Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
@londonliving.bsky.social @londonliving.bsky.social 
Daily FilmFreeway Festival Discount Codes @filmfreewaycodes.bsky.social Daily discount codes for various festivals to submit to on FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/festivals/discounts
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Will Baldwin-Pask @willbpask.bsky.social Culture & community marketing, writing, content
Freelance marketing | www.content-culture.co.uk
Lead Editor | www.thestateofthearts.co.uk
Slightly longer, slightly more curated thoughts on www.linkedin.com/in/will-baldwin-pask
Laura Anna-Mead @lauramead94.bsky.social Actor / Writer / Small Person with an ambitious TBR shelf. Rep’d by Capulet. Previously Betty Spencer, Simple Simone and further varying hats. Insta: @laura_mead94
Justin K Hayward @justinkhayward.com #Actor #Writer #Screenwriting #Producer in #Brighton #UK. Normal zebra, not a strange horse. https://imdb.me/justinkhayward and https://justinkhayward.com
Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-play-contest-deadlines/
China Historical Photos @chinahistorypics.bsky.social China’s story in pictures (1850–2010).
Manchester History @mcrhistory.bsky.social Manchester and Salford anniversaries, memories and photos. Also RTs relating to history and events.
HAMLET EU Project @hamleteuproject.bsky.social An EU-funded project bringing AI to the CCIs. Through HAMLET's Hub, artists, creative directors, writers, game developers, and AI experts co-create with tools for adaptive storytelling, dance analysis, 3D assets and more. https://hamlet-project.eu/
Shopshaboom.com @2labsand1cav.bsky.social Going all in with the Boom! Free USA 🇺🇸 shipping ALWAYS!! Fun posts, designed to bring a smile to your face! Come see and save today! 💙 shopshaboom.com
Levi Chaplin-Loebell @levitheater.bsky.social He/Him | Dramatist | Philly | CMU Dramaturgy 2025
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
https://james-topham.com
Lydia Waller @lydwaller.bsky.social Yorkshire actor currently living in London, usually on tour somewhere.
Next: Pride & Prejudice, Illyria Theatre (UK Tour)
Rep: @dpmactors.bsky.social
https://app.spotlight.com/9331-9083-2912
Direct Personal Management @dpmactors.bsky.social Representing fresh & established talent since 1985. Head office in Leeds, Yorkshire. Actors from the north & all over, working where their skills take them.
www.directpm.co.uk 
@prettysandra375.bsky.social @prettysandra375.bsky.social 
Christine Walsh (She/Her) @cwactor.bsky.social Actor and VO Artist
Coronation Street | Emmerdale | Hollyoaks | Ridley | Tin Star
Rep'ed by Top Talent and Soho Voices.
https://www.spotlight.com/6295-6759-4204
Fairy Powered @fairypoweredpro.bsky.social Fairy Powered Productions .... We are watching you...
http://fairypoweredproductions.com
View, Review, Discuss all things Theatre
PR, Marketing, Events, Admin
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
Over Here Theatre Company @overheretheatre.bsky.social London based theatre company bringing the best new American writing to the U.K. Next production Moderation at The Hope Theatre, London 19 March-5 April, a dark comedy about social media content moderators
Tom Smith @tomsmithsound.bsky.social Theatre Sound Designer & No. 1 based in York, UK. Making things sound louder and sometimes better. Available for work from June 2025. He/Him. 🔗 https://tomsmithsound.uk/
Martin J Saxton @mjs28.bsky.social Community Theatre Worker, Artist #DeadChuffedTheatre 🏳️🌈
Thomas Frere @tomfrereactor.bsky.social York based Actor/Director/Trainer who plays #oboe, makes #labyrinths and grows veg. www.thomasfrere.com
Rep. by https://northernlightsmanagement.co.uk/
Richard Kay @richardkay.bsky.social Actor, Facilitator, Writer, Singer, Choir Leader. York based.
www.richardkay.net
Represented by www.northernlightsmanagement.co.uk
Cara @woolelephant.bsky.social Northerner, writer, walker, witterer. Wannabe historian. Little pilgrimages and beer, a novel about the 17th C (Wren, shortlisted for the Mslexia 2023 novel prize)
THE LAST DAYS OF TRUMP (A Liberal Fantasy for the Stage) @trumplastdays.bsky.social I am the best play. There is no better play. Not even Hamlet by that loser Shakespeare!
Next up: London ONE NIGHT ONLY Sep 1st
Tickets on sale NOW! Follow link.
It's going to be INCREDIBLE!
👉👉👉 https://linktr.ee/trumplastdays
Jill Read, Rise, Resist @reading2learn.bsky.social School Librarian-Wife-Mom-Educator-Tech-Books #TLsky #tlchat #digcit #mglit #EDUsky #futurereadylibs #istelibs #aasl #ncte #elachat #ELLs #BookPosse 🌈ally #WeNeedDiverseBooks ☮️
Sam Bain @sambain.bsky.social Head of Programming & Producing @ Norwich Theatre. Notts lass, Scottish roots. Fuelled by wine, chocolate and Morecambe & Wise. Views my own.
History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social ➥ Old Photos, Pics, Docs, Maps
➥ Ottoman Empire Archives
➥ Historical Letters, Notes, Poems, Memoirs.
➥ medium.com/@HistoricalMemoirs
Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social We listen, support and advocate for ALL freelancers in the arts. An inclusive, independent community for the 200,000+ self-employed and freelance workers from all areas of arts. https://linktr.ee/FMTW
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork
Musical Theatre Radio @mtradio.bsky.social Free Online Radio station playing show tunes from around the world. Old, new, popular & rare with a mandate to support & promote new musicals and their creators.
Running 24/7 - 365 Days a Year
MusicalTheatreRadio.com
Mobius @mobiustheatre.bsky.social We build audiences for exciting & inventive cultural projects, specialising in performing arts & entertainment #ArtsPR #ArtsMarketing
👉 http://linktr.ee/mobiustheatre
📍Bloomsbury, London
Tam Muir ⭐⭐ 🏴🇪🇺 @sirtammuir.bsky.social Likes: Aberdeen FC. Indie 🎶. 🏴 Independence.
Dislikes: Right wing politics. Fascists. Racists.
#IndyClan
#YesScotland
Sophie Jade Howell @sophieowls.bsky.social Just a Silly Billy. Head of Youth theatre @york theatre royal. She/They. My own opinions
RiverODP @riverodp.bsky.social Based in East Sussex, RiverODP specializes in crafting bespoke living spaces, offering a comprehensive range of services including conservatories, orangeries, extensions, garden rooms, balustrades and windows & doors. https://www.riverodp.com/
Hannah Stone @hannahlucystone.bsky.social Director, Dramaturg, Mum | Co AD @RebelSparksCIC | Directed Offie nominated #shewolves | Recently #TheTrials @nottmplayhouse. RTST award runner up 2024
All Things Considered Theatre @allthingstheatre.bsky.social Female led, socially engaged theatre company. Small but mighty!
Will Middleton (He/Him/His) @willmidz.bsky.social Actor & VOA from Essex | TV, film, stage |Trained at Rose Bruford | Learning Spanish 🇪🇸 supports DT38 Foundation 🎗️
Rep’d by Mrs Jordan Associates (PMA)
📧 casting@mrsjordan.co.uk
https://app.spotlight.com/9615-5611-2104
I run @actorsnetworkuk.bsky.social
Libra⚖️ @librateejay.bsky.social Trans 🏳️⚧️Queer creative| ✨Performer| singer|| management: @janethampson for enquires contact:Janet@janethampson.co.uk||Vegan🍀
NAPA Hull @napahull.bsky.social Performing Arts for all in the centre of Hull
www.northernacademy.org.uk
Tel: 01482 310690
Sarah O @palimpsest22.bsky.social Mainly poetry in independent presses, art, glass, theatre & people playing. Allotment life. York with Glasgow links. UK.
Not every act of kindness is part of a plan.
Website :www.sarahowriter.com
Trinity Arts Centre, Gainsborough @trinityartscentre.bsky.social Gainsborough’s premier live music venue | www.trinityarts.co.uk
Gareth Brierley @gbbrierley.bsky.social I am an actor, writer and director. I love making things and taking pictures of trees while walking the dog Lola. 
Rhîan Crowley-McLean_Actress @rhiancrowleymclean.bsky.social Actress and Mum made in Wales, found playing make belief in London. Lover of adventures & crumpets.
TRUST steadily, HOPE unswervingly,LOVE extravagantly.
https://www.spotlight.com/2517-8974-0027
Actors Network UK @actorsnetworkuk.bsky.social The #1 place on Bluesky Social for UK TV, film & theatre creatives to:
Share projects, productions, headshots, showreels, seek rep, castings, open books.
Run by @willmidz.bsky.social
VicDuttonHughes.bsky.social @vicduttonhughes.bsky.social Mummy, Actress - Hamilton Management 
Chloe Driver @chloedriver.bsky.social Actress & Comedian in London
Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social Zoe Gibbons Productions
Artist Development Producer @ artsdepot
Supported by Stage One
UP NEXT
MILLENNIUM GIRLS by Sophia Leonie directed by Jade Lewis 12-31 May Brixton House https://brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/millenium-girls/
Sarah Gain @sarahgain.bsky.social Theatre Actor/Creative Producer/ Director/Generally Organized Human
Tea drinking/Sausage Dog Mom
@rymo76.bsky.social @rymo76.bsky.social Kings are un-American. Abolish ICE. Climate change action now. Trans rights are human rights.
Robbie Butler @robbiebutlermilroy.bsky.social 🇮🇪in🏴
Lighting Designer for theatre.
www.robbiebutler.com
Expect a mix of work stuff, theatre, politics, and gym accountability. 👍
Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social Activist, feminist, actor, creative producer & mum. Artist Development & studio programming at Nottingham Playhouse. Own views etc.
Also voice of Mary Shelley for @midnightpals.bsky.social
🍉🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 none of us are free 'til all of us are free
Lindsay Fraser @lindsayfraser.bsky.social Award winning Producer • Actor rep’d by Core MGMT
Amy Brown @amybrownactor.bsky.social RADA trained Actress and VO. 🎭Represented by Edwin Lowe, 1 Artists Agency. 📸 Faye Thomas
Anthony Paul APA @anthonypaulapa.bsky.social AGENT. Business Owner at @APAagent
Katie Hawke @katiehawke.bsky.social Actor. Rwcmd grad. Rep - Katie Threlfall Associates.
Anthony Paul Associates (APA) @apaagent.bsky.social Anthony Paul Associates representing talent in Theatre, Film & Television.
Agent: @AnthonyPaulAPA
Mangled Yarn Theatre @mangledyarntheatre.bsky.social UK based theatre company filled to the brim with comedy, music, puppetry and a whole heap of tongue in cheek nonsense http://www.mangledyarn.com
Returning to Copenhagen this Dec’ with our 5 star stage adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life! 💫🔔
Andrew Houghton @arhoughton.bsky.social Writer/Performer, 27, London
(they/them) 💜🤍🖤
🍉🇵🇸
🧑🏻❤️🧑🏽: samisumaria
Kelly Griffiths @kellygriffiths.bsky.social South Wales born, Shropshire bred actor/writer/director/mum/stupidly tall. https://app.spotlight.com/6297-8976-5510
Represented by Jamie Begg: info@auderetalent.com
Connecting with #actors #castingdirectors #directors #filmmakers #producers & #writers
Rachael Halliwell @rachaelhalliwell.bsky.social Dramatist✨Theatremaker✨
Co-Creative Director All Points North ✨
Screen Yorkshire MSDP Cohort ✍🏻🎞️
Supported Artist - Sheffield Theatres
Associate Artist - Elysium Theatre, Harrogate Theatre
Mentor✨Vintage lass
www.rachaelhalliwell.com
Geert Van Nieuwenhove @geertvnieuwenhove9.bsky.social 🎬🎙️🏳️🌈 Actor & Voice-Over Artist
📍 https://app.spotlight.com/5414-7833-3820
🐕Jack Russell lover
🎮 Xbox & PS4 Gamer
🖖Sci-Fi lover (Star Trek, Doctor WHO)
Tabby Lamb @tabby.bsky.social Award Winning Transexualist, Playwright & Hot Girl for all seasons
she/her/hottie
Tanika Gupta @tanikagupta.bsky.social Playwright UK recent play ‘The Empress’ @RSC, ‘A Tupperware of Ashes’ @National Theatre 'Hedda' @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social website: tanikagupta.com
WeAudition for Actors Self tapes @weaudition.bsky.social Reader on demand for your self-tape. Get a reader 24/7 or earn being a reader for other actors. The world’s first and largest reader on demand actors community. Established 2014.
WeAudition.com or download the app
Emerson Valentina @emersonvalentina.com artist (AEA) / advocate / forewoman
creator of PSYKHE 🦋 @psykhe.us
founder/director, BMHF @mentalhealthbway.org
soul + art + activism 🧠💫
rep: NYMMG
Beyond The Curtain @beyondthecurtain.bsky.social Theatre blog ran by Mark with a wonderful team of writers. All opinions are our own. Email enquiries: leicestermarktheatre@hotmail.com
www.beyondthecurtain.co.uk/
Broadway Mental Health Foundation @mentalhealthbway.org Fighting to change the industry and create a system that is safe, healthy, and empowering for all. 💚🧠💫
WOMAN-LED! 📧: connect@mentalhealthbway.org
Founder/Director: @emersonvalentina.com
Ruth Cooper-Rowan @ruthcooperrowan.bsky.social Writer. Director. Theatre maker. (Fidget Theatre. Carriageworks Young Theatre Makers. Anyone who’ll have me.)
Leeds with a Dorset lilt.
Robin Paley Yorke @robinpaleyyorke.bsky.social Visually Impaired North East Actor
Producer @seemiatheatre.bsky.social
Producer Fellow @ntsonline.bsky.social
📍Glasgow, Durham, London
He/Him🏳️🌈🇪🇺
https://www.spotlight.com/9573-8940-6953
https://www.robinpaleyyorke.com
Andy Routledge @andyroutledge1.bsky.social Theatre Director and dramaturg.
Artistic Director @60milesnn.bsky.social
Sir Peter Hall RTST Shortlist 2022 + 2024.
Shows include: In Other Words, When We Died, SWIM, 60 Miles by Road or Rail, Ventoux.
www.andyroutledge.com
Louisa May Parker @louisamayparker.bsky.social Manchester Lass / Mama / Actor / Drama Centre / The Arden / Repped by Jane Hollowood
https://app.spotlight.com/0457-9082-0394
Terri Jade Donovan @terrijadedonovan.bsky.social Disabled, Hard of Hearing and Neurodivergent Actor and Writer - Fantastic at Falling over and playing it straight
Érin Geraghty @eringeraghty.bsky.social Irish. Actor. Mother to five, including triplets . Granny to nine.
https://www.spotlight.com/profile/0366-8974-4422
www.imdb.com/name/nm0313873
Zooby (Jamie Zubairi) @jamiezoob.bsky.social Actor, artist
Paintings archivist jonimitchell.com
Www.jamiezubairi.com
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3009394/
Rep: Byron's Management, VO Hobson's International
Hiroshi in My Neighbour Totoro in the West End
Zooby @zooby1.bsky.social Actor, artist
Dean Johnson @deanjohnson.bsky.social Theatre Director
Matt Abbott 🍉 @mattabbottpoet.com ✍️🏻 Poet, novelist & educator
📚 3 full-length poetry books 📕 1 novel
📍 Leeds, UK 🦚 #lufc ♂️ He/him
🧠 AuDHD 🎤 @livewirepoetry.org
🌐 mattabbottpoet.com
Paul Callaghan @paulcallaghan.bsky.social Culture, economics, regeneration, business, politics & football. #SunderlandMusicCity #SAFC My own views. Retweets are not an endorsement http://MACTrust.org.uk
MusicCity.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcallaghan/
Laura Howard @lauraamhoward.bsky.social Former Biologist | Current Scenographer | Future Dramaturg | Forever Nerd
🌱 | 💡 🎨 | 🎭 | 🇿🇼 | 🇬🇧 | 🏳️🌈 | 🌻
linktr.ee/lauraamhoward
Gosforth Civic Theatre @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk Your home for Performance, Music, Celebration, and Community in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. Creating change, and raising the expectations of what people with learning disabilities can achieve.
A welcoming space for everyone.
Martha Simon @marthasimon13.bsky.social Director / dramaturg / facilitator
Mam
Sourdough baker
Hot sauce enthusiast
She / her 
DJ Salisbury @deejdoesmusicals.bsky.social Theatre Director-Choreographer and Lyricist/Librettist…yes, a hyphenate and a slashenate.
Have a story to tell? Sing it into being!
Djsalisbury.com
Whisperdarkly.com
Moonshineandmistletoe.com
Dogs are good people.
Chris Singleton @singletonpoet.bsky.social Poet, playwright, Artistic Director of www.bravewords.co.uk. Views my own.
@rachaelunedited.bsky.social @rachaelunedited.bsky.social 61 & not done yet
Married to my wife 💕
Mum x3 | Granny x4 | Dogs x4 🐕
🌈 🏳️⚧️💕Equality & trans rights matter
Real life. Real love. Real me.
BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social Author, book http://Amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KR127TN?
Preview here https://archiveofourown.org/works/47902108/chapters/120770212
I #followback
daneka etchells @danekaetch.bsky.social actor-writer-crip🎗️ full time gobshite
Robert Rhodes @robertrhodes-actor.bsky.social London Based Actor 🏳️🌈
He/Him
Repped by Birdston Talent Management 😊
Silver Denys in #HouseOfTheDragon
Centho in #GladiatorII
https://app.spotlight.com/9656-0165-5681
Dr Laura K (she/her) @laurack.bsky.social dramaturg, awards judge, theatre critic/editor, director, occasional producer 🎭
teacher/tutor/lecturer/coach with a PhD👩🏻🎓
angry about white supremacist heteropatriarchal capitalism✊🏻
neurodivergent London-based immigrant🌎
own views
JBR @jbragent.com www.jbrcreativemanagement.com
Agent, Writer, Teacher. Book now out from Nick Hern Books http://bit.ly/3ty2dEK Stay Connected, Stay Creative.
They/Them