linus karp @linuskarp.bsky.social i love my children gwyneth goes skiing, Fit Prince and diana: the untold and untrue story. He/him
My shows:
www.awkwardprods.co.uk
Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴
nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Jim Tough @jutough.bsky.social In pursuit of the life abundant.
Phelim McDermott @openspacer.bsky.social I improvise. I open space, I facilitate. I make unforgettable theatre, amongst others. Director My Neighbour Totoro. Tao of Glass
Artistic Director @ www.improbable.co.uk
www.devotedanddisgruntled.com
Sarah Marie 🌒 @sarahmariemoon.bsky.social directing | dramaturgy | Play Full Theatre | comms & marketing at Disability Arts Online | animal obsessed vegan 🐱🐷🐺🦉🐸🦥
@sneckielady.bsky.social @sneckielady.bsky.social
The Binks Hub @thebinkshub.bsky.social We are a network of academics, researchers, community orgs and practitioners using creativity and the arts to co-create research that makes a difference to people’s lives. Based in @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social. Find out more: https://binks-hub.ed.ac.uk
Provenance Integrity Institute @provenanceii.bsky.social 🏛 Provenance Integrity Institute Limited (NGO)
💻 Global Scholars DAO Discord → https://discord.gg/ctstmGQWKv
🔗 PII LinkedIn → https://linkedin.com/company/provenanceintegrityinstitute
©️ All rights reserved. | Est. 2025
Nelly Kelly @nelsonkelly.bsky.social Genderqueer Autistic Nightmare. Maker of trashy theatre. My dog is ma best pal.
Free Palestine!
@lubnakerr.bsky.social @lubnakerr.bsky.social
Scottish Community Alliance @scalliance.bsky.social A coalition of community based, national networks and intermediaries – each one representing a different aspect of Scotland’s diverse community sector.
Addie @didipooka.bsky.social Passionate about Progressive Education & Disability Justice.
Happiest buried in a good book, or watching Ghibli movies.
(She/Her)
Autistic Lecturer @yasmeenmultani.bsky.social Yasmeen Multani ▫️#Autistic/ADHD/Dyslexic/Fibromyalgia ▫️ Passionate about Autistic children's play, so much so that my PhD is an exploration of it! @ The University of South Wales
UCU@USW Equality Officer & Senior Lecturer
A Walker @angelwalker.bsky.social Director & Artist Rumpus R👀m
Grower & shower at Agnew Lane, Plant Grow Share and other derelict land near you 🥬
🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏴
Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk Monotropic writer, science tutor, Autistic community organiser and independent researcher. Based in Edinburgh.
they/them.
https://linktr.ee/0olong
Wendy Russell @wendyrussell.bsky.social She/her. Researcher, evaluator & consultant on children's play and playwork, mostly geography and philosophy. Focus on the politics of space for children. Based in Nottingham, Senior Research Fellow at Uni of Gloucestershire, UK #SpatialJustice
James Aldridge @jamesaldridgeart.bsky.social Artist/Researcher: people and place, biodiversity, neurodivergence and wellbeing
#NeuroqueerEcologies
#QueerRiver
Associate: GroundWork Gallery
Member: Climate Museum UK
& PaC Artists
https://www.jamesaldridge-artist.co.uk/
www.queerriver.com
Max Alexander @playradical.bsky.social Scotland based artist, playworker, consultant and writer 🌲👽✌🏿️ Neurodivergent play, culture and joy 🦆🌞🌱
🏳️⚧️❤️🔥🇵🇸
"The Joys and Shapes of Autistic Play" out now! https://playradical.com/the-joys-and-shapes-of-autistic-play/
linktr.ee/Playradical
Nichola Scrutton @nicholascrutton.bsky.social Composer, artist, performer, facilitator. Dr Nic. Also @nic_scrutton at IG.
nicholascrutton.co.uk
Current album - https://nicholascrutton.bandcamp.com/album/scenes-from-the-blue
News: http://eepurl.com/gihZh9
Jim Hollington @jimhol.bsky.social Culture. Travel. Food. Beagles. Not always in that order.
If you’re running a cultural organisation I might also be able to make your life easier. Message me or visit www.jimhollington.com
Ella Hällgren @ellahallgren.bsky.social swedish playwright, actor, theatre maker in edinburgh ☀️ rep Wozniak Management | 1/4 of Untie My Tongue | r/Conspiracy @ Edinburgh Fringe 2025!
Paul Connolly — Actor + Improviser @paulconnollyactor.bsky.social Your friendly Edinburgh based actor, improviser, amateur ukulele player who’s sometimes spotted in NYC. Currently self-represented.
SUPERFAN @wearesuperfan.bsky.social We make devised theatre and contemporary circus in Scotland.
superfanperformance.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/superfanperformance
📷: Brian Hartley. 'So Far So Good' dir. Ellie Dubois & Kim Donohoe/ design: Rachel O’Neill/lighting: Michaella Fee
Catriona MacLeod @thatcatmacleod.bsky.social
writes & directs theatre & film / ad + exec producer of performance, artistic development initiative + Glasgow rehearsal space _and friends / don't make me sing
catmacleod.com
https://linktr.ee/andfriends.scotland
Emma Ruse @emmaruse.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Chief Exec @frameworktc 🧡 Company Asst. @stellarquines 💜 Freelance Producer & Director 💛
Claire Swanson @claire-roses.bsky.social Head of Creative Engagement at Capital Theatres in Edinburgh. Loves programming, producing and participation (not necessarily in that order). Develops Yorkshire accent when excited. Excited often. Views my own. She/her.
Claire Cressey @clairecressey.bsky.social Head of Theatres & Creative Well-being, Awen Cultural Trust. Former Live Music Now, Welsh National Opera & Artswork.
Arts Manager/Fundraiser/Producer/Project Manager. Mum/writer/crafter/christian & passionate for equity & world change! ❤️
Wales Millennium Centre / Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru @wmccmc.bsky.social We are Wales Millennium Centre. Fire your imagination 🔥
Ni yw Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru. Tanwydd i'r dychymyg 🔥
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
LOUD WOMEN @loudwomen.org Intersectional feminist music CIC, turning up the volume since 2015. UK, Ireland, Spain, USA, Canada and Aus.
https://linktr.ee/LOUDWOMENClub
Ffion Wyn @boodikah.bsky.social Community arts & heritage. Soul & blues nerd. Probably watching the best TV or the trashiest. Be nei di de.
Keepin' the faith.
Leila🌻 @leilawithalee.bsky.social not good at sports.
The Grim Collective @thegrimcollective.bsky.social Combining poetry with music and sound.
Created by
Nik Paget-Tomlinson and Jack Hunter
Push the Boat Out Festival @ptbopoetry.bsky.social Edinburgh's International Poetry Festival 12-15 November 2026
Festival, open mic, workshops, podcasts, and more.
Festival Nights + pre-festival events ON SALE NOW. Full programme announced 1 October!
https://pushtheboatout.org/
Nik Paget-Tomlinson @nikpt.bsky.social Musician, composer, sound designer, foley artist, audio editor and collector of sounds
cait irvine @caitcod.bsky.social 💫 a dwindling, mercurial high • assistant producer @TronTheatre 🏴 • views my own • 🏳️🌈 ♐︎ • ♊︎ • ♋︎ • she/her
Hazel Darwin-Clements @hazeldarcle.bsky.social Theatre, community, climate, bikes & podcasts. 💚
Flavia D'Avila @flavdav-theatre.bsky.social Theatre director based in Edinburgh. Raised on the Brazil-Uruguay border, and this is important.
Theatre Directors Scotland @directorsscotland.bsky.social A volunteer-run group to support theatre directors working professionally in Scotland.
Stellar Quines @stellarquines.bsky.social Stellar Quines creates theatre, supports creatives and engages communities, all with the aim of achieving greater equality.
@allornothingadt.bsky.social @allornothingadt.bsky.social
Isla Cowan @islacowan.bsky.social Award-winning playwright, director & performer // Scottish // Ecofeminist // Resident Writer @trontheatre.bsky.social // 2024 Playwright in Residence @traversetheatre.bsky.social with @iashedinburgh.bsky.social // Up next: Alright Sunshine, Tron Theatre
Morven Macbeth @morvenmacbeth.bsky.social actor | theatre maker | facilitator | RD1st coach | Artistic Associate with Slung Low | Associate Practitioner with imitating the dog
www.morvenmacbeth.co.uk
Alycia Pirmohamed @alycia.bsky.social poet 🌙
free 🇵🇸
she/her
Prof Sunny Singh @profsunnysingh.bsky.social Writer, reader, thinker. Founder & director of the Jhalak Prize
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
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
Jeda Pearl @jedapearl.bsky.social 🖌️ Poetry • SFF • Fiction • Art
• https://linktr.ee/JedaPearl •
⚡ Disabled • Fibromyalgia 🥄
💫 Collaboration •Community • 🏴🇯🇲
Shasta H Ali @shastahali.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Dreamer. Racial Equity at Corra. Communities. Chai for the win.
Mr Abbott @thegeometrician.bsky.social Likes to make things and make things happen in: dance/theatre/film/hip hop/games/writing/archives/gifs
🌊🌊🌊
Home of the #OpportunitiesAvalanche
https://www.thegeometrician.com/
#inkcypher #theendofdance
Talat Yaqoob @talatyaqoob.bsky.social Consultant, campaigner, commentator focused on public participation in politics and policy design. All about feminism, anti-racism, and intersectionality.
Sometimes funny, always tired.
More info here: https://linktr.ee/talatyaqoob
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social Researcher & Lecturer in Composition, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Writes music & words with & about animal songs, zoomusicology, folkore, gender, parenthood & creativity, interdisciplinarity. Plays oboe with whippets: https://tinyurl.com/2wyxc4st
Karen Tennent @ktennent.bsky.social Theatre maker ,designer, artist and scribbler of endless notes
Brown Girl Noise! @browngirlnoise.bsky.social The play, returning to the Glitch Theatre, Waterloo 22nd Jan - 10th Feb after a sold out run!
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/vaultcreativearts/1488433
Dirliebane Theatre Company @dirliebane.bsky.social Playful, interactive, clown theatre for babies, children and young people. Based in Scotland.
Proud to be Perth Theatre's Children's Theatre Company in Residence.
Activity Uplift @activityuplift.bsky.social Fun activities for Dementia & Alzheimer's Caregivers, Seniors, and Activity Professionals. https://activityuplift.com
RAW Material Arts @rawmaterialarts.bsky.social Producing and touring theatre.
Led by Gillian Garrity and Margaret-Anne O’Donnell.
Next Up Death of a Salesman, Spring 25, UK
www.rawmaterialarts.com
Amy McKenzie @amymckenzie.bsky.social theatre-type / producer / dramaturg / PhD research student / feminist / wife / mess-maker / work-in-progress. views my own.
Allan Wilson @allanbw2.bsky.social Living in Dunbar, but frequently in Edinburgh. Passionate about theatre in Scotland - Lyceum Patron. Traverse Supporter, Fringe Friend and regular donor to Festival & Book Festival.
The Gaiety @thegaiety.bsky.social Keeping the magic of theatre alive in Ayrshire since 1902.
The Gaiety Theatre, Ayr, Scotland est. 1902 Box Office: 01292 288 235
Carrick Street, Ayr KA7 1NU
Tony Sutton @tonysuttonwriter.bsky.social Playwright, poet, dissenter, activist.
Fraser Lappin @frazzyfrufru.bsky.social Set and Costume Designer // Glasgow
fraserlappin.com
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
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
Katie Posner @katieposner.bsky.social Joint Artistic Director/ CEO for Paines Plough. Adore telling stories on stage and in real life! Also obsessed with feeding people delicious food
@liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social theatre director | upcoming: The Land That Never Was (Scottish/Irish tour) | associate artist with Dead Centre|
Fruitmarket @fruitmarket.bsky.social A free, public space for culture in the heart of Edinburgh, the Fruitmarket provides inspiration and opportunity for artists and audiences.
Check out what's happening at Fruitmarket https://linktr.ee/fruitmarket
https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk
Daniel Padden @danielpadden.bsky.social Music and theatre and graphic design, mostly.
Mamoru Iriguchi @mamoru-iriguchi.bsky.social Performance Maker and Theatre Designer based in Edinburgh, Scotland
Anna Porubcansky @aporubka.bsky.social artist, theatre maker, teacher, co artistic director of company of wolves, mama, etc etc
sound @soundscotland.bsky.social sound is a #newmusic incubator based in NE Scotland encouraging new music creation and discovery 🎧🎶
#soundfest26 22 - 31 October 👀📅
The Lyceum @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social Season 26/27 now on sale:
https://lyceum.org.uk/
Manipulate Arts @manipulatearts.bsky.social We champion, develop and present animated film, puppetry and visual theatre in Scotland and internationally.
Producers of Manipulate Festival: 12 - 15 Feb 2025 🌙
linktr.ee/ManipulateArts
The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social “The most essential music magazine of the contemporary era.” (Forced Exposure)
thewire.co.uk
Visible Fictions @visiblefictions.bsky.social We are Visible Fictions. We tell stories for young audiences through live theatre, immersive and site-specific experiences, film, animation, online content and creative learning. It's been our passion since 1991.
🌐 linktr.ee/visiblefictions
Surge @surge-scotland.bsky.social SURGE runs projects to develop street arts, physical theatre and circus in Scotland.
We also run SURGE Festival, our annual event, which brings new Scottish work and cutting edge international performances to the streets of Glasgow.
Solar Bear @thesolarbear.bsky.social Deaf artists leading the way - theatre, digital, outreach. #deafyouththeatre #deaftalent #deafculture #deaftheatre #deafdigitalart 🏴 www.solarbear.org.uk
Marion Bourbouze @marionbbz.bsky.social Head of Marketing at Imaginate which produces the fabulous Edinburgh International Children’s Festival every May. @edchildrensfest.bsky.social
Imaginate & Edinburgh International Children’s Festival @edchildrensfest.bsky.social Developing, presenting & celebrating the best children’s theatre and dance from around the world.
Wonder Fools @wonderfools.org 🎭 Creating exceptional arts experiences for all.
Alright Sunshine ☀️ 01-24 Aug, 16:20 @ Pleasance (Jack Dome). Secure your tickets below 👇
Registered Scottish Charity: SC047673
www.wonderfools.org
Daryl & Co @darylandco.bsky.social Daryl here, from the imaginatively named Daryl & Co, a Disabled-led theatre company where collaboration & co-creation meet mischief and merriment. We make accessible theatre to delight young audiences.
DarylAndCo.com
Claire Eliza Willoughby @claire-snap.bsky.social artist working mainly in theatre ✨ part of collective Snap-Elastic ✨alter ego Veronika Velvette
@byretheatre.bsky.social @byretheatre.bsky.social
Dee Heddon @deeheddon.bsky.social James Arnott Chair in Drama, Uni of Glasgow, walking, forests, live art. 🏳️🌈
Jenni Mason @jennimason.bsky.social Artistic Director at @pacetheatre.com
Emma Pirie @emmajanepirie.bsky.social Communications and engagement. Arts and events. Cheerful.
Fiona - Play Scotland @fiplayscotland.bsky.social Play Pedagogy Lead @Play Scotland. Championing children’s right to play in Scotland, inspiring & supporting educators to embrace play-based learning in schools. MEd student, bookworm, and cake lover. ❤️ All views my own! 🙈🙉🙊
Clare Adamson MSP @clareadamsonmsp.bsky.social SNP MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw | Convener Scottish Parliament CEEAC Committee | Promoted by Clare Adamson MSP, The Dalziel Building, 7 Scott Street, Motherwell, ML1 1PN
Leonie Bell @leoniebell.bsky.social Director V&A Dundee, Scotlands design museum
Honorary Professor of Design, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee
Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh
Trustee Edinburgh International Festival
Kenny McGlashan @mcglashk.bsky.social
Play Scotland @playscotland.bsky.social The national expert in play for parents, policymakers and the play workforce
Email: info@playscotland.org
#PlayEveryday
https://linktr.ee/playscotland
Inspiring Scotland @inspiringscotland.bsky.social We identify and solve problems on a national scale, working together for a Scotland without poverty or disadvantage.
https://inspiringscotland.org.uk/
Scottish Out of School Care Network @soscn.org Supporting children's rights to play, care and learning
Lyn Gardner @lyngardnertheatre.bsky.social Journalist thinking out loud about theatre. Often at The Stage and Stagedoor. Author of novels for children. Contact@lyngardner.com
Leah Black @leahblack.bsky.social Co-Head of Regenerative Futures Fund, Edinburgh working in the team at Foundation Scotland. Into things like - funding, philanthropy, communities, culture, equality, futures and resourcing system change over the long term.
Siân MacGregor @sianmacgregor.bsky.social @sian_macgregor elsewhere
Researching young audiences; professional theatre and dance
Greg Sinclair @gregsinclairartist.bsky.social Performance artist, composer, cellist, dancer, theatre maker
(he/they)
www.gregsinclair.net
Helen Belbin @helenbelbin.bsky.social Scottish actor and V/O artist
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm4083098/
Lung Ha Theatre Company @lunghatheatre.bsky.social Scotland's leading theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning disability and autism.
https://www.lungha.com/
https://linktr.ee/lunghatheatre
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/