Jack MacGregor
@jmacr.bsky.social
playwright, director, highlander / messages from the deep (he/they)
represented by Brennan Artists
represented by Brennan Artists
10 lbs down! Feeling pretty good, making consistent progress, slow and steady.
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
10 lbs down! Feeling pretty good, making consistent progress, slow and steady.
nothing major happening, but i got a new jacket
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
nothing major happening, but i got a new jacket
What a way to celebrate turning the big 29! 🥳
October 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
What a way to celebrate turning the big 29! 🥳
A huge honour to help carry the Taiko Dai at the autumn festivals in Sangawa and Mishima. Unusual for foreigners to carry these, had to be vouched for in order to wear a hoppi and shoulder it. Extremely hard work but so much fun. A properly unique experience to carry these gods to their shrines.
October 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
A huge honour to help carry the Taiko Dai at the autumn festivals in Sangawa and Mishima. Unusual for foreigners to carry these, had to be vouched for in order to wear a hoppi and shoulder it. Extremely hard work but so much fun. A properly unique experience to carry these gods to their shrines.
Hiroshima today with some very well travelled theatre merch: common tongue shirt, ppp bag x
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Hiroshima today with some very well travelled theatre merch: common tongue shirt, ppp bag x
Postcard from Hiroshima.
October 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Postcard from Hiroshima.
a beautiful night with beautiful people, celebrating Isla and Patrick, the happy couple 💛
October 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
a beautiful night with beautiful people, celebrating Isla and Patrick, the happy couple 💛
Lost 5lbs! Great to see more progress.
October 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Lost 5lbs! Great to see more progress.
evidence submitted: my love of theatre burns bright. it lights up my wee world. love little shows and being with my friends.
October 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
evidence submitted: my love of theatre burns bright. it lights up my wee world. love little shows and being with my friends.
how lifes been feeling recently
September 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
how lifes been feeling recently
On Saturday we closed OUR BROTHER after a really brilliant run. Thanks to everyone who came to support us, we've had a tremendous response and hopefully it won't be the last time. Don't be a Stranger.
September 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
On Saturday we closed OUR BROTHER after a really brilliant run. Thanks to everyone who came to support us, we've had a tremendous response and hopefully it won't be the last time. Don't be a Stranger.
Loosely inspired by the true story of the Scottish academic Malcolm Caldwell and his fateful trip to Cambodia at the invitation of the Khmer Rouge. OUR BROTHER is an intense political drama about the price of utopia and the language of denial.
September 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Loosely inspired by the true story of the Scottish academic Malcolm Caldwell and his fateful trip to Cambodia at the invitation of the Khmer Rouge. OUR BROTHER is an intense political drama about the price of utopia and the language of denial.
My new play OUR BROTHER opens tomorrow for a week at the Oran Mor and then runs from the 16th to 20th at the @traversetheatre.bsky.social as part of the autumn season of @playpiepint.bsky.social
I would love to see you there. Come up to me and chat. Would be so great to see some friendly faces.
I would love to see you there. Come up to me and chat. Would be so great to see some friendly faces.
September 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My new play OUR BROTHER opens tomorrow for a week at the Oran Mor and then runs from the 16th to 20th at the @traversetheatre.bsky.social as part of the autumn season of @playpiepint.bsky.social
I would love to see you there. Come up to me and chat. Would be so great to see some friendly faces.
I would love to see you there. Come up to me and chat. Would be so great to see some friendly faces.
The amazing Nicole Cooper doing a stage test for Our Brother.
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The amazing Nicole Cooper doing a stage test for Our Brother.
Remembering a recent stay in Thurso when I popped down to the Dounreay office and saw they had kids doing drawings of the evil boston dynamics robots they have given the name "spot" a lovely bit of dystopia
August 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Remembering a recent stay in Thurso when I popped down to the Dounreay office and saw they had kids doing drawings of the evil boston dynamics robots they have given the name "spot" a lovely bit of dystopia
Spent a few days in the room earlier this week developing and rehearsing my new play Our Brother. The team around me are amazing. It's such an honour and a privilege to make new plays. We're on at Oran Mor w/b 8th September and Traverse from the 16th - 20th as part of @playpiepint.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Spent a few days in the room earlier this week developing and rehearsing my new play Our Brother. The team around me are amazing. It's such an honour and a privilege to make new plays. We're on at Oran Mor w/b 8th September and Traverse from the 16th - 20th as part of @playpiepint.bsky.social
A grand day out in the People's Republic of East Glasgow!
August 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A grand day out in the People's Republic of East Glasgow!
Day One of the Edinburgh Fringe.
July 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Day One of the Edinburgh Fringe.
It was a super productive, positive experience. Our sharing went so well. This script has been with me for a long time and this R&D has made it feel like it's all possible. It's all really exciting.
Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. In partnership with Eden Court Highland
Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. In partnership with Eden Court Highland
July 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It was a super productive, positive experience. Our sharing went so well. This script has been with me for a long time and this R&D has made it feel like it's all possible. It's all really exciting.
Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. In partnership with Eden Court Highland
Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. In partnership with Eden Court Highland
Simply the most amazing week in Inverness up at Eden Court Theatre developing Graft [A NC500 Play]. Me and this incredible core team worked to make action, resilience, and hope - and we made it happen in the north of Scotland. Now to look ahead to the next steps...
July 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Simply the most amazing week in Inverness up at Eden Court Theatre developing Graft [A NC500 Play]. Me and this incredible core team worked to make action, resilience, and hope - and we made it happen in the north of Scotland. Now to look ahead to the next steps...
'What is the price of utopia? Would you kill for it? Would you die for it?'
Proud to say my new play OUR BROTHER is going to be at the Oran Mor and @traversetheatre.bsky.social as part of the autumn season of A Play, a Pie, and a Pint.
Tickets - playpiepint.com/our-brother/
Proud to say my new play OUR BROTHER is going to be at the Oran Mor and @traversetheatre.bsky.social as part of the autumn season of A Play, a Pie, and a Pint.
Tickets - playpiepint.com/our-brother/
July 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
'What is the price of utopia? Would you kill for it? Would you die for it?'
Proud to say my new play OUR BROTHER is going to be at the Oran Mor and @traversetheatre.bsky.social as part of the autumn season of A Play, a Pie, and a Pint.
Tickets - playpiepint.com/our-brother/
Proud to say my new play OUR BROTHER is going to be at the Oran Mor and @traversetheatre.bsky.social as part of the autumn season of A Play, a Pie, and a Pint.
Tickets - playpiepint.com/our-brother/
Next week I will be developing Graft [A North Coast 500 Play] at Eden Court Theatre for a whole week. This piece began with a project at Inverness Prison, and was platformed at Summerhall Surgeries, @trontheatre.bsky.social Outside Eyes, and Feis Ros Highland art collective "We Have Questions" ... 👁️
July 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Next week I will be developing Graft [A North Coast 500 Play] at Eden Court Theatre for a whole week. This piece began with a project at Inverness Prison, and was platformed at Summerhall Surgeries, @trontheatre.bsky.social Outside Eyes, and Feis Ros Highland art collective "We Have Questions" ... 👁️
Huge bit of news. Taking part in BBC Writers Scotland has been such a big step forward for my TV writing. I'm really excited for the next bit... hopefully getting my pilots developed into something real!
July 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Huge bit of news. Taking part in BBC Writers Scotland has been such a big step forward for my TV writing. I'm really excited for the next bit... hopefully getting my pilots developed into something real!
Quick aside on 28 Weeks, the lack of political nuance hurts these films. Why was Idris Elba, the NATO commander in Weeks, an American? Surely the liberation/resettlement of Britain would British led, if only symbolically with the bulk being American forces? Compare / contrast with Major West in Days
July 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Quick aside on 28 Weeks, the lack of political nuance hurts these films. Why was Idris Elba, the NATO commander in Weeks, an American? Surely the liberation/resettlement of Britain would British led, if only symbolically with the bulk being American forces? Compare / contrast with Major West in Days
While I enjoyed 28 Years Later they really missed a trick with Ireland. First of all - definitely not a part of Britain so the fact it's unconditionally quarantined is a pretty bad oversight. Second, having the British govt function in Northern Ireland in a sort of exile would be really interesting
July 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
While I enjoyed 28 Years Later they really missed a trick with Ireland. First of all - definitely not a part of Britain so the fact it's unconditionally quarantined is a pretty bad oversight. Second, having the British govt function in Northern Ireland in a sort of exile would be really interesting