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Jack Dryden

@jackdryden.uk
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I make theatre things happen | 🎭 Fringe Theatre Producer by night | 💼 Management Accountant for DCMS by day | All views my own, but feel free to borrow! | he/they jackdryden.uk

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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 23/08/2026
Yes, that's exactly what the website actually asks you to do if your MP has not yet signed so it's all set up for that.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 21/08/2026
Book tickets here: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 21/08/2026
Loved 'A Very Little Green Leaf' this afternoon. A thoughtful retelling of Odette Hallowe's extraordinary resilience and determination to survive. Beautifully and simply presented by the excellent cast of two. 1 extra show remaining: 17:10 @ theSpace Surgeon's Hall #theatre #edfringe
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 20/08/2026
Forgot to share the link for tickets: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 20/08/2026
Here's the link for tickets: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 20/08/2026
Wow, Trains in the Night took my breath away! Achingly beautiful in story and music, with incredible depth of characters. A sapphic coming of age musical for anyone who's ever been 'just friends' with the love of their life. 20:20 @ theSpace Symposium Hall (til 29 Aug) #edfringe #musicaltheatre
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 19/08/2026
Loved Perfect Match, a cute 2-hand new-writing musical about giving love a chance. Gorgeous vocally and lyrically, with a heartwarming story and plenty of meta musical theatre references for nuts like me! 14:35 @ theSpace on the Mile (till 22 Aug) #edfringe #musicaltheatre
Show Artwork: 2 silhouetted faces look at each other with a lit match casting a glow and the title 'The Perfect Match'
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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
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The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 12/03/2026
This is a really good point, hadn't occurred to me that of course if the transaction charges are fixed then they are regressive against cheaper seats!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 11/03/2026
I've never understood transaction fees. Just feel so anti-customer in a sector all about customer experience. Surely better for audiences to just have a one ticket price that includes everything! I'm glad regs mean fees must now be declared up front, but x + y prices still look wrong to me.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 09/03/2026
Oh gosh, this sounds horrendous, hang in there! We're just starting an internal complaint with our housing association and really hope they pull their finger out it doesn't come to this. But why does everything with housing have to be so bloody difficult!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 08/03/2026
This makes me angry on so many levels! First, when has Pixar ever shied away from emotive subjects before? Second, blaming it on kids is rubbish. This is about saving homophobic parents. I can't watch Elio after this. I'd just spend the whole movie thinking what it could've been. #Pixar #Elio
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 21/08/2025
I think Leglock at Greenside George St has to be my #edfringe fave. Didn't expect a cage fighting play to capture my heart! Launching with incredible energy & humour we watch James' true feelings on his career slowly unwind. 2 shows left, 5.20pm www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Show artwork: white mouthguard on light blue background scribbled with the word Leglock.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 19/08/2025
Lovely end to last night with Sense, a musical about dementia. Beautifully poetic, with rich characters whose stories unwind over the course of the hour, things unsaid slowly revealed. Until Fri 22 Aug @ 11pm #edfringe www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/s…
Show artwork: the back of a man's head surrounded by floating photographs of memories with the title Sense: A Musical about Dementia
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 18/08/2025
I'm prioritising new shows this #edfringe, but lovely to see The Nature of Forgetting is back! Had to be one of my top 3 shows from 2017. Stunningly beautiful physical theatre about early onset dementia with a gorgeous score underpinning the story. An absolute must if you haven't seen it before!
Outdoor poster for The Nature of Forgetting. Red billboard with an image of a girl perched on the handlebars of an old bicycle while one boy cycles at speed and another boy sits backwards in the saddle. The poster is covered in 5 star ratings.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 18/08/2025
Especially on the #edfringe website as people look at these when considering buying tickets. A couple positive reviews on there can make all the difference!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 18/08/2025
Interesting article from Lyn Gardner on small #edfringe theatre audiences. Seems the issue could be taking a risk on the unknown. But I think there's a solution. As theatregoers if we see something brilliant we need to shout about it. So get posting your recs! www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/dwin...
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Lyn Gardner on theatre's uphill battles at Edinburgh Fringe
Between inclement weather, squeezed budgets and clashing schedules, staging theatre at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe feels tougher than ever, says Lyn Gardner
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 18/08/2025
A truly heartwarming 1st #edfringe show for me seeing new musical 'I'm Autistic'. Interwoven stories show the complexity of the autistic experience through 3 focal characters, sweet songs and tight vocal harmonies. Beautiful and touching. Until Sat 23 Aug @ 15:20 www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Show artwork - Round speech bubble on orange background contains the title I'm Autistic. A subtitle underneath says A New Musical
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 05/05/2025
Local post, but if you live, work or study in Hammersmith & Fulham please consider signing this petition, seeking action to improve Uxbridge Road. Fantastic to see growing support with over 1,200 signatures already! We need 5,000 to secure a council debate. Sign now: tinyurl.com/uxbridge-rd
Photo of neglected shopfronts on Uxbridge Road overlayed with the text "Sign the petition now. Fix Uxbridge Road: No More Neglect, No More Crime.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 10/02/2025
I will forever remember seeing this at the @painesplough.bsky.social Roundabout in Edinburgh, such a beautiful and life affirming show!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 08/02/2025
Vile + abhorrent to hear Josh Howie suggest a link between the LGBTQ+ community and child sexual abuse. This cannot go unchallenged! Please add your name to the Good Law Project complaint to Ofcom.
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Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January, Josh Howie, one of their presenters, repeated a dangerous homophobic slur that links the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. You can watch the video here. It’s clearly illegal to stir up hatred by broadcasting a poisonous myth. Like GB News, Howie thinks he’s above the law. But he’s wrong. And we’re going to show him how.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 25/01/2025
This is really good news! Hats off to Thomas Hopkins for generously funding new seats for Kings Head Theatre ❤️
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Producer donates £35,000 for ‘game-changing’ King’s Head auditorium revamp
A £35,000 gift from Thomas Hopkins, producer of new musical Stalled, is to transform the London theatre by paying for the installation of raked seating
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 24/01/2025
If you're a UK artist thinking of taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, defo take a look at the Keep It Fringe funding scheme where you could get £2,500 towards your costs! Applications are open until Wed 12 Feb. GO GO GO! @edfringe.bsky.social #edfringe #theatre
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Apply for Keep it Fringe funding
Information on how to apply for funding to help you bring a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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The Thelmas @thethelmas.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Excellent article by the most excellent @owencl.bsky.social. How refreshing to see a theatre genuinely engaging with this issue and their local community in a meaningful way! www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/owen...
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Owen Calvert-Lyons: There is an appetite for new plays – that's why we grew an audience for them
Am ambitious four-year strategy to move from staging adaptations of classics to putting on new work has reached its crucial final year at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. Artistic director Owen Calvert-...
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 16/01/2025
Wow, love love LOVE the artwork for the new Little Women tour ❤️ If anyone knows you made the design I'd love to know!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 13/01/2025
This is a wonderful idea to help more schools bring their pupils to the theatre! The Mayflower Theatre in Southampton has launched a new initiative to subsidise travel for school trips.
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Mayflower in Southampton to tackle school trips decline with subsidised travel
Thousands of pupils will be provided with subsidised transport to the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, as part of a new partnership that aims to tackle a decline in school trips
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 11/01/2025
This is wonderful news and I for one am very excited to see what the new National Theatre Wales produces! Absolutely loved seeing the #NTLive stream of Michael Sheen in Nye recently, hopefully more like that to come ☺️ #MichaelSheen #NationalTheatreWales
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 11/01/2025
The gov. has just launched a consultation on how to tackle ticket touts and protect fans. Open till 4th April. Fans and event producers alike, now's your chance to share your views! www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Putting fans first: consultation on the resale of live events tickets
The government is consulting on proposals to strengthen consumer protections in relation to ticket resales.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 02/01/2025
Happy New Year! Thought I would share this beautiful white winter's day up in Edinburgh where I'm visiting my folks. A perfect morning to round off the festive period before heading back to London!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 18/11/2024
Hi Nicky, I work on plays too and currently seeking funding for a play about Tinnitus (see jackdryden.uk/divine). I am a part time producer though so limited in how many projects I can take, and to be very honest pretty much at that limit for the next little while. But always happy to offer advice.
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Divine Noise | Jack Dryden • Fringe Theatre Producer
A play about tinnitus and the things we do to ignore reality. By Otis Waby. Divine Noise is supported by Arts Council England and Deafinitely Theatre.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 18/11/2024
Thanks Howard, this is a great list, trying to find all the theatre people I can!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 18/11/2024
Hi Bobby, thanks for making this, could you add me? ☺️
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 18/11/2024
Hey Robbie, thanks for making this! I'm a theatre producer and would love to be added ☺️
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 16/11/2024
Hi Rebecca, please could you add me? Thanks for making this!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 12/11/2024
Great to see you on here Daniel, I'm a big fan of legal hour but hadn't realised you were in the theatre world too!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 10/11/2024
Absolutely love this choice, it's genius! And it just feels so natural and right.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 10/11/2024
Yes I know what you mean, subtitle boxes above/around take you out of the moment. I've had the same feeling with foreign language shows.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 10/11/2024
Oh you've got to love Avenue Q! I've got fond memories of the student production I worked on back at University - we had such a ball!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 10/11/2024
Really glad to hear it, accessible theatre is so important and we need to follow their lead!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 10/11/2024
Yeah exactly, my day job is at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as an Trainee Accountant (so as close as I could get to theatre producing in the Civil Service haha)
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 10/11/2024
I've had so much fun producing shows and try to do as many as I can! But haven't yet managed to make it my proper job, so juggling my projects with other work. If you're in the UK, a good place to start is with the training from Stage One New Producers' at StageOne.uk.com
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 09/11/2024
Ah I see! Yeah if only everything worked everywhere, but good shout using your parents address ☺️
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 09/11/2024
Hey Jake, I have a Kobo e-reader which connects directly with Overdrive / Libby and works like a treat! You can find books through the Kobo book store and there is an option to borrow from your library if they have it. Can also track your holds from on your e-reader.
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 09/11/2024
Great work putting this together Beccy, I've followed everyone on there and will enjoy following the feed of posts!
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 09/11/2024
Lovely of the National Theatre to offer Nye for free until 11 Nov! Watched last night and had a good cry 😭 Such a moving retelling of the founding of the NHS through the dreams of Nye Bevan (Michael Sheen)! Great antidote for all the doom & gloom of late! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpN-... #Theatre
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Nye | Full Show | Watch for free | National Theatre at Home
YouTube video by National Theatre
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 30/09/2024
Wasn't aware access was a laughing matter, but these folks look like they're splitting their sides in hysterics 😂
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 28/09/2024
Theatre people, despite my best efforts there still isn't enough theatre stuff in my BlueSky timeline! If you're interested in theatre, esp. if based in the UK, do give this a like as I'd love to find more people on here to follow and build a community of other theatre people ❤️ #Theatre
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 28/09/2024
And a few more...
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 28/09/2024
In case you missed it, delighted to share these stunning photos of our sold out concert for The House of Edgar on Mon at Seven Dials Playhouse. We had such a great night! I've been absolutely spoilt working with this incredible cast & team to bring our ghostly musical to life! 📸 Michaela Walshe
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Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk · 17/09/2024
But if you would still like to support us, we'd love it if you could spare some change for our Greenlit campaign to help cover our costs! Every penny we raise will help us make the show happen and plan for the next exciting step in the future! EdgarMusical.uk/Crowdfunder
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