of disabled adults need action, clarity and reassurance now! Talk about kicking the can down the streeting @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
We’ve had commissions! There have been more Social Care Commissions than have come out of Sandhurst. Families of disabled adults need action, clarity and reassurance now! Talk about kicking the can down the streeting @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Got a good haul of reading this Christmas to jeep me out of trouble! @adrianedmondson.bsky.social (who was at the same school as me!) “Beserker”, Mishal Hussein’s “Broken Threads” @mrjamesob.bsky.social “How to be right” and Alan Johnson’s concise biog of Harold Wilson.
December 27, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Got a good haul of reading this Christmas to jeep me out of trouble! @adrianedmondson.bsky.social (who was at the same school as me!) “Beserker”, Mishal Hussein’s “Broken Threads” @mrjamesob.bsky.social “How to be right” and Alan Johnson’s concise biog of Harold Wilson.
@markthomasinfo.bsky.social Hi Mark, my friend Kate Cunio who was at Bretton is coming to see you tonight. I think she’s hoping to grab you afterwards for a chat. Lovely to connect x
November 23, 2024 at 1:04 PM
@markthomasinfo.bsky.social Hi Mark, my friend Kate Cunio who was at Bretton is coming to see you tonight. I think she’s hoping to grab you afterwards for a chat. Lovely to connect x