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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

homemcr.org

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

Can't help suspecting this is a couple with two very different and conflicting types of neurodiversity. If so, well done for sticking together. If not, are you sure?

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's a very unusual form of staging, with I guess you could say miniature sets being revealed and magnified. Almost like a cabinet of curiosities, but very close to the book in many ways.

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

Correction, Ursula also directed Ham! Wow.

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

Also, saw two shows directed by the amazing Ursula Martinez, both awesome. Sh!t Theatre's Evita Too, and Man Or Bear.

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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 · 08/08/2026

I kinda want to believe the wizard is in love with the ex-paladin...

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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 · 18/07/2026

This seems something so central to the bsky experience that bsky themselves should adopt it, surely?

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

Ohhh and You Are The Lamb was, while not perfect, really good. I'm not sure who played the priestess, but kudos to them. Nott.Theatre (who seem impossible to track down!)

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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

nonzerosum.games

Game Ideas

A raw and evolving notebook of game ideas.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Way better! I'm kinda impressed/appalled they got the original past peer reviewers/editors.

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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 · 03/04/2026

Nice article but wow blogspot has gone ad crazy.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I still have 4 luxury Xmas puddings. They just get better with age, right?

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I wonder why nobody has put the two polls together to get a larger combined sample size and less margin of error.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

In an era of personality politics, he has no personality. And he's not really Labour, more centrist. It's a shame, as the quiet stuff behind the scenes is excellent, mending all the stuff the tories broke, making corruption harder.

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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 · 15/01/2026

There seems to be a lot of AI naivety in the police. I'm not sure sacking this guy will solve that or make us safer.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I remember your guess the weight of the Chris game. I can't remember what zine it was in now....

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

Theatre of Dreams (Hofesh Schechter, Lowry, Manchester) William Kentridge (Yorkshire Sculpture Park)

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

Wink (Etal Theatre (Phoebe Eclair-Powell), 53Two Manchester) clipping (Koko, London) @clppng.bsky.social Jacob Alon, Hetta Falzon (Band On The Wall, Manchester) @bandonthewall.bsky.social

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

All Blood Runs Red (Imitating The Dog, Leeds Playhouse) Liberation (Ntombizodwa Nyoni, Royal Exchange, Manchester) @rxtheatre.bsky.social The Heist (Imitating The Dog again, Blackpool Grand) Census (Melandra Jacks, Home Manchester) Singin` In The Rain (Raz Shaw, Royal Exchange, Manchester)

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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 · 08/09/2025

ok, so how do i find out more about them? x

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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 · 28/07/2025

Isn't that still fantasy? Unless there's some sort of scenario where people are uploaded into a virtual world where they get trapped in the form of a talking train. Forever. Now that's dark.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Fantasy. Or maybe just surreal and experimental. Not SF anyway.

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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 · 17/06/2025

We use Arial corporately. I try not to go below 10pt. As Jeff said, the bigger issue is probably lack of control of data labels and the like. Very conscious of horrible label overlaps. So frustrating.

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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...

kingsarmssalford.com

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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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Also, it's a waste of space to start the y axis at zero, when you could start it at 45?

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Oh, and it really needs a picture of some coins behind the chart. And really, technically, you only need two bar colours, black and white. The legend will make clear which column is which. I guess as well if you could format it with thinner bars, so it fits on a mobile screen. Like, really thin.

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I mean, obviously 3DP on the Y Axis would be better. And ideally, to be fair to all countries, you should measure each country in the currency unit of that country, and show the currency on the bar.

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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

imitatingthedog.co.uk

All Blood Runs Red | imitating the dog

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Martin Burroughs @earwurm.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I like that you thought about what the data means, as well as just how to display it.

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