Piotr Mirowski @piotrmirowski.bsky.social Research scientist in machine learning at Google DeepMind, theatre director and co-founder of Improbotics, visiting researcher at Goldsmiths. Ex-Bell Labs, Microsoft, PhD at NYU. Work in AI for weather and climate & AI for artistic creativity. he/him.
TaPRA @tapra.bsky.social The official account of the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA), UK. Our next annual conference will be hosted at the University of Warwick, 27-29 August 2025.
T&PRA Postgraduate Community @pgtapra.bsky.social Supporting All TaPRA PGs.
Reps = Nic, Alisha & Eleanor.
PG Symposia | Exec Representation | Workshops
Jo Grady @drjogrady.bsky.social General Secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) https://bsky.app/profile/ucu.org.uk | she/her | unrepentant dyslexic
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
National Theatre of Scotland @ntsonline.bsky.social On stage, on screen, on tour
Vinay Patel @vinaypatel.bsky.social Writes scripts, feeds cats, tries to not fuck up that thing you love | Murdered By My Father, Doctor Who, One Day | Associate Playwright, Royal Court Theatre
Allegra Galvin @allegragalvin.bsky.social Cultural Sector, Strategy Consultant, Artist. I live in Totnes so of course I am also a Forest School leader
www.allegragalvin.com
David Jubb @davidjubb.bsky.social co-founder and co-director Citizens In Power launched 2023; independent director Sortition Foundation; http://davidjubb.blog; previously Battersea Arts Centre; #Devon #rewilding; he/him; #coys
Alistair Smith @smithalistair.bsky.social Editor of The Stage
Chair of Get into Theatre
Jonathan Wakeham @jonathanwakeham.bsky.social Screenwriter at Independent Talent (UK) & Lit Entertainment (US). Mentor at Arts Emergency. Coming soon: LA noir, aliens & wolves. WGGB.
Tom Bird @tomwbird.bsky.social CEO @SheffieldTheatres. Theatre producer, theatre manager, traveller, reader, football & cricket obsessive, northeasterner in Yorkshire.
James Rowland @jdsrowland.bsky.social Wandering Bard
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
https://jamesrowlandtouring.com/
Hannah Cox @hannahcox.bsky.social Exec Dir. & Joint CEO Jacksons Lane | Prev NationalTheatre | Trustee TheatreRites | Cloreleadership Pulse 2020 | Mum 🙈 | Art*People*Change
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Contributing writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Laura Hopkins @hopkins.bsky.social Theatre and ceramic artist. www.laurahopkins.co.uk
Céline Thobois-Gupta @celinethoboisgupta.bsky.social She/Her.
Dublin-based Researcher, Teaching Fellow and Amateur Baker.
S. Beckett, Theatre, Performance, Ecology, the Mind, Modernism, Postmodernism, Cheese and Chocolate.
Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social Executive Director http://witness.org : video + tech + human rights; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes https://gen-ai.witness.org, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster.
YugoTamara @tamara19.bsky.social Uni of Roehampton:: from Bgd Yugoslavia, based in London :::Visual culture and Dance :: recent publication: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-69084-6_3
Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social Writer, theatre maker, silly runner.
www.danielbye.co.uk
Hannah Eidinow @hannahmafe.bsky.social Award-winning Freelance Theatre Director, Dramaturg and Acting Tutor. I’m also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social Artist || Director Variable Matter || Havering London || Researcher Royal Central
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Tim Crouch @thistimcrouch.bsky.social Playwright • theatre maker • radio • tv • Brighton UK
Rae Leaver Rahman @raeleaverrahman.bsky.social #author
Writer and creative busybody. Theatre and lit stuff, mostly.
Also have a fandom account - ask me for it if we know each other!
Laura Norman @cassettegirl.bsky.social Theatre Director & Arts Education Specialist. London Combined Arts RM for Arts Council. Previously at Roundhouse, Camden. My smoke detectors are always cheering me on for being a great cook. Views mine bébe. Queer. Hip Hop for liffffe.
Jen Tan @djientan.bsky.social Director | Nadia & Jody in Zombies, Run! | Geek | I like food and kicking things.
Methuen Drama @methuendrama.bsky.social Play publishers for over 100 years, with books on acting, theatre performance and production. An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
🎭 www.bloomsbury.com/methuendrama
✉️ www.bloomsbury.com/methuen-drama-newsletter/
Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social Vice-Chancellor & Principal Royal Holloway University of London. Trustee of London Higher and Board member for Universities UK, Advisory Board member HEPI. Hopeless optimist. Treading gently. Views my own.
Paul Sutton @paulsutton.bsky.social Artistic Director at C&T and Prospero.digital. Husband. Dad. Applied Theatre. Digital. Research.
Jordana Golbourn @jordanagol.bsky.social Play. Curiosity. Care
Community Theatre Maker and Creative Learning Specialist working with Clean Break, Donmar Warehouse, Almeida Theatre, Orange Tree Theatre, CSSF, RB&O and more.
Also interested in research and evaluation.
📍Essex/London
she/her
Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social Academic & theatre kid| Canonical Misogyny out now from Edinburgh UP! | less funny half of @nashaxpodcast.bsky.social | she/her | 🇱🇧
Dr Ollie Jones @oelj.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Theatre at School of Arts and Creative Technologies, University of York. Working out what I want to be when I grow up.
Applecart Arts @applecartarts.bsky.social Award winning Theatre & arts organisation based in East London. We believe stories are potent & have the power to challenge, change and strengthen communities.
www.applecartarts.com
Prospero.digital @prosperodigital.bsky.social The award-winning digital platform for theatre, creativity, learning and engagement. Created, curated and managed by C&T /candttheatre.bsky.social
Julia Peetz @juliapeetz.bsky.social
juliapeetz.com
Robert Vesty @ravesty.bsky.social Intimacy Coordinator (NFTS certified) working across UK and Ireland | interested in arts, class & queerness | 🍉 🏳️⚧️✌️ www.robertvesty.com
Tiffany Watt Smith @tiffwattsmith.bsky.social 'Clever hair' - Guardian. Writer. SCHADENFREUDE; BOOK OF HUMAN EMOTIONS. New Book: BAD FRIEND: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTIONARY FRIENDSHIPS (UK; Faber, US Celadon) Coming Spring 2025
Katerina Paramana @katerinaparamana.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Artist-Scholar, Author of Contemporary Performance and Political Economy, Editor of Pol Econ & the Arts at Lateral; katerinaparamana.com
Alice Saville @alicesaville.bsky.social A surfeit of opinions. Theatre critic for The Independent. Words in Exeunt, FT, The Observer, Time Out & more. Commission me: alice.n.saville@gmail.com
Sarah Brigham @sarahbrigham.bsky.social Originally from Hull, now residing in Derby. Artistic Director/CEO Derby Theatre. Not the views of anyone I work for. Lives with ACC. She/her
Rod Dixon @reddixon57.bsky.social Off-grid living in D&G, ex Red Ladder AD, now landscape theatre-maker, LFC for life, Gobby Scouser
Tom Morton-Smith @tommortonsmith.com Writer
My Neighbour Totoro @ Barbican Theatre, London & currently at home at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London.
Oppenheimer @ RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon & Vaudeville Theatre, London.
tommortonsmith.com
totoroshow.com
Jo Crowley @crowleyjo.bsky.social indie theatre producer
Ned Glasier @nedglasier.com “A leading force for change for theatre and teenagers” #Stage100
Co-creation | Young People | Change-making | Facilitation | Consultancy
www.nedglasier.com
www.linkedin.com/in/nedglasier
Honour Bayes @honourbayes.bsky.social I write. Adventure, poetry and increasingly theatre again? Watch this space 🎭
Marcus Romer @marcusromer.bsky.social Artistic Director and filmmaker - FRSA
Terry O’Donovan @terryod.bsky.social Co-founder of Dante or Die. I make theatre and other offshoots.
@samscottwood.bsky.social @samscottwood.bsky.social 
Emma Jude Harris (she/her) @emmajudeharris.bsky.social director / dramaturg |
currently: Revenge: After the Levoyah at Soho Theatre |
The Stage Fringe 5, 2024 |
https://linktr.ee/emmajudeharris
Eleanor @eleanorturney.co.uk Writer, editor and arts consultant. Theatre, editing, poetry, intersectional feminism, politics, writing, food and owls, mostly. Mum of two. New resident of Birmingham. She/her.
Oxford Playhouse @oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social A Playhouse for Everyone
🔗 https://linktr.ee/oxfordplayhouse?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=2cb57b70-2780-4c1a-a70c-f0bad607c2d7
IJ Taylor @ijtscripts.bsky.social Cheshire boy living in Suffolk. Writing mainly. A few comedies, plays and other bits + pieces. #wolseywriters ITFC ST holder.
David Stokes Halpern Foundation CEO @dstokes-halpernceo.bsky.social Chief Executive Officer of the Halpern Charitable Foundation and Nucleus Arts.
Trustee MVA
Trustee Medway Sculpture Trust
Director Medway Pride
Director Kent International Arts Conference
Director Creative Medway
www.nucleusarts.com
He/Him
Catherine Wheels @cwheels.bsky.social Catherine Wheels are a performing arts company making work for and with children and young people. Based in East Lothian, touring across Scotland and beyond. www.catherinewheels.co.uk
King's Head Theatre @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social 🎭 Now Showing: Four Play & Echo | 🌈 New building, same amazing queer theatre |📍Based in Islington since 1970
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
Martin Welton @martwelton.bsky.social Professor of Theatre and other things
QMUL
Pub Theatre @pubtheatre.bsky.social Showcasing new theatre and performance at pub venues across Yorkshire.
Submissions now open for Pub Theatre: Fun and Games
The Other Way Works @otherwayworks.bsky.social Creates playful theatre that immerses audiences in the story. #ARainbowForAmala climate crisis storybook for 8-11yrs https://arainbowforamala.co.uk theotherwayworks.co.uk
Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader & Co-Leader of @greenparty.org.uk.Co-President of the European Movement. Mum of 2, plus puppy Nell. Author, Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story. Still writing & campaigning on climate & nature 🌎
Independent Arts Projects (IAP) @iaponline.bsky.social Leith based arts organisation getting up to all sorts with great folk.
https://www.independentartsprojects.com
Dance Umbrella @danceumbrella.bsky.social London's international dance festival
Website: https://danceumbrella.co.uk/
stephen hodge @stephenhodge.bsky.social variously artist | researcher | curator
emeritus [early jumper] professor in live art + spatial practices [exeter, uk]
https://stephenhodge.art/
Dr Adele Senior @drwannado.bsky.social Reader in Theatre and Performance. Associate Editor of Performance Research. Author of ‘Beyond Innocence: Children in Performance’ (Routledge, 2024) 
DeDomenici @dedomenici.bsky.social Artist | Hedonist | Internationalist
Backward solutions for a progressive future.
https://bio.site/DeDomenici
Arcola Theatre @arcolatheatre.bsky.social Bold, original theatre in the heart of East London
www.arcolatheatre.com
https://linktr.ee/arcolatheatre?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=1aa21e59-7043-475b-ad38-219107f5d350
Paines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social painesplough.com/link-tree
Tron Theatre @trontheatre.bsky.social Home of Tron Theatre Company, producing and presenting outstanding contemporary theatrical work that entertains, inspires and empowers.
Tara Theatre @taratheatre.com We create politically charged, innovative theatre, exploring the world through a South Asian lens
HighTide @hightidetheatre.bsky.social We're a writer-centred theatre company, celebrating the joy and power of new plays. Based in the East of England and touring here and beyond.
https://linktr.ee/_hightidetheatre_
Douglas Rintoul @dougrintoul.bsky.social Suffolk born Essex raised he/him queer woke theatre-maker and CEO/Artistic Director New Wolsey Theatre. Chair We Are Ipswich. Views my own.
Tonic Theater Company @tonictheater.org Tonic Theater Company is dedicated to increasing public knowledge and understanding of history and science around the world through the power of theater. Based in Washington, DC.
#Theater #Theatre
Mercury Theatre Colchester @mercurytheatre.bsky.social The Mercury Theatre is the most active professional producing theatre in East Anglia staging drama, musicals, comedy and music. 🎭
Company of Wolves @companyofwolves.org Scotland's leading laboratory theatre company
Performance / Training / Community
The Bacchae 2026 Tour - On Sale: https://companyofwolves.org/projects/the-bacchae
Kate Holmes @katejholmes.bsky.social Open Access advocate; magpie-brained aerial academic; all about cultural studies/pop ents/circus/audiences/embodiment (she/her)
author: https://tinyurl.com/20sfemaerial
website: katejholmescom.wordpress.com
Emma Baggott @spectatoreab.bsky.social Directs.
Mother.
Teacher.
Welsh.
European.
she / her.
Next Up: Dracula @mogster.bsky.social
https://lyric.co.uk/shows/dracula/
Rep: Dan Usztan @ United Agents
https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/emma-baggott
David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social Teaches Drama at University of Birmingham. Scot. And unfeasibly tall.
Written about Beckett, UK theatre, popular music, Eno, Kraftwerk, Velvets, Talking Heads, and why gigs look the way they do. 
David Coates @davidjcoates.bsky.social Cultural historian and Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick. Researching theatre in the long nineteenth century and queer theatre histories. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Regular theatre, exhibition and museum visitor. Chocoholic 🍫
Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social Writer & Critic The Noise of Art - neilcooper.substack.com
coffeetablenotes.blogspot.com
The Herald, The List, The Drouth, Scottish Art News, MAP, Hungry Beat.
Pieter Verstraete @pieterverstraete.bsky.social Tenured Senior Lecturer Arts, Culture and Media University of Groningen, elected Excom member of EASTAP, Associate Editor of EJTP, Chair of MCAA Benelux Chapter, critic at Theaterkrant, member of opera committee at Dutch Council for Arts
Simon Sladen @simonsladen.bsky.social #Panto news, reviews and features
Dr Tom Drayton @miserchristmas.bsky.social Doctor of Theatre, Metamodernism and Millennials / Very proud dad / Wannabe distance runner (he/him)
Metamodern Theatre📙out now
Sufjan Stevens’ Metamodern Music📘 out Feb ‘26
Performance & Postdigital Extremism 📗 out soon
https://linktr.ee/miserchristmas
Paul Johnson @pesch909.bsky.social Professor of Theatre and Performance, Academic quality and standards, Chair of Shropshire Cultural Compact
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
Duška @dushka.bsky.social Theatre, dramaturgy, writing, teaching, travelling, dreaming, parenting
Dr Eleanor Lowe @loweee.bsky.social Principal lecturer; early modern drama, material culture; music, theatre, cats, the outdoors; twin mum. Views my own. She/her. #BLM #lgbtq+ 🌈 #MHmatters
Katja Krebs @katjakrebs.bsky.social European Migrant and Associate Professor in Theatre @ Bristol Uni. Trans-inclusive feminist and supporter of human rights for all no matter where you‘ve come from or are going to.
Lucy Thornett @lucythornett.bsky.social Senior lecturer in scenographic practices at UAL
Eleanor Field @eleanorfield.bsky.social (she/her)
Theatre designer, lecturer & parent.
PhD research exploring mess and scenographic processes.
Postgraduate rep for the Theatre & Performance Research Association.
www.eleanorfielddesign.com
Meroë Candy @meroecandy.bsky.social 'The Don' of story research for TV and film drama apparently. Most recently: Toxic Town on Netflix, Help on Channel 4, and Best Interests on BBC. meroecandy.com I post true stories and TV with a bit of cute dog seasoning.
Soho Theatre @sohotheatre.bsky.social London's most vibrant producer for new theatre, comedy and cabaret.
Soho | Walthamstow | India
Mark Espiner @soundnfurymark.bsky.social Directing theatre with Sound&Fury and writing and living in Berlin. Represented by Giles Smart at United Agents: http://unitedagents.co.uk/soundfury
www.soundandfury.co.uk
Trestle Theatre @trestletheatre.bsky.social Trestle the Mask & Physical Theatre Company based in St Albans at Trestle Arts Base.
www.trestle.org.uk
Fiona Mountford @fionalondonarts.bsky.social As I am the i Paper's chief theatre critic, I am probably in the theatre. Or the garden. For all queries, please contact Alice the cat.
Louise Mari @louisemari.bsky.social I make shows.
One half of Nigel Barrett and Louise Mari.
www.nigelandlouise.com
Nigel Barrett @nigelbarrett.bsky.social www.nigelandlouise.com