North West End UK @northwestenduk.bsky.social We review amateur and professional theatre across the United Kingdom. OffComm assessors - Contact us about your shows - info@northwestend.co.uk
Join our team at recruitment@northwestend.com
DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social your platform for thought-provoking cinema
Palace Theatre & Opera House @palaceandopera.bsky.social Palace Theatre & Opera House are Manchester's premier venues for Theatre, Musicals, Tours, Comedy, Plays and more. We are ATG Entertainment venues.
Chris @chrismalvern.bsky.social Films, Kindness, Lefty
20 Stories High @20storieshigh.bsky.social Everybody’s got a story to tell... and their own way of telling it...
Michelle Gilliver @gilliverm.bsky.social Actor represented by Cartwright Higgins Management
https://spotlight.com/7175-4531-5866 
Out of Kilter Theatre @outofkiltertheatre.bsky.social We are a Manchester-based company interested in devising, developing, and performing new work as well as bringing our own approach and ideas to the production of published plays.
Vici @viciws.bsky.social Disabled writer and director for theatre and TV. Artistic Director Little Cog. Activist.
BBC : Hen Night. Published playwright: with the love of neither god nor state, Methuen Drama; Funny Peculiar & Siege Salamander Street books. 
Kaite O’Reilly @kaiteoreillyo.bsky.social Writer, dramaturg, playwright, crip - intercultural, intereverything and often inyerface.
Lindsay Williams @lindzi28.bsky.social Writer/producer #waterlooroad #corrie #eastenders #jbshorts
CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social Creating an artistic landscape where disabled people flourish
cripticarts.org
Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social Longform, thoughtful coverage of the UK's theatre landscape. Find us at exeuntmagazine.substack.com
Sixteen Films @kenloach16films.bsky.social The production company of Ken Loach and Rebecca O'Brien. Working alongside writer Paul Laverty.
KL from Ken Loach // PL from Paul Laverty // Otherwise from team Sixteen Films
Chris Young @squarepegsuk.bsky.social There’s Nothing About us Without us
Every day massive, life changing, decisions are made by those in power without us
Together, people like us can use the power of collective action to bring about change
Join us
https://squarepegsuk.substack.com
Written Off Publishing @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social Award-winning small press building community and making boss books: telling authentic stories that matter.
Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social 
Disabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social DPAC is a grass roots campaign group
Email: mail@dpac.uk.net
Crips Against Cuts♿️🌻 @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social A Crip led grassroots group working Nationally to fight Government Cuts and reduce isolation through community.
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Vicky Foxcroft MP @vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Lewisham North & Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for DCMS.
Please send all enquiries to vicky.foxcroft.mp@parliament.uk
https://linktr.ee/vickyfoxcroftmp
The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social Disrupting power since 2015
Saba Salman @sabasalman.com Journalist|editor|author
📚NEW BOOK Double Discrimination 2026
📚Made Possible 2020
👩🏽💻 https://sabasalman.com
✍🏽Private Eye|Guardian|Byline Times|Ed. Community Living
💜Chair @sibs.org.uk|Ambassador @ndtihello.bsky.social
🏛️FRSA @thersaorg.bsky.social
Glenn Meads @glennwrites.bsky.social Writer @ilovemcr, love theatre, film & gigs. Also teach.
https://muckrack.com/glenn-meads
archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social Our purpose is to amuse, simply to amuse. Nothing serious, nothing political.
@actorstouringco.bsky.social @actorstouringco.bsky.social 
@cheryleehouston.bsky.social @cheryleehouston.bsky.social 
James Moules @jamesmoules.bsky.social Journalist • Local Democracy Reporter covering Surrey • Bylines in The i Paper, PoliticsHome, Foreign Policy, Byline Times, Telegraph, Big Issue, New Statesman & more • Moules rhymes with roles, not rules • DM for email/WhatsApp/Signal • Views own etc.
Dr Amy Kavanagh @blondehistorian.bsky.social Blind activist, Mama, accessibility professional and Londoner. Guided by the Diva Retriever. Sharing my blurry world view
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
https://james-topham.com
Hat Trick Productions @hattrickprod.bsky.social One of the UK's most successful Independent Production Companies. Makers of Smoggie Queens, Have I Got News For You, Derry Girls, Bloodlands, Hypothetical, Stuck, Mastermind & more.
My Next Draft @mynextdraft.bsky.social A bespoke script reading service helping writers through that tricky next draft.
✉️mynextdraft@gmail.com
www.mynextdraft.com
Samantha Payne @samanthapayneactor.bsky.social Actress 🎭 #SeekingRepresentation AND Marketing strategist 🧐
Spotlight: https://app.spotlight.com/6773-7833-9898
Headshots @TonyBlakePhoto
Consultancy: https://centrestageconsulting.com/
Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social Award-winning poltergeist and comedian | Writer of the Montgomery Bonbon mysteries | Pronouns like a butler coughing: he/him | linktr.ee/misterabk
UK TOUR 2026 (Extended!): www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs
Genevieve Barr @genevievebarr.bsky.social writer. Then Barbara Met Alan (co), Ralph and Katie (co), (upcoming) ID for CH4 | actor - The Silence, Liar, Press, The Accident | Deaf
Rep’d @casarottoramsay and @bside_mp
Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social Olivier Award-winning makers of new writing. We find, develop and launch new playwrights. All you need is a story.
https://papatango.co.uk/
New Writing Prize 2026: https://prize.papatango.co.uk/
Playwrights' Studio: https://papatango.co.uk/studio/
Royal Exchange Theatre @rxtheatre.bsky.social Bringing theatre in-the-round and in communities within Greater Manchester.
https://www.royalexchange.co.uk/
The Women’s Prize for Playwriting @womensplayprize.bsky.social We find the best new plays by women in the UK and Ireland and produce them on national stages.
Qweerdog @qweerdog.bsky.social Award-winning LGBTQ+ theatre company, based in Manchester creating Q+ content for audiences around the UK. Created & curated by
Stewart Dylan-Campbell since 2017
www.qweerdog.com
Lily Allmark @lilyallmark.bsky.social MetFilm London ‘25
Producer/Writer/AD
AuDHD Filmmaker | she/they
Current Projects: Me & My Shadow (short), The Golden Years (feature), A Figment of Existence (short), Little Big Brother (short), Tea Cup (short)
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
Indie Film Manchester @indiefilm-mcr.bsky.social A community of Northern filmmakers. Networking events open to all! Tickets now on sale for our end of year celebration of independent film: https://filmfreeway.com/IFC_EndOfYearScreening_2023/tickets
All Things Considered Theatre @allthingstheatre.bsky.social Female led, socially engaged theatre company. Small but mighty!
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.
Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres @liveveryplay.bsky.social Two Great Theatres. One Creative Heart.
Registered charity #1081229
Theatre503 @theatre503.bsky.social A launchpad for early career playwrights and the incredible freelance artists who bring their words to life.
https://theatre503.com/
John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
Red Ladder Theatre Company, Leeds @redladder.bsky.social Leeds-based national touring theatre company.
We give a platform to the voices that are rarely heard and stories that are overlooked, often working-class.
redladder.co.uk
Peter Bowker @pbowker7.bsky.social All coherent views still stolen from London Review of Books.
Stephen Unwin @stephenunwin.bsky.social Director, Writer, Teacher, Campaigner.
Founded ETT. Opened the Rose.
Laughing Boy, All Our Children, Poor Naked Wretches, Beautiful Lives. Man to Man.
http://www.stephenunwin.uk/
Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini @astrominx.bsky.social Fueled by stories. Bionic Playwright 📝|Filmmaker 📽 |Author 📚|Creative Researcher 🔎|Olivier Award winner #Sleepova ♿ 🌈
Website: https://matildaibini.com
Other works: https://linktr.ee/Astrominx
@kellycondron.bsky.social @kellycondron.bsky.social 
Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social TV Writer: Midsomer, Midwife, ACGAS and Dreamers in 2025.
DREAMERS AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON C4 FROM 30TH MARCH
WGGB, RTS and Leeds Care Leavers Christmas.
Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (paperback out now) and Crippled.
E: frances.ryan.freelance@guardian.co.uk
annalisa dinnella @annalisadinn.bsky.social TV writer #TheHack, #SexEducation #CallTheMidwife
visually impaired, she/her 
Josh Merritt #autistic #dyspraxic #ADHD #disabled @joshmerritt.bsky.social Neurodivergent Screenwriter. BBC (Waffle Wonder Dog), Channel 4 (Hollyoaks)
Lauded by Jack Thorne as "a tremendous talent". Published Playwright
Actor: Unforgotten (ITV), I Jack Wright (U&Alibi), Then Barbara Met Alan (BBC / Netflix)
Rep: Andrew Mills
Adam Fenton (they/he/she) @adampfenton.bsky.social Tourettic Actor/Writer/Ticcer
BBC Writers Access Group
Evening Standard Award Winner
Access Consultant
Gina Lyons @ginalyons.bsky.social TV and Film Producer. www.gobbygirl.com
Melissa Johns @melissajohns1.bsky.social Actor, Writer, Crumpet Lover.
Speaker. Wife. Spaniel mum.
Talks a lot… tries to make it useful or funny.
Terrible at juggling. Still hasn’t mastered the one armed cartwheel.
Naz Ahmed @nazahmed.bsky.social Drama Editorial/Development Producer. Waterloo Road, Corrie, Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Doctors, BBC Radio Drama & more. Women in Film and TV Mentee & Broadcast Hot Shot 2023
Triple A Performer @tripleaperformer.bsky.social Raising awareness and understanding of neurodivergence in performing arts
Playwriting UK @playwritinguk.bsky.social Top resource for playwrights in the UK. Jobs, opportunities, competitions, prizes & more. Maintained by @thisalitaylor.bsky.social Join FB group: https://bit.ly/3TpKWeG
500 Acts of Kindness @500actsofkindness.bsky.social Fundraising community started/run by Julie Hesmondhalgh and chrismalvern.bsky.social
Each week our funders nominate a person, family or group to receive a gift from the pot created by our weekly £1 donations.
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HWdrwTEee/
XS Malarkey Comedy Club @xsmalarkey.com #XSMalarkey is an award-winning, independent, not-for-profit comedy club, a Manchester institution since 1997. Every Tuesday at 53two, with MC @tobyhadoke.bsky.social
Tickets at wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey
Support & get perks support.xsmalarkey.com
Toby Hadoke @tobyhadoke.bsky.social Actor, Comedian, Writer, Voice Guy, Professional Anorak.
Arcana is my armour. And my amour. 
Annie Wallace @anniewallace.com BAFTA nominated actress.
Sally in #Hollyoaks plus other stuff.
LGBTQ+ campaigner, director, musician and writer.
Official website: anniewallace.com
Acting agent: janehollowood.co.uk
PR agent: asmtalent.com
Spotlight: app.spotlight.com/9655-9088-0912
Morag Peacock @mcragga.bsky.social Follower of Jesus, actor, voiceover doer, lover of music and crisps 💃🏼
https://app.spotlight.com/2611-3423-9723
Represented by jordan@auderetalent.com
Jake Talbot @talbotjake.bsky.social Playwright | Actor - Oldham. Co-Artistic Director - @daretoknowtheatre.bsky.social | Bruntwood Longlist ‘22 | Theatre503 Playwriting Award Longlist ‘23
Donmar Warehouse @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social Welcome to the Donmar, where anyone with a passion or curiosity for seriously good theatre belongs.
Ticket Qs? boxoffice@donmarwarehouse.com
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social Playwright represented by Judy Daish at United Agents
Act Your Age Productions @actyourage.bsky.social Promoting actors over 40 and new writing for theatre and film.
Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/actyourage
ThickSkin Theatre @thickskintheatre.bsky.social Extraordinary stories told in unexpected ways. Touring theatre company based in Wigan. Next up: Driftwood
Middle Child @middlechildhull.bsky.social A new writing theatre company rooted in Hull. We bring people together for unforgettable experiences full of big ideas.
middlechildtheatre.co.uk
Paines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social painesplough.com/link-tree
Box of Tricks @boxoftrickstheatre.bsky.social Manchester theatre company.
The play makers. Every story told. Every voice heard.
https://boxoftrickstheatre.co.uk
Krissi Bohn @krissibohn.bsky.social Actor 🎭
Mother of 2 small humans 👧🏽🧑🏽
Hearing Aid Wearer 🦻🏾
Admin lover 💻
Anna Jordan @annaruthjordan.bsky.social Without a Paddle. Writer. TV: Succession, One Day, Killing Eve, Becoming Elizabeth. Plays: Yen: MOTHER COURAGE (Globe) Pop Music, Freak.
Director / teacher / mum to Gryff - he’s much funnier than me.
Martha Simon @marthasimon13.bsky.social Director / dramaturg / facilitator
Mam
Sourdough baker
Hot sauce enthusiast
She / her 
Beth Westbrook (she/her) @bethbwestbrook.bsky.social writer facilitator performer wee bit auDHD endo pisces
rep: Maddie Berlin Associates
top 35 bruntwood, write wild, bbc writers, name dropper
https://linktr.ee/bethbwestbrook
Steve Connolly @connollyactor.bsky.social Award winning,Actor/Writer/Producer
Repped by Atius Management
Spotlight: https://app.spotlight.com/5415-8940-0169
Lost in Salford Productions @lostinsalford.bsky.social Small production company. Maker of 'Council Culture' and 'Exciting Times'
Find us here: https://youtube.com/@lostinsalford?si=86MzYVYeJBlVj-vL
Peripeteia Theatre @peripeteiatheatre.bsky.social 🎭 Theatre Company based in Manchester.
👉 Up Next: Raise Your Voice 2026
🎭 Dedicated to a collaborative approach.
https://linktr.ee/peripeteiatheatre