Samuel Macdonald
@samuelmacdonald.bsky.social
Composer | Lyricist | Musical Director
One of them theys they're doing now
One of them theys they're doing now
Ah it's Edinburgh Fringe Recommendation Week, where reviewers who spend one weekend in Edinburgh each year declare which bits of as-yet-unproduced theatre are worth seeing based on which PR agents have emailed them. Feels like it gets sooner every year!
July 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Ah it's Edinburgh Fringe Recommendation Week, where reviewers who spend one weekend in Edinburgh each year declare which bits of as-yet-unproduced theatre are worth seeing based on which PR agents have emailed them. Feels like it gets sooner every year!
To the AI telling me to change "someone I actually like" to "someone I like" for conciseness - fuck you, words mean things
May 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
To the AI telling me to change "someone I actually like" to "someone I like" for conciseness - fuck you, words mean things
The true believers of the transphobic movement are obviously beneath contempt, but it's the Sensible Centrists who seem to have outsourced their morality to a bunch of old folks in wigs who really boil my biologically male piss
April 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The true believers of the transphobic movement are obviously beneath contempt, but it's the Sensible Centrists who seem to have outsourced their morality to a bunch of old folks in wigs who really boil my biologically male piss
In 2013 we had 2 Popes, which was very rare. In 2022, after 9 years we dropped down to 1. Three years later we are at zero. Extrapolating the trend we should be on negative Popes by 2026
April 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In 2013 we had 2 Popes, which was very rare. In 2022, after 9 years we dropped down to 1. Three years later we are at zero. Extrapolating the trend we should be on negative Popes by 2026
>be british
>finally vote out the right wing party that has ruled us for decades
>more austerity, more support for genocide, disability benefits slashed, and trans people can't use the toilet anymore
>celebrate all the damage we limited
>finally vote out the right wing party that has ruled us for decades
>more austerity, more support for genocide, disability benefits slashed, and trans people can't use the toilet anymore
>celebrate all the damage we limited
Asked if Keir Starmer still believes that a trans woman is a woman, his spokesman replies "no".
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
April 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
>be british
>finally vote out the right wing party that has ruled us for decades
>more austerity, more support for genocide, disability benefits slashed, and trans people can't use the toilet anymore
>celebrate all the damage we limited
>finally vote out the right wing party that has ruled us for decades
>more austerity, more support for genocide, disability benefits slashed, and trans people can't use the toilet anymore
>celebrate all the damage we limited
If one of the consequences of your ruling is that lesbians are not allowed to be attracted to trans women, I think it's pretty clear that there are some flaws
April 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
If one of the consequences of your ruling is that lesbians are not allowed to be attracted to trans women, I think it's pretty clear that there are some flaws
Good thing we voted for the lesser evil, I'm sure they'll leap to stop the legal destruction of trans identity, right?
April 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Good thing we voted for the lesser evil, I'm sure they'll leap to stop the legal destruction of trans identity, right?
Reposted by Samuel Macdonald
Dream team for my workshop of #WildfireSeason at Edinburgh Festival Theatre Studio.
April 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Dream team for my workshop of #WildfireSeason at Edinburgh Festival Theatre Studio.
I'm not really a concert person, but I made my first attempt to buy tickets today (for Chappell of course) and oh boy it really does suck doesn't it
April 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I'm not really a concert person, but I made my first attempt to buy tickets today (for Chappell of course) and oh boy it really does suck doesn't it
It's fascinating that people who've made their whole personality about hating trans people turn out to all be great enthusiasts for women's pool
April 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It's fascinating that people who've made their whole personality about hating trans people turn out to all be great enthusiasts for women's pool
Garron sailing away from TikTok like Odysseus while the Cyclops shouts "Noone! Noone was racist!"
March 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Garron sailing away from TikTok like Odysseus while the Cyclops shouts "Noone! Noone was racist!"
I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was
And the fact that my core political beliefs now revolve around hating foreigners and trans people because a children's author told me to doesn't represent a change in my youthful ideology of progress
And the fact that my core political beliefs now revolve around hating foreigners and trans people because a children's author told me to doesn't represent a change in my youthful ideology of progress
March 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was
And the fact that my core political beliefs now revolve around hating foreigners and trans people because a children's author told me to doesn't represent a change in my youthful ideology of progress
And the fact that my core political beliefs now revolve around hating foreigners and trans people because a children's author told me to doesn't represent a change in my youthful ideology of progress
I try to stay chipper about applications and rejection - it is a part of what I do, especially while I remain in that dreaded category of "emerging artist", but they're coming thick and fast at the moment and it's hard to not feel worn down
February 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I try to stay chipper about applications and rejection - it is a part of what I do, especially while I remain in that dreaded category of "emerging artist", but they're coming thick and fast at the moment and it's hard to not feel worn down
Just did my first chorale harmonisation of my professional career, so I think I've got some harmony teachers to apologise to
January 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Just did my first chorale harmonisation of my professional career, so I think I've got some harmony teachers to apologise to
Spoilers for #TheTraitors, but surely it's already over? Frankie will say Charlotte's a traitor, Charlotte will claim that's a lie, the other three are enough to vote them both out in turn.
January 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Spoilers for #TheTraitors, but surely it's already over? Frankie will say Charlotte's a traitor, Charlotte will claim that's a lie, the other three are enough to vote them both out in turn.
No, you don't understand, it's Roman! He's not a German fascist, he's an Italian fascist!
January 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
No, you don't understand, it's Roman! He's not a German fascist, he's an Italian fascist!
Tell me why I keep applying for jobs at drama schools that are clearly designed for freelancers (e.g. Saturday teaching in the junior department), and yet the form asks me to list out a chronological employment history with reasons for leaving each position like it's the 20th century
January 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Tell me why I keep applying for jobs at drama schools that are clearly designed for freelancers (e.g. Saturday teaching in the junior department), and yet the form asks me to list out a chronological employment history with reasons for leaving each position like it's the 20th century
January 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I just typed the word eleven and there is no way it's spelt like that, so unserious
January 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I just typed the word eleven and there is no way it's spelt like that, so unserious
It wouldn't be a series of #TheTraitors if there wasn't some of the worst rowing you've ever seen
January 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It wouldn't be a series of #TheTraitors if there wasn't some of the worst rowing you've ever seen
Trans healthcare is not a luxury, it is essential!
Transgender patients 'devastated' as Nottinghamshire GP practice withdraws vital treatments
www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/transgender-...
www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/transgender-...
Transgender patients 'devastated' as GP practice withdraws vital treatments
'I've been so stressed and upset about how I'm going to access healthcare'
www.derbytelegraph.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Trans healthcare is not a luxury, it is essential!
It's been a complicated year, and my first full one out of education
Savoy! My first professional show as MD and the first to contain my music has to be a highlight
Lots to look forward to in 2025, potentially with a fringe run of my own with Mairead - watch this space!
Savoy! My first professional show as MD and the first to contain my music has to be a highlight
Lots to look forward to in 2025, potentially with a fringe run of my own with Mairead - watch this space!
January 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It's been a complicated year, and my first full one out of education
Savoy! My first professional show as MD and the first to contain my music has to be a highlight
Lots to look forward to in 2025, potentially with a fringe run of my own with Mairead - watch this space!
Savoy! My first professional show as MD and the first to contain my music has to be a highlight
Lots to look forward to in 2025, potentially with a fringe run of my own with Mairead - watch this space!
Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" and in the alternate reality Mary meets the worst fate a 1940s woman can suffer - an unmarried librarian with glasses
December 28, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" and in the alternate reality Mary meets the worst fate a 1940s woman can suffer - an unmarried librarian with glasses
Reposted by Samuel Macdonald
Songs from The Perfect Match
YouTube video by Samuel Macdonald
youtu.be
December 19, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Currently at the "staring at spreadsheets and screaming internally" stage of planning an Edinburgh Fringe run
December 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Currently at the "staring at spreadsheets and screaming internally" stage of planning an Edinburgh Fringe run