Kirsty Sedgman
@kirstysedgman.bsky.social
Doctor of Audiences 🎭 🎥 📚 Author of #OnBeingUnreasonable with @FaberBooks: http://bit.ly/unrea. Agent JP Marshall, she/her, opinions: model’s own
my students when I tell them they’re not allowed to use AI to write their essays
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
my students when I tell them they’re not allowed to use AI to write their essays
celebrating a fabulous first day in the archives with a pumpkin cocktail (v on brand after having a pumpkin-pie-filled croissant cube for breakfast)
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
celebrating a fabulous first day in the archives with a pumpkin cocktail (v on brand after having a pumpkin-pie-filled croissant cube for breakfast)
On the plane to NYC to do some archival research for my 5th book. This one is going to be an intellectual history of the development of audience research, going back to the 1920s. Working title: Influence Men
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
On the plane to NYC to do some archival research for my 5th book. This one is going to be an intellectual history of the development of audience research, going back to the 1920s. Working title: Influence Men
Tonight I’m at Leeds Playhouse to host a fun chat for Leeds Festival of Ideas about all things manners with the lovely @williamhanson.bsky.social, the etiquette coach. I’ve come prepared by wearing plenty of pearls, ready to clutch if needed 😮🥰
October 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Tonight I’m at Leeds Playhouse to host a fun chat for Leeds Festival of Ideas about all things manners with the lovely @williamhanson.bsky.social, the etiquette coach. I’ve come prepared by wearing plenty of pearls, ready to clutch if needed 😮🥰
I had the ✨BEST✨ time this week giving the opening lecture for Prada Mode at London Frieze – feat. a compelling immersive installation by @elmgreenanddragset.bsky.social called ‘The Audience’, plus a series of brilliant talks about all things audiences
October 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I had the ✨BEST✨ time this week giving the opening lecture for Prada Mode at London Frieze – feat. a compelling immersive installation by @elmgreenanddragset.bsky.social called ‘The Audience’, plus a series of brilliant talks about all things audiences
special interests
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
special interests
bipolar playlist time
September 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
bipolar playlist time
Clean Slate is currently getting rave reviews at the Fringe following our R&D audience research!
It’s about weaponised incompetence & casts audiences as the hapless boyfriend – and it is BRILLIANT. I got involved because it’s the sharpest, cleverest use of audience participation I’ve ever seen.
It’s about weaponised incompetence & casts audiences as the hapless boyfriend – and it is BRILLIANT. I got involved because it’s the sharpest, cleverest use of audience participation I’ve ever seen.
August 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Clean Slate is currently getting rave reviews at the Fringe following our R&D audience research!
It’s about weaponised incompetence & casts audiences as the hapless boyfriend – and it is BRILLIANT. I got involved because it’s the sharpest, cleverest use of audience participation I’ve ever seen.
It’s about weaponised incompetence & casts audiences as the hapless boyfriend – and it is BRILLIANT. I got involved because it’s the sharpest, cleverest use of audience participation I’ve ever seen.
I’m on Research Leave! 🥰🚦
August 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I’m on Research Leave! 🥰🚦
“This is the life, relaxing with my favourite member of the family” – my sunny seven-year-old Sully 🥰
July 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“This is the life, relaxing with my favourite member of the family” – my sunny seven-year-old Sully 🥰
It’s been a whole year of silence! I’ve got a folder full of these 🤷🏻♀️
July 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It’s been a whole year of silence! I’ve got a folder full of these 🤷🏻♀️
my old pal Truth Sayer is back! hi bbs it’s been ages 🥰
July 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
my old pal Truth Sayer is back! hi bbs it’s been ages 🥰
dedicated to Martin Barker 😢♥️
April 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
dedicated to Martin Barker 😢♥️
NEW BOOK! full draft finished! email sent! hurray!!! 🥳🎉
April 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
NEW BOOK! full draft finished! email sent! hurray!!! 🥳🎉
I left my headphones in my office yesterday, so one of my undergrads made them a bed to sleep in
March 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I left my headphones in my office yesterday, so one of my undergrads made them a bed to sleep in
look at this amazing cross-stitch that one of my first-year students made for me! ✨🌈
February 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
look at this amazing cross-stitch that one of my first-year students made for me! ✨🌈
every historiographer I have ever met: <incoherent screaming>
February 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
every historiographer I have ever met: <incoherent screaming>
February 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Today was LEGO seminar day! Every year I get my 2nd-year undergrads to build a utopian ‘theatre of the future’ – a genuinely *public* space which is radically open & accessible & welcoming for all
January 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today was LEGO seminar day! Every year I get my 2nd-year undergrads to build a utopian ‘theatre of the future’ – a genuinely *public* space which is radically open & accessible & welcoming for all
it’s Book Proofs Time™, so Freya has dragged me out to a bar and put me on lockdown until I’ve finished proofreading
(also managed to lose my glasses, so prescription sunnies are all I’ve got)
(also managed to lose my glasses, so prescription sunnies are all I’ve got)
January 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
it’s Book Proofs Time™, so Freya has dragged me out to a bar and put me on lockdown until I’ve finished proofreading
(also managed to lose my glasses, so prescription sunnies are all I’ve got)
(also managed to lose my glasses, so prescription sunnies are all I’ve got)
godspeed to the person who chose an iced coffee in M&S then made it to the alcohol & thought “nope”
January 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
godspeed to the person who chose an iced coffee in M&S then made it to the alcohol & thought “nope”