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I;ve just realised, 20 years this month in fact!

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It was a very violent piece, and watching people jump and trying to retreat back into their seats was a really enjoyable experience for me. It has a feel of plays like Mojo, but for the 21st Century. Anyway, if anyone might be interested in reviving the play, get in touch! 5/5

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“For a low-budget production, this Cindy Millerchip directed show was gripping, exciting and had the audience on an emotional rollercoaster throughout. […] Writer Leon Fleming's astute script gives plenty of food for thought.” 3* Birmingham Mail 4/5

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I was so chuffed with my first ever review. Three stars from the Birmingham Mail. They'd reviewed the History Boys earlier that week and given it four stars, and it was whispered to me that's the reason they couldn't give Monkeys 4*. I didn't know or care if that was true... 3/5

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It's about survival in the world of a gay manor boss and his boys. It was inspired by a well known gay gangster in Manchester (so I won't mention his name,) and also by my own experiences hanging out with a straight manor boss in Hull at the beginning of the 2000s... 2/5

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Leon Fleming @leonfleming.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Been looking over the script of my first produced play, Monkeys in Toy Town from back in 2006 (20 years ago!) Although it had some re-writing after that production, I'd be happy to look at it again to bring it up to date if someone agreed that it was time for a revival... 1/5

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Happy Leeds Pride!!!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Leon Fleming @leonfleming.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Not just 1, but 2 @dilfuk.bsky.social in Leeds next weekend! Sat 18 and Sun 19 July. Leeds Pride DILF x 2! There's a discount if you get a special ticket for both nights. Both nights will be heavily subscibed so don't mess about when it comes to getting your tickets! www.dilf.uk/cities/leeds

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...trustee board (consisting of both the longstanding trustees, as well as the new trustees whose hands we believe are safer,) meet on Thursday. 4/4

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...the people holding the matches. The only proper course of action is for them to resign (as a trustee myself who knows how difficult things can be, I say this without any hint of malice.) Please consider signing this letter before the... 3/4

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...or evolution for #BradfordProducingHub, and like everyone else who has signed this letter, I am certain that will not and cannot happen while the original longstanding trustees remain in post. When you're house is on fire, you don't pass the buckets of water to... 2/4

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An Open Letter: Accountability must come first for BPH to continue

I fully support this open letter in relation to @bdproducinghub.co.uk; so much so that I was the socond person to sign their name to it. All our voices and concerns must be listened to and taken into account in any doscussion regarding any future... 1/4 openletter.earth/an-open-lett...

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... left an indelible mark on my life. It's had a huge effect on what I believe, and what I hope for. It has hugely informed the kind of work I make, but possibly more importantly, the audiences I make it for. It was 11 months, 3 weeks, and 4 days; we were in it to the end. 5/5

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... others having strike days in solidarity, my mum coaxing us into the house with buns she'd made whenever the ice cream van came round because we couldn't afford ice creams, and the overwhelming sense of community, of a cause, of belonging to something bigger. The strike... 4/5

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... Castleford, hearing the police call my mum a whore, seeing men coming back from the pickets limping with blood running from their heads. I remember also the excitement about the marches in Doncaster and London, that Venessa Redgrave bought my dad a pint, teachers and... 3/5

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... been looking at my late dad's pit checks/tokens, union badges, and strike badges - I remember viviadly what it was like living through the strike; being under siege, starved out, relying on food parcels and hot meals provided by the union in various church halls around... 2/5

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