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Word of Warning (hÅb) @warnmcr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TODAY's #Emergency26 is a day out for the curious at @contactmcr.bsky.social — experience up to 26 live works from Noon to 10pm *Probably* England’s longest-running #liveart event… Emergency 26 is Manchester's 26th micro-marathon of the bizarre, the bold, and the beautiful. 🔗 emergencymcr.org

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Superb piece of theatre. Christine Mackie is an astonishing actor. www.homemcr.org/whats-on/iro... #uktheatre

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Back from Edinburgh Fringe #edfringe, lighter head, lighter wallet, 44 shows plus extras completed. Some real standouts, Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities is an amazing tiny gem, Damien Warren-Smiths "Too Clowns" was so funny, and such a risk. And Ham by Hotter Project, special.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The most wholesome thing on social media.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Chase, the most underrated of 2 player games, one of the best things #TSR ever did. Was so pleased with this elegant ending! Deserves a reprint. #mindsports

Board for Chase, showing dice on a hex background with a complex winning position.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Very much enjoyed Wilder! at @anthonyburgess.bsky.social . best thing I've seen at @gmfringe.bsky.social so far this year. Tight contemporary farce. www.instagram.com/wilderatfrin...

Theatre set of retro furniture- rug, chaise tongue, table and chairs, bathed in a bloody red light.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Just thinking back over Voidspace Live...what a great weekend! Particularly enjoyed the bonsai sized Cave by Ada Null @worldenddisk.com , the quite surreal You Are Pagliacci: Sad Clown Simulator by the dazzling John Robertson, and The Map And The Echo by Seth Kriebl. @voidspacezine.bsky.social

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James @nonzerosum.games · 16/06/2026

A sprawling list of half-baked ideas, some of which probably already exist in some form or another—if you see something you want to make, run with it, I won't get to them all: nonzerosum.games/gam... #games #gamedev #ideas #ideation #sharing

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Game Ideas

A raw and evolving notebook of game ideas.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Beautiful carving at Nottingham Castle. If you zoom, you can see it's an aerial view of #WW1 fortifications. Would be great to know whether it's based on real trenches. #maps

Memorial with inscription of biplane flying over WW1 fortified lines

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

The Winter Olympics bobsleigh commentator just said one of the competitors has a mountain to climb. Exactly the opposite mate, exactly the opposite. #olympics

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

It's the end of the year so as usual, for my memory mainly, here's my top 10 culture things of 2025: #theatre #uktheatre #Manchester

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Henry V in Bristol. Great location, hopes high! #theatre #uktheatre

Ruined church with constructed ramp into stage area

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

A story thst deserves telling, told brilliantly. ‪@rxtheatre.bsky.social‬ www.royalexchange.co.uk/event/libera... #uktheatre

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Liberation - Royal Exchange Theatre

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Really enjoyed The Heist at Blackpool Grand. Imitating The Dog just continue to be astonishing, their pieces with young people just as much as their other work. @grandtheatrebpl.bsky.social‬

https://grandtheatrebpl.bsky.social‬

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Sad news. Grange Arts Centre was a great space, formerly used not just for theatre but kids tv back in the day. Shame it was allowed to decline, but RAAC unavoidable i guess. www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/2516835... #theatre #oldham

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

My first #edfringe recommendation of 2026!...possibly the first anywhere. Saw this in it's first run, incredible, don't understand how he didn't get sued. Lee Mark Jones.

Poster for A Rock and Roll Suicide: Still Alive 2026 Tour. Incorporates various review from 5 star to 1 star, "cause to be concerned for his welfare" The Scotsman.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Saw Constellations tonight, wonderful script, beautifully performed, especially Clare Cole. Massively triggering for me, but that just highlights how good the performances were. www.kingsarmssalford.com/event/conste...

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Constellations by Nick Payne | The Kings Arms

Proxemics presents Constellations by Nick Payne*, a one act play about one relationship and infinite possibilities. Mariane, a physicist, meets Roland, a beekeeper, at a barbeque and they spark a rela...

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Interesting interactive visualisation of the weight of all the bacteria, fungi, humans etc on the Earth biocubes.net (by @JohnsHopkins University)

An interactive visualization of the biomass of different biological kingdoms on Earth. The image shows a series of cubes, each representing the biomass of a kingdom: bacteria, fungi, animals, archaea, and protists. The bacteria cube is significantly larger than the others, indicating that bacteria make up the largest portion of biomass on Earth.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Fascinating show at Lancaster. This seems to be the week for shows about forgotten colonial history. And, I got a badge. #theatre #lancasterarts www.lancasterarts.org/youre-invite...

Hand holding badge saying "beware pedagogic gerontocracy- Lessons on revolution"

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

All Blood Runs Red, some of the best theatre I've seen this year, Imitating The Dog at their finest. The telling of an incredible life, ITD really pushing their filmic style in new directions, shades of La Jetee at times www.imitatingthedog.co.uk/project/all-... #theatre #leedsplayhouse

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All Blood Runs Red | imitating the dog

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Absolutely wonderful productiòn of Faith Healer at the Kings Arms in Salford, great way to start the theatre year! www.kingsarmssalford.com/event/faith-...

Banner reading "the fantastic Francis Hardy FAITH HEALER one night only"

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

#dataviz question: my instinct is that people comprehend percentages better than rates per thousand or similar, so they'd be better to use in borderline cases: is there any research supporting/refuting this?

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the voidspace @voidspacezine.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

OPEN CALL ALERT! The open call for Voidspace Live is now....live! Full deets here: voidspacezine.com/voidspace-li... To find out more come to our Q&As: - in person at Theatre Deli, London 7pm Thursday 16 January or - online Sunday 19 January 8pm MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND SPREAD THE WORD ✨

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

It's the end of the year so as usual (first time on Bluesky!), mainly for my own memory here's my top 10 culture things of 2024: #immersive #edfringe #theatre

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Went to Dublin to see Immersive Theatre. But the highlight was probably the debut gig by Midnight Wayne, at Workman's Club Cellar. Wildly varied, slick, and who plays Day In The Life as a cover in their first gig? Peak Experience. # www.instagram.com/midnight_wayne

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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 30/11/2024

Pentametron was one of the great web art projects, retweeting couplets of accidentally iambic tweets. Thanks to Bluesky's open feed, I have resurrected the concept.. Behold @iambic.bot!

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Delighted to visit New Theatre in Dublin. Not sure if it's a theatre in a left wing bookshop, or a bookshop in a theatre, but I love it. #theatre #Dublin

Artistically lit chair on stage at New Theatre

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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Love this: Low<-Tech Magazine, a solar-powered web publication that goes offline when its energy source is unavailable (via Neha Kumar) at GT's Responsible Computing Summit happening in Atlanta today: solar.lowtechmagazine.com

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LOW←TECH MAGAZINE

This is a solar-powered website, which means it sometimes goes offline

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 13/10/2024

Chart of co2 levels since the 1950s, apppropriately at Lindow Moss, a heavily degraded carbon sink. www.discoverlindow.org/art-trail-ca... #dataviz

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

Sigh... #PowerBI strikes again. I would update it, but since the black death we just can't get the staff...

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Saw The Manikins: A Work In Progress this weekend, quite an amazing piece of immersive theatre. Not cheap, but worth seeing if you possibly can. www.themanikins.com #immersive

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The Manikins | immersive experience in London

The Manikins is a mind-bending immersive theatre experience in Bethnal Green, London.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

Not entirely successful map of the world in a chandelier- Africa can just about be made out. On show in the International Maritime Organisation as part of Open House London #GIS

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Benjamin Hennig @geoviews.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2024

Nordic Hemisphere

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

Definitely not a cult, but it must count as immersive? Immensely funny, completely original and audience driven. Volchok has an agile brain to carry this off on the fly. #edfringe #immersive tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/cer...

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Ceremony

'Hilarious, moving, provocative... extraordinary' **** (List). Pick of the Week at Adelaide Fringe Festival, 2024. Welcome. Welcome to The Ceremony. You're welcome. Thank you. Exploring ritual and tra...

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

I've been trying to see this for several years-it was worth the wait. A disconcerting look at office life, which works best if you plunge in with both feet, try things out...a great experience. #edfringe tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tem...

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Temping

In a basement office in Illinois, there's a job waiting for you. Sarah Jane is on vacation, and you've been hired to fill in. In this interactive show for one, you'll explore her cubicle, answer her p...

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

Beautiful, moving piece, combining dance and sculpture, age and youth in the unlikeliest ways. Really deft choreography, and a very accessible piece. Hope to see more from these two. #edfringe tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/golem

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Golem

Golem is an artistic dialogue between dancer and choreographer Julien Carlier and 75-year-old sculptor Mike Sprogis. Through their different disciplines and ages, Golem is constructed as a distorting ...

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

A one person piece that deserves to be seen. A really interesting take on Elon Musk, ai racism, and how the west sees Asian people. And I learned what ABG means, for better or worse #edfringe tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/is-...

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Is There Work on Mars?

Can an Asian with ADHD and dyscalculia pass Elon Musk's Mars immigration test? Set in a dystopian future of space colonisation, Is There Work on Mars? rants about many things: being an Asian who is in...

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

AI: The Waiting Room- is this the future in personalised theatre? Amusing and tailored to each person via headphones, the AI is impressive. Not polished- feels like a work in progress- but well worth seeking out and left with a feeling of elation tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/ai-... #edfringe

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AI: The Waiting Room – An Immersive Experience

Enter a space resembling a government institution and prepare to escape. An electronic system calls numbers and a silent warden gives out mysterious packages containing a different story to each audie...

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

As a rule of thumb, I avoid historical plays at Edinburgh Fringe. But I have a special interest in Drum Magazine and James Barnor, so went along, and glad I did. Really well acted, lovely piece. tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/drum

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DRUM

'A civilization flourishes when men plant trees under which they themselves never sit. What you need to understand is, Ghana is home.' As the afternoon sun hits London's BBC Broadcasting House, photog...

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

10000 Hours at #edfringe. Great acrobatics, and great, playful use of the digital display. Also very interesting embracing of failure, which just makes success sweeter. Recommended.

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