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Critical Moment Theatre @criticalmoment.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

OPEN DOOR is SOLD OUT on Saturday night! #LGBTQ+ #History #Theatre

Notice on Taunton Brewhouse's webpage. DATE: Saturday 20th September 2025
TIME: 20 hundred hours
SOLD OUT

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PlaywrightNow @playwrightnow.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Not an accident that a good story is often described as a roller coaster. The thrill is the same: danger experienced while completely safe. #theater #amwriting #writing #playwriting

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

You can catch my interview with GWS Radio on listen again at 8:20 mins. OPEN DOOR - QUEER FREEDOM UNLOCKED 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTQ+ #GayHistory #QueerTheatre gws-radio.co.uk/listen-again...

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Papatango Theatre Company @papatangotc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Questions about playwriting and theatre? Talk to us! Log into the #PapatangoStudio between 11.30am - 1.30pm on Thursday 18th September to access our free 1-2-1 Online Chat. papatango.co.uk/studio #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Coming up on GWS… 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Critical Moment Theatre @criticalmoment.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Mum woulda been super proud!

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Queer history on stage 🌈✨ OPEN DOOR tells the story of a young gay lad in 1954 whose train ride from Exeter to Bristol changed everything. 📅 Sat 20 Sept, 8pm 🏦 Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton 🎫 01823 283 244 Tickets: www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/c…

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Pliny Soocoormanee. 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 🇲🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 @plinys23.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

A dark February night in 1954 🌙 A young gay lad boards a train from Exeter to Bristol… and changes queer history forever. OPEN DOOR 📅 Sat 20 Sept, 8pm 🏦 Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton 🎫 01823 283 244 Tickets: www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti...

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PlaywrightNow @playwrightnow.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

A guide to listening to critique: Those who love you tell you what they liked. Those who don't know you give clear-eyed critique. Those who don't like you hunt eagerly for flaws. All feedback is good. #playwriting #playwritingtips #writingcommunity

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Critical Moment Theatre @criticalmoment.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Thanks for your support, Pliny. It means the world! x

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

This #playwright thanks you, Pliny! x I have loved working on this long lost episode of queer history. #lgbtq+ #gayhistory #theatre

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tamisar @tamisar.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Ira Aldridge as Othello-William Mulready oil on panel c1840-63 #Actor #Playwright #theatre manager, Aldridge may be the most famous #African-American you’ve never heard of. The story of his groundbreaking career is remarkable. Pls read All about Him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Ald... #painting #art

This painting by William Mulready shows groundbreaking African-American actor Ira Aldridge dressed as he may have appeared in a production of Shakespeare’s play, Othello. Aldridge, youthful here, is wearing an armoured breastplate over an orange shirt with striped edges at the top, orange fabric billowing out in the sleeves. His striking expression, wide eyes looking warily towards the right, suits the almost paranoid mood of the character of Othello-the Moorish king convinced by evil Iago into believing that his wife had been unfaithful. The handsome Aldridge’s black hair is cut short, though his natural curls still show. On the left hand side of the painting there is a long, draped length of ivory fabric, with an orange and gold design on it. This may be a stage curtain…or perhaps a flag? In the distance, on the right, there is the two-tiered stone turret of a castle - doubtless Othello’s own.
Here I must divert from ALT description to add my own thoughts: in college, I studied theatre-including at least one course about the history of theatre. Several actors of centuries past were noted. And yet I had never heard of Ira Aldridge-nor his remarkable career-until I happened to stumble across this striking portrait whilst researching another painting by Mulready. I’m truly stunned this important figure in not only theatre, but African-American history, is not more well-known and celebrated. Yes, there are several Blue Plaques; an historic place of honour in Stratford-Upon-Avon; a grand memorial in Poland, where he died (tho it took decades before that was erected); and there has been a play and at least one short film about him in this century, as well as his being name-checked by that filmmaker in a podcast. It’s telling that Aldridge had to leave pre-Civil War America to find fame & acclaim-but still met with some racism-in England & Europe. Please read his Bio. There’s no doubt he broke barriers. Tragically too many of those barriers still exist. -tam💞

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Pliny Soocoormanee. 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 🇲🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 @plinys23.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

My Journey with LGBT+ Refugees. Behind every asylum claim is a life unrepeatable, wounded, sacred. We need to see beyond statistics and into the soul of the journey: from persecution to pride, from fear to healing. Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/9wu67vte @spiritoftherainbow.bsky.social

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Critical Moment Theatre @criticalmoment.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Dr Sheldon. Icy & sarky, but maybe she has a warm heart? And a secret? Rehearsal shot of Joanne Rogers by Emily Appleton OPEN DOOR 🗓 Saturday 20th September, 8:00pm 📍Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton 📞 Box office: 01823 283 244 🎟 TIX www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti... #LGBTQ+ #Theatre

Dr Sheldon, icy and sarky, but potentially warm-hearted. She's a 1950s professional in a tweed jacket and stylish green blouse. And she looks like she's getting ready to put someone in their place.

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Critical Moment Theatre @criticalmoment.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Robert Reid. Queer activist, lost to time. 🗓 Saturday 20th September, 8:00 pm 📍Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton 📞 Box office: 01823 283 244 www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/criti...

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Critical Moment Theatre @criticalmoment.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Our hot new #LGBTQ+ play takes its next step! #Theatre

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

On a dark February night in 1954, a young Exeter lad changed all our lives. Find out how… OPEN DOOR 🗓️ Sat 19th July, 3:30pm 📍 Barnfield Theatre Exeter 📞Box Office: 01392 772 63 63 TIX exeternorthcott.co.uk/events/open-... #Theatre #Playwright #LGBTQ+

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Who knew? The struggle for queer freedom in the UK started in Exeter! Find out how at Exeter’s Barnfield Theatre on 19th July. exeternorthcott.co.uk/events/open-...

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

🚨 Hungary has BANNED Pride! Join me outside the Hungarian Embassy in London at 1pm on Sat 21 June to protest against this attack on LGBTQ+ people. Pride is solidarity! Pride is protest! 🌐 SolidarityPride.lgbt #SolidarityPride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊

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Solidarity Pride - Solidarity Pride

We must stand shoulder to shoulder with LGBT+ people in Hungary as their authoritarian government bans Budapest Pride and all public LGBT+ gatherings. These attacks are not just political—they are per...

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Casting call for upcoming readings of my new play! Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #TheatreSky #LGBTQ+Pride #ActorSky

DATES:

APPLY BY: Monday 23rd June

AUDITION: Tuesday 1st July (Afternoon)

REHEARSALS: Tuesday 15th July 10-6pm Exeter Thursday 17th July 10-6pm Exeter Friday 18th July 10-6pm Exeter

PERFORMANCE DAYS: Saturday 19th July 10-6pm Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Saturday 20th September - Brewhouse, Taunton

FEE: £150 per day, including performance days, i.e. £750 in total. (Please note while some travel costs can be covered we are looking for actors with a Devon/Cornwall/Somerset base)

We’re open to diverse and inclusive casting and will be delighted to receive applications from global majority, LGBTQ+ and non-binary performers.

TO APPLY:

Please send your CV/Spotlight link with a short cover email detailing which role you would like to be considered for and your connection to the South West.

Email: criticalmomenttheatre@gmail.com

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Critical Moment Theatre @criticalmoment.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Wondeful book. And it even has a reference to Robert Reid, the gay activist at the centre of our new play Open Door! We have play readings coming up over a Prideful summer & we'll be posting about them soon. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #TheatreSky #LGBTQ+Pride #BookSky

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Reading this ahead of my talk for Wells Pride on Saturday. It’s all kinds fabulous! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTQ+Pride #BookSky

A copy of The Light of Day by Christopher Stephens and Louise Radnofsky. Billed on the cover with: ‘The first man to come out at the dawn of gay liberation.’
The cover shows a 1960s photo of Roger Butler. There’s also a quote from Sir Ian McKellen: ‘Your book is the “really good book. Just one” that Roger Butler would have wanted. ‘

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Delighted to be part of #LGBTQ+Pride in my old hometown! Come & hear the story of a long-lost gay activist! Hit the link to join us. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 14 June, Wells Town Hall, Somerset www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-door-...

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Critical Moment Theatre @criticalmoment.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

On the trail of a long-lost gay activist... We're sending one of our #playwrights to Wells Pride to tell the story of our new show Open Door! Hit the link to join us. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 14 June, Wells Town Hall, Somerset #LGBTQ+Pride www.eventbrite.com/e/open-door-...

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Heartfelt, tender, angry, astonishing.

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

‘Not the courts, not the state We decide our own fate.’ Love & solidarity to my trans brothers & sisters, from the Trans Rights action in a packed Parliament Square today. 🏳️‍⚧️ #NoLGBwithouttheT #TransRightsNow

Statue of Suffragette leader Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square. She holds a banner which reads: ‘Courage calls to courage everywhere.’ Behind her banner, a protestor’s arm reaches up to hold a pink-white-and-light-blue placard, which says: ‘What are you so afraid of?’

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Jonathan Edgington @jonedgewriter.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Just heard today that THE APPLES OF HESPERIDES is one of the 8 plays selected from the shortlist for performance at the Ilkley Playhouse Playwriting Festival in September!🕺 #theatresky #newwriting #WritingCommunity #theatrelondon #fantasy #writerscommunity #theatre #theatrecommunity #theatrenews

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Need character names & ideas? Why not take inspiration from your pets? Meet Dingo, my friend Sal’s dog. Translated to human form for my new script: a couch-hogging greedy layabout who knows how to turn on the charm with his big soulful eyes. Thanks, Ding! 🐾 #theatresky #playwriting #playwright

Dingo, lying soulfully on the couch, ready to provide inspiration. He’s mottled grey-and-white and Sal says he’s an Australian cattle dog, though I happen to know he comes from Wales.

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

On days like this, that’s what note-taking is for. #playwriting #theatresky

A battered old brick wall, made up of whitewashed, battered old bricks.

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Brian Coyle @brianscoyle.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Pampers and two half bottles of vodka. Who’d be a new parent…

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Brian Coyle @brianscoyle.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

KING OF THE WORLD - a dark comedy for dark times. If any theatre person is interested in a 60min drama about the impact of hard-man leaders on their subjects let me know, I'll send you the script.

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Richard Stephenson Winter (#TheMajor) @8thearlwansbeck.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The 8th Earl Wansbeck is a difficult man. Discover him and his unlikely pals in #TheTowers 🍸🇬🇧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tsf...

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The Towers: A Web Series - Official Trailer HD (2018)

YouTube video by Snaffly Productions

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PlaywrightNow @playwrightnow.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

An easy way to raise the stakes of a conflict is to give it an audience: public or personal. #writingcommunity #playwriting #amwriting #screenwriting

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PlaywrightNow @playwrightnow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Oh dear. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word "guaranteed." Quick: swap it out with "is very likely to."

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PlaywrightNow @playwrightnow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

"Too late now" is, in fact, a great first line. I eagerly await my share of the royalties.

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PlaywrightNow @playwrightnow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

A technique guaranteed to make your playwriting better: Start your scene one line later than you hear it in your head. The audience won't be confused; they'll be pulled in. #playwriting #amwriting #writingcommunity

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Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Such a sweet & silly film! 🍿 🐾

Ad for The Summer With Carmen. In UK cinemas from 28 February, digital and disc 31 March. By Peccadillo Pictures.

The image shows gay buddies Demosthenes and Nikitas, snacking on cherries as they lounge on a beach. Beside them, Carmen, a little mongrel, looks on soulfully.

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Brian Coyle @brianscoyle.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Five years since the first lockdown. Here are the twelve monologues I wrote around that time. Filmed on their phone by twelve very fine actors. www.briancoyle.co.uk/we-will-not-...

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We WIll Not Be Silenced Monologues

A series of short monologues about living through the coronavirus pandemic.

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