Leo Benedictus @leobenedictus.bsky.social A writer who is fond of Interesting Data.
https://leobenedictus.substack.com/
June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social Author, A PLACE OF OUR OWN: SIX SPACES THAT SHAPED QUEER WOMEN'S CULTURE (May 2024). Longtime Slatester, podcaster. Free newsletter: http://buttondown.email/WhereAre Back in UK after 40 years in US
Framework Theatre Company @frameworktc.bsky.social Scotland's support organisation for emerging and early-career theatre makers.
Crystal Palace Football Club @officialcpfc.bsky.social The Official Bluesky handle of Crystal Palace ❤️💙
Pride of South London.
Tampa Palace @cpfc-tampa.bsky.social Supporting the famous red & blue from the Sunshine State ☀️🦅🟥🟦
https://t.ajrkmx1.com/331727/6224/0?po=6533&aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
Storytelling PR @storytellingpr.bsky.social Publicity, consultancy and advocacy for culture and activism – let’s tell your story 📖
storytellingPR.com
Lesley Hart @lesleyhart.bsky.social Out to play. Pretends and scribbles mainly.
Tom Cooper @tomcoop.bsky.social Glasgow-based theatre director. Stories and songs.
tomcooper.uk
nay dhanak @naydhanak.bsky.social queer playwright, producer, & dramaturg based in glasgow
they/them
http://naydhanak.tilda.ws/
Dominic Corr @dominiccorr.bsky.social Film and Theatre Critic 🎭
Sarcasm is the default setting.
Editor of https://corrblimey.uk freelance writer and critic for The List, BBC Radio Scotland, Reviews Hub, In Their Own League. Film Critics UK and Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland judge
James Ley @jley.bsky.social Glasgow-based. Playwright. Screenwriter. Director. Sleazy Tiger (coming soon…) Ode to Joy, Wilf and more (…) Rep’d by Sayle Screen.
Stephen Greenhorn @sgreenhorn.bsky.social Word Monkey
Edinburgh
Passing Places. Glasgow Kiss. River City. Marchlands. Doctor Who. Sunshine on Leith. Dalgliesh. Around The World in 80 Days. Dept Q.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1114104/
Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social Theatre dramaturg and stage-play translator (french-english). Mum. Word-lover. Reader.
She/her.
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.
Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social Guardian First Edition writer
contact: libby.brooks@theguardian.com
insta: @libbyjbrooks
extracurricular: books, hills, standing stones, gingerbread, Labradors
Annie Siddons @bigsiddz.bsky.social Woman mama intersectional eco socialist Playwright dramaturg screenwriter prose writer activist 🇪🇬🇬🇷 SE London, baby. Howard@bluepostsmamagement.com 🍉
Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social AD & JCEO Cardboard Citizens. Founder LDN Ticket Bank. Words/ opinions are my own B4 award winning AD Bunker Theatre
Unrepped, DM me for work shiz
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
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
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
Campaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org We believe the arts make life better, and everyone should have opportunities to experience and take part in them. 🎶💃🎭🎨✍️📸🎥🧵🏛️
https://www.campaignforthearts.org/join/
Equity @equityuk.bsky.social We are the UK performing arts and entertainment trade union, made up of 50,000 performers and creative practitioners. Together we push for better pay, terms and conditions in the workplace.
www.equity.org.uk
Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Zoe Paskett @zoepaskett.bsky.social Arts journalist, mainly comedy and queer stuff. Official comedy tastemaker at @lmaonaise.bsky.social
Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social Theatre, politics and football mostly. I write about theatre (not football!) for the Financial Times.
David Eldridge @deldridgewriter.bsky.social "Astute social chronicler" (Time Out). Writer, lecturer & dad dancer. Thoughts on family, the arts, WHUFC, books & politics. Rep Michael McCoy at Independent Talent, London.
Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social World-renowned playwright and exotic dancer. http://www.danrebellato.co.uk
Alex Needham @alexneedham.bsky.social Arts editor of The Guardian.
Fergus Craig @ferguscraig2.bsky.social Arts & culture publicist. Political Communication, politics & philosophy graduate. Son of the Rock living in Edinburgh.
Tim Bano @timbano.bsky.social Arts journalist and audio producer. Read me in The Standard, Independent, FT, The Stage and other places. Listen on BBC Radio 4. Contact me at timbano.com
Jo Crowley @crowleyjo.bsky.social indie theatre producer
David Jays @mrdavidjays.bsky.social Writer and editor on theatre, dance. Guardian, London Standard, Dance Gazette, Why Dance Matters podcast.
@mrjamesgraham.bsky.social @mrjamesgraham.bsky.social
Barrel Organ @barrelorgan.bsky.social multi-award winning collaborative touring company, making daring & generous work that gives voice to audiences, artists & participants. // Current: #townsquared #Jilo #CompanyDev #YAP // Donate https://www.barrelorgantheatre.co.uk/support-us
Ben Caplan @bencaplanactor.bsky.social I am an actor and director working on stage and screen. Reps DPA Management, NB management and Talentworks LA and directing Jago Irwin at Independent Talent.
Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social We redistribute opportunity, information, and useful connections in culture.
https://www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved/
Philip Oltermann @philipoltermann.bsky.social Culture editor for Europe, The Guardian. Ex-Berlin bureau chief. My book The Stasi Poetry Circle (Faber & Faber) is out now
David Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social Football Correspondent, The Athletic
Adam Lenson @adamlenson.bsky.social Director, Theatremaker and Creative Technologist. I live in London and make musicals and music driven work. Artistic Director of Timelapse.
https://linktr.ee/adamlenson
Lars Sivertsen @larssivertsen.bsky.social Football writer and broadcaster. Author of Haaland: The incredible story behind the world's greatest striker - https://smarturl.it/HaalandLars
Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social editing @lrb (again), after years as Guardian non-fic editor. Writing book for Penguin/Norton on sandals, sunbaths, muesli, 'bearded fruit-juice drinkers' etc. Campaigner for Martha's Rule in NHS.
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
Try the LRB for just £6: lrb.me/social
The TLS @thetls.bsky.social The Times Literary Supplement. Subscribe here: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/buy
All Edinburgh Theatre @alledintheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh's year-round theatre website, providing you with all the news, reviews, previews, listings and more. Edited and curated by @thomdibdin.bsky.social
Alice Jones @alicevjones.bsky.social Deputy Head of Culture, The Times & The Sunday Times
Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social Arts journalist (comedy specialist), Times Scotland (Alba) and Metro mainly. Scotsman comedy reviews during Edinburgh Fringe. Wanging on about birds all year round.
North Berwick, near Edinburgh. She/her
Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social Writer, theatre maker, silly runner.
www.danielbye.co.uk
Joe Boylan @joeboylan.bsky.social Actor / Theatre-Maker
Currently: Glorious French Rev. @newdiorama / @LAMDAdrama / @ChloeStoreyMgt / South London Born & Raised /
Matthew Xia @excalibah.bsky.social Father : Director : DJ Excalibah - 1Xtra : CEO/AD at Actors Touring Company : BODIES OF WATER / TAMBO & BONES : Olivier Winner HEY DUGGEE : SKELETON CREW DONMAR WAREHOUSE
Lily Einhorn @madewithstring.bsky.social Creative and cultural producer specialising in community arts. Plus coaching. Plus writing. And ceramics. Raging about neo-liberalism most of the time. she/her
www.lilyeinhorn.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
Kate McGrath @1katemcgrath.bsky.social Artistic Director & CEO, Fuel.
Trustee, Clore Leadership.
Board member, What Next? & ARTCRY.
She/her.
Paula Varjack @paulavarjack.bsky.social Artist working in performance , video & participation
Paines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social painesplough.com/link-tree
Seemia Theatre @seemiatheatre.bsky.social 🇦🇷🇬🇧🇮🇷 Ensemble fusing music, poetic text & physical theatre
LUSTRUM AWARD🏆 BarbicanOpenLab 2022
EVOLVE 2024 @oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social
#SariaCallas on Tout Autumn 2026
#LetsLove @ARCStockton
https://linktr.ee/SeemiaTheatre
Georgia Louise Luckhurst @georgialouluck.bsky.social poet and journalist//member of southbank centre's new poets collective//reporter @timeshighered.bsky.social
Jonathan Wakeham @jonathanwakeham.bsky.social Screenwriter at Independent Talent (UK) & Lit Entertainment (US). Mentor at Arts Emergency. Coming soon: polar scientists, Hollywood noir. WGGB.
Deborah Pearson @performingquiet.substack.com Theatre and live art person. London based, Canadian born.
FKA shysecretagent on the platform whose name we dare not speak.
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
Tim Crouch @thistimcrouch.bsky.social Playwright • theatre maker • radio • tv • Brighton UK
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
Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social Guardian theatre critic and presenter of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast https://www.xtclimelight.com/ All kinds of stuff here: https://linktr.ee/markffisher
Thom Dibdin @thomdibdin.bsky.social Theatre critic of Edinburgh's stages. Owner and editor of All @alledintheatre.bsky.social. Cyclist. Wearer of loud shirts.
Born at 317.73 ppm.
Maureen Carr @weemo67.bsky.social Actor, Artistic Director of Witsherface a comedy collective and theatre company.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland @rcsofficial.bsky.social The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) is a place like nowhere else, powered by performance, its people and their passion. RCS is a World Top 10 undergraduate and postgraduate destination for performing arts education (QS World University Rankings 2025)
Stellar Quines @stellarquines.bsky.social Stellar Quines creates theatre, supports creatives and engages communities, all with the aim of achieving greater equality.
@lailanoble.bsky.social @lailanoble.bsky.social
Sorcha @sorchajudge.bsky.social Media Officer at Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, formerly Penguin Random House. Excited about theatre, books, music & more. All views my own.
Morna Young @mornayoung.bsky.social Playwright and screenwriter. Resident writer Traverse. Rep: Casarotto.
The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, economics, books, culture, ideas, science, history, tech, data...
Become a subscriber: https://newstatesman.com/subscribe
Alistair Smith @smithalistair.bsky.social Editor of The Stage
Chair of Get into Theatre
Matt Hemley @matthemley.bsky.social Deputy editor of The Stage newspaper. Theatre content galore. Gloria Estefan megafan.
The Wee Review @theweereview.bsky.social Scotland's online arts & culture magazine | Fringe | Film | Theatre | Music | Comedy | Books | Dance | #edfringe partners with
Theweereview.com
The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social Independent Cultural Journalism from Scotland. Free monthly magazine, website, podcasts, and more. DMs not monitored, send us an email.
theskinny.co.uk
Edinburgh Festival Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social The greatest platform for creative freedom in the world 🌎
Join us 06 - 30 Aug 2027.
#edfringe
edfringe.com
Peter Arnott @peterarnott.bsky.social A playwright without a theatre is just a poet with a split personality. For permissions etc, Brennan Artists. https://www.brennanartists.com/
Nurney the Theatre Tech @rossnur.bsky.social Early 30s, Tech for the most prolific theatre company in the world. Sound engineer and designer, lighting designer and all round annoying guy!
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social Playwright represented by Judy Daish at United Agents
Jack Hunter @jackhuntercreative.bsky.social Performer. Writer. Poet. Represented by Infinity Artists. 🥚🐺🎤
https://jackhunter.uk
Elfie Picket Theatre @elfiepicket.bsky.social Dundee based theatre company making radical new work incorporating music, poetry and whatever we fancy in that moment.
Owen Calvert-Lyons @owencl.bsky.social Theatre Maker. Brummie. Bringer of Smiles. Artistic Director/CEO of @TheatreroyalBSE. He/Him.
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
Anya Ryan @anyaryan.bsky.social Culture journalist and critic. Writes about comedy/theatre/gossip (and more).
Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social
Playwright. Passionate about harm reduction and recovery.
The Scaff & Dancing Shoes with Graeme Smith.
Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social playwright, director, highlander / messages from the deep (they/them)
represented by Brennan Artists, IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship 2026
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.
The Lyceum @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social Season 26/27 now on sale:
https://lyceum.org.uk/
Improbable @improbable1.bsky.social World-renowned company of pioneering improvisers, makers & conversation facilitators. We make remarkable theatre.
Next: My Neighbour Totoro West End (from 8 March)
https://www.improbable.co.uk
D&D20 tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/devotedanddisgruntled
Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social Professor and Head of Department at LSE Sociology, Co-Editor British Journal of Sociology. Research: class, culture, elites, social mobility. Books: Born to Rule, The Class Ceiling, Comedy and Distinction
Rachael Healy @rachaelhealy.bsky.social Journalist/lapsed mackem | Features/reviews/investigations. Mostly on culture. Currently reporter @theobserveruk.bsky.social (plus bits in @theguardian.com) | British Journalism Awards winner 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rachael-healy
Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social Arts and climate. Born at 344 ppm.
https://ambermassieblomfield.com/
British Comedy Guide @britishcomedy.bsky.social Website about UK comedy. www.comedy.co.uk
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social critic @vulture
Jason Zinoman @jasonzinoman.bsky.social Critic at large at New York Times. On comedy column. Authored Letterman, Shock Value. Podcast: The Martin Chronicles.
Alex Murdoch @alexmurdoch.bsky.social Actor / Writer / Theatre Maker
Acting rep Narrow Road
Literary rep Independent Talent
Tron Theatre @trontheatre.bsky.social Home of Tron Theatre Company, producing and presenting outstanding contemporary theatrical work that entertains, inspires and empowers.
Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social Longform, thoughtful coverage of the UK's theatre landscape. Find us at exeuntmagazine.substack.com
The Stage @thestage.co.uk The Stage is the world’s oldest and best theatre publication 🗞️