andrew allen
@mygrayne.bsky.social
Writer, director, actor, creative coach, list maker. Credits include ONE WOMAN ALIEN, YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER, FOUR PLAY, THE CITY OF DR MOREAU, THE HAUNTING OF GABRIEL CHASE
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The weather outside is frightful* but our six new plays are delightful!!
Join us at the Cast Iron Short Play Night November Edition - tonight at 7.30 at Presuming Ed!
*it’s not frightful at all actually we quite like the snow
Book via the CAST IRON button in the linktree above 👆🏼
The weather outside is frightful* but our six new plays are delightful!!
Join us at the Cast Iron Short Play Night November Edition - tonight at 7.30 at Presuming Ed!
*it’s not frightful at all actually we quite like the snow
Book via the CAST IRON button in the linktree above 👆🏼
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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The weather outside is frightful* but our six new plays are delightful!!
Join us at the Cast Iron Short Play Night November Edition - tonight at 7.30 at Presuming Ed!
*it’s not frightful at all actually we quite like the snow
Book via the CAST IRON button in the linktree above 👆🏼
The weather outside is frightful* but our six new plays are delightful!!
Join us at the Cast Iron Short Play Night November Edition - tonight at 7.30 at Presuming Ed!
*it’s not frightful at all actually we quite like the snow
Book via the CAST IRON button in the linktree above 👆🏼
Every Christmas, the city of Brighton & Hove come together to celebrate the 1974 Doctor Who story ‘Planet Of The Spiders’
November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Every Christmas, the city of Brighton & Hove come together to celebrate the 1974 Doctor Who story ‘Planet Of The Spiders’
TONIGHT!
CREATING CHARACTER & STORY: ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Improv, devising, script work and more!
£17 per session | £55 for all four
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/acting-cla...
CREATING CHARACTER & STORY: ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Improv, devising, script work and more!
£17 per session | £55 for all four
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/acting-cla...
Acting Class: Creating Character & Story
Discover ways to help you build authentic characters, shape original scenes, and deepen your connection with text.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
TONIGHT!
CREATING CHARACTER & STORY: ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Improv, devising, script work and more!
£17 per session | £55 for all four
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/acting-cla...
CREATING CHARACTER & STORY: ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Improv, devising, script work and more!
£17 per session | £55 for all four
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/acting-cla...
The Running Man:
Proper old fashioned style pulpy fiction actioner. Lots of Easter Eggs in one scene - the names of Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Stephen King himself and more all invoked.
Proper old fashioned style pulpy fiction actioner. Lots of Easter Eggs in one scene - the names of Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Stephen King himself and more all invoked.
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The Running Man:
Proper old fashioned style pulpy fiction actioner. Lots of Easter Eggs in one scene - the names of Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Stephen King himself and more all invoked.
Proper old fashioned style pulpy fiction actioner. Lots of Easter Eggs in one scene - the names of Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Stephen King himself and more all invoked.
Meet the playwrights of this Wednesday’s SHORT PLAY NIGHT from Cast Iron Theatre at @prezedbrighton!
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Meet the playwrights of this Wednesday’s SHORT PLAY NIGHT from Cast Iron Theatre at @prezedbrighton!
If Chat GPT assumed human form
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If Chat GPT assumed human form
Meet the playwrights of the next CAST IRON SHORT PLAY NIGHT at @prezedbrighton!
Dave Carley’s stage & radio plays have had over 500 productions across Canada, the United States, and around the world.
Book your tickets via the CAST IRON button in the Linktree above 👆🏼
Dave Carley’s stage & radio plays have had over 500 productions across Canada, the United States, and around the world.
Book your tickets via the CAST IRON button in the Linktree above 👆🏼
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Meet the playwrights of the next CAST IRON SHORT PLAY NIGHT at @prezedbrighton!
Dave Carley’s stage & radio plays have had over 500 productions across Canada, the United States, and around the world.
Book your tickets via the CAST IRON button in the Linktree above 👆🏼
Dave Carley’s stage & radio plays have had over 500 productions across Canada, the United States, and around the world.
Book your tickets via the CAST IRON button in the Linktree above 👆🏼
Virtual Writers' Spaces happen 10 times every single week!
Grab a ticket via the ‘Virtual Writers Space’ button in the LinkTree above 👆🏼for just £3 to drop in - use the code FREE1 at your first session to get a free taster!
Grab a ticket via the ‘Virtual Writers Space’ button in the LinkTree above 👆🏼for just £3 to drop in - use the code FREE1 at your first session to get a free taster!
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Virtual Writers' Spaces happen 10 times every single week!
Grab a ticket via the ‘Virtual Writers Space’ button in the LinkTree above 👆🏼for just £3 to drop in - use the code FREE1 at your first session to get a free taster!
Grab a ticket via the ‘Virtual Writers Space’ button in the LinkTree above 👆🏼for just £3 to drop in - use the code FREE1 at your first session to get a free taster!
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Strange Horizons is open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors!
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If you submitted in April or June, you CANNOT submit.
#fiction #shortstories #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi
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Fiction Submission Guidelines
How to submit a story to Strange Horizons.
strangehorizons.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Strange Horizons is open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors!
The window will close after 500 stories are received.
More information: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
If you submitted in April or June, you CANNOT submit.
#fiction #shortstories #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi
The window will close after 500 stories are received.
More information: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
If you submitted in April or June, you CANNOT submit.
#fiction #shortstories #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi
Watching the Matthew Sweet conversation with Louise Jameson on the season 15 box set and as always slightly awed by her fierce, understated intellect. Always subtle, never showy, effortlessly clever. She might be one of the smartest people to play a companion in over 50 years of the show.
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Watching the Matthew Sweet conversation with Louise Jameson on the season 15 box set and as always slightly awed by her fierce, understated intellect. Always subtle, never showy, effortlessly clever. She might be one of the smartest people to play a companion in over 50 years of the show.
Starts on Tuesday!
Book any one session for £17 or all four for just £55!
CREATING STORY & CHARACTER
New ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Find the link in ‘ACTING CLASS’ via the Cast Iron Theatre button in my linktree above 👆🏼
Book any one session for £17 or all four for just £55!
CREATING STORY & CHARACTER
New ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Find the link in ‘ACTING CLASS’ via the Cast Iron Theatre button in my linktree above 👆🏼
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Starts on Tuesday!
Book any one session for £17 or all four for just £55!
CREATING STORY & CHARACTER
New ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Find the link in ‘ACTING CLASS’ via the Cast Iron Theatre button in my linktree above 👆🏼
Book any one session for £17 or all four for just £55!
CREATING STORY & CHARACTER
New ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Find the link in ‘ACTING CLASS’ via the Cast Iron Theatre button in my linktree above 👆🏼
Meet the writers at next weeks Cast Iron Short Play Night!
Nicole Donne is a writer, photographer, filmmaker and comedian based in Brighton & Hove, UK.
Book your tickets via the CAST IRON button in the linktree in the bio above 👆🏼
Nicole Donne is a writer, photographer, filmmaker and comedian based in Brighton & Hove, UK.
Book your tickets via the CAST IRON button in the linktree in the bio above 👆🏼
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Meet the writers at next weeks Cast Iron Short Play Night!
Nicole Donne is a writer, photographer, filmmaker and comedian based in Brighton & Hove, UK.
Book your tickets via the CAST IRON button in the linktree in the bio above 👆🏼
Nicole Donne is a writer, photographer, filmmaker and comedian based in Brighton & Hove, UK.
Book your tickets via the CAST IRON button in the linktree in the bio above 👆🏼
New plug and play meme for 90% of whatever’s happening this week just dropped
Holy shit this made laugh XD
LOL, Robert Downey Jr.’s assessment of Wall Street bros. 🎯
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
New plug and play meme for 90% of whatever’s happening this week just dropped
Meet the actors appearing in next weeks Short Play Night!
Patrik Tarin is a Hungarian Actor and Musician fresh from the Isle of Wight. Trained at the University of
Chichester (2024), he has starred in various theatre, tv and immersive works and even has written and performed his own theatre shows.
Patrik Tarin is a Hungarian Actor and Musician fresh from the Isle of Wight. Trained at the University of
Chichester (2024), he has starred in various theatre, tv and immersive works and even has written and performed his own theatre shows.
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Meet the actors appearing in next weeks Short Play Night!
Patrik Tarin is a Hungarian Actor and Musician fresh from the Isle of Wight. Trained at the University of
Chichester (2024), he has starred in various theatre, tv and immersive works and even has written and performed his own theatre shows.
Patrik Tarin is a Hungarian Actor and Musician fresh from the Isle of Wight. Trained at the University of
Chichester (2024), he has starred in various theatre, tv and immersive works and even has written and performed his own theatre shows.
Still time to book for my new ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Improv, devising, script work and more!
£17 per session or £55 for all four!
Find the link in ‘ACTING CLASS’ via the Cast Iron Theatre button in my linktree above 👆🏼
Improv, devising, script work and more!
£17 per session or £55 for all four!
Find the link in ‘ACTING CLASS’ via the Cast Iron Theatre button in my linktree above 👆🏼
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Still time to book for my new ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Improv, devising, script work and more!
£17 per session or £55 for all four!
Find the link in ‘ACTING CLASS’ via the Cast Iron Theatre button in my linktree above 👆🏼
Improv, devising, script work and more!
£17 per session or £55 for all four!
Find the link in ‘ACTING CLASS’ via the Cast Iron Theatre button in my linktree above 👆🏼
Meet the actors appearing in next weeks Short Play Night!
Mary Gwynn is an actor local to Brighton who graduated the Rose Bruford Foundation course in 2023. She has recently been in a number of productions and short films and has written her own film.
Mary Gwynn is an actor local to Brighton who graduated the Rose Bruford Foundation course in 2023. She has recently been in a number of productions and short films and has written her own film.
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Meet the actors appearing in next weeks Short Play Night!
Mary Gwynn is an actor local to Brighton who graduated the Rose Bruford Foundation course in 2023. She has recently been in a number of productions and short films and has written her own film.
Mary Gwynn is an actor local to Brighton who graduated the Rose Bruford Foundation course in 2023. She has recently been in a number of productions and short films and has written her own film.
If you were commissioned to write a movie set in the town or city in which you currently live, what’s the location of the final set piece, and what’s happening in it?
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If you were commissioned to write a movie set in the town or city in which you currently live, what’s the location of the final set piece, and what’s happening in it?
Meet the playwrights of next weeks Cast Iron Short Play Night at Presuming Ed!
Maripat Allen has had full length, one-act, and ten-minute plays produced in
thirteen states, three countries, in various virtual festivals, and a podcast.
Maripat Allen has had full length, one-act, and ten-minute plays produced in
thirteen states, three countries, in various virtual festivals, and a podcast.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Meet the playwrights of next weeks Cast Iron Short Play Night at Presuming Ed!
Maripat Allen has had full length, one-act, and ten-minute plays produced in
thirteen states, three countries, in various virtual festivals, and a podcast.
Maripat Allen has had full length, one-act, and ten-minute plays produced in
thirteen states, three countries, in various virtual festivals, and a podcast.
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
What an absolutely insane year Joe Wilkinson has had
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
What an absolutely insane year Joe Wilkinson has had
Apparently the new discourse today is that Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a ‘terrible’ film and I’d just like to acknowledge that’s the first time I’ve heard that take, having previously assumed up until now that we all knew it was unparalleled genius
a gremlin in a suit and hat is surrounded by confetti and lights
ALT: a gremlin in a suit and hat is surrounded by confetti and lights
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November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Apparently the new discourse today is that Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a ‘terrible’ film and I’d just like to acknowledge that’s the first time I’ve heard that take, having previously assumed up until now that we all knew it was unparalleled genius
Just a few days left to book for my new ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Improv, devising, script work and more!
Find the link here. £17 per session, or £55 for all four.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/andrew-all...
Improv, devising, script work and more!
Find the link here. £17 per session, or £55 for all four.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/andrew-all...
Andrew Allen | Cast Iron Theatre
Andrew Allen is the co-founder of Ironclad Creative and Cast Iron Theatre. He writes, directs and acts, and is the founder of Confidence In Communication.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Just a few days left to book for my new ACTING CLASS coming to HOVE on the 18th and 19th November, then 9th and 16th December.
Improv, devising, script work and more!
Find the link here. £17 per session, or £55 for all four.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/andrew-all...
Improv, devising, script work and more!
Find the link here. £17 per session, or £55 for all four.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/andrew-all...
Meet the actors performing at our next CAST IRON SHORT PLAY NIGHT!
Mary Rees performed in the Brighton Festival, in an improvised piece with Operation Antler. It was applauded by The Stage and The Guardian. She has also performed in many online plays on YouTube and a few local ones.
Mary Rees performed in the Brighton Festival, in an improvised piece with Operation Antler. It was applauded by The Stage and The Guardian. She has also performed in many online plays on YouTube and a few local ones.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Meet the actors performing at our next CAST IRON SHORT PLAY NIGHT!
Mary Rees performed in the Brighton Festival, in an improvised piece with Operation Antler. It was applauded by The Stage and The Guardian. She has also performed in many online plays on YouTube and a few local ones.
Mary Rees performed in the Brighton Festival, in an improvised piece with Operation Antler. It was applauded by The Stage and The Guardian. She has also performed in many online plays on YouTube and a few local ones.
BOOKING NOW OPEN for the November Short Play Night! 6 brand new plays, performed in the heart of Brighton!
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November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
BOOKING NOW OPEN for the November Short Play Night! 6 brand new plays, performed in the heart of Brighton!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cast-iron-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cast-iron-...
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(This is the opening of THE HAUNTING OF GABRIEL CHASE)
(This is the opening of THE HAUNTING OF GABRIEL CHASE)
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(This is the opening of THE HAUNTING OF GABRIEL CHASE)
(This is the opening of THE HAUNTING OF GABRIEL CHASE)