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Rachel Thomas

@rachellos.bsky.social
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Actor | Producer | Joint AD & Producer @7thsensetheatre.bsky.social | Writer, Dramaturg, MH activist, 99% panic ✨ www.spotlight.com/4613-7867-2660

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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This is so lovely
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This is so brilliant
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I love this place and would like to cry through the LOTR overnight marathon with strangers in it many more times. Please take a second to jot your name down too 🤍 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
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7th Sense Theatre @7thsensetheatre.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Once again, very much this. 👇
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
This is a beautiful tribute.
kyle_maclachlan Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn't recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision.
What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to.
Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I'd ever met.
David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath.
While the world has lost a remarkable artist, l've lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own.
I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We'd talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh.
His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other.
I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he's gone.
David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything.
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New Diorama Theatre @newdiorama.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Booking is now open for the next Artist Surgery on 28 Jan - these free in person chats are a chance to come and meet Team NDT, and discuss anything that's on your mind (producing, fundraising, marketing, PR, career trajectory etc). More details & link to book in here: newdiorama.com/for-artists/...
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This is such nice news! Yay for Michael Sheen being passionate and wonderful once again 🤍
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
‘Hell is empty and all the devils are on hinge’ correct
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Hello! I get paid to read 30-40 screenplays I read every month, and I’m starting a newsletter in January that will analyze the most common notes I give, in order to help you break down your own scripts and get to rewriting! Subscribe here! i-have-some-notes.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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I Have Some Notes
A Hollywood Coverage Writer's Best Notes of the Month
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
This is so real
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Joseph Winer @josephwiner.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Looking to connect with writers with plays that would benefit from some R&D. Flexible cast size (probs 3-10 ish). Looking for stuff with: •Strong narrative/story •Sparky dialogue •Preference for work that engages with queerness, community, intimacy, legacy + I like sci-fi Drop me a message!
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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
This morning two theatre companies (Freedom Studios and Coney) have announced their permanent closure. Both 'left' the National Portfolio in 2023 and have found the climate impossible since. Their statements are heartbreakingly similar. Without massive funding reform many more will follow in 2025.
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Sam Redway @sredway.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Fuck What a day Freedom Studios Coney National Theatre Wales Hang on to each other The storm is starting
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
!!
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Mobius @mobiustheatre.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We had a FABULOUS time last week at our annual Christmas party 🎳🎄🎤 it was a great way to kick off the festive season and celebrate an excellent year! and no…absolutely NO photoshopping happened in pic 2 🙃
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Mobius @mobiustheatre.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Have you submitted your thoughts to our State of Arts PR survey yet? 🤔 mobiusindustries.surveysparrow.com/s/The-State-...
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Middle Child @middlechildhull.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Save the date 🗓️ We're hosting a peer-to-peer, drop-in session for Hull freelancers to come do their tax returns together, in our rehearsal space on Tuesday 14 January (11am-2pm). You bring your receipts, we'll bring the tea and biscuits.
Tax return Tuesday: Drop-in session for Hull freelancers.
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The Women’s Prize for Playwriting @womensplayprize.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
📢Announcing: the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025. Bigger, bolder, brighter. Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
Women's Prize for Playwriting pink logo on a yellow background.

Submissions open: Monday 13th January 2025.
Submissions close: Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
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Flo O'Mahony @floomahony.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
okay, listen, who's got plays on in London in the middle/ second half of Jan? I would like to know about them!
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The Uncultured @the-uncultured.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Applying for DYCP? We've got free templates for the app, budget + timeline in our *Resources*. Save yourself from a Grantium-related disaster by writing it somewhere else first! www.the-uncultured.com/resources-ar... also helpful if you wanna know what you need to prep before deciding to apply 📝
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Mobius @mobiustheatre.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Fantastic piece on leaving X in @thestage.bsky.social by @georgialouluck.bsky.social "Managing director @rfitzm.bsky.social said the decision to leave was 'both moral and practical... X has become toxic – especially to marginalised groups, including many artists we work with.'" bit.ly/49c2P9n
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Theatre industry leaves Elon Musk's X for Bluesky
Theatre companies, advocacy groups and PRs are making the shift from X to surging social media site Bluesky, with some saying the site formerly known as Twitter is ’irrelevant’ and unhealthy
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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
You've 'til Tuesday for BBC #writers Open Call. Decided I’d write 1 last thing after DECADES trying - whacked in & boom! Shortlisted for Wales writer in res & landed place on BBC Voices - where I met the BEST people Hadn’t got anywhere for YEARS before Don’t give up www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...
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How to submit a script to us
Open Call is our system for receiving unsolicited original scripts.
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Anna Jordan @annaruthjordan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
If you are unable to attend the #PlaywrightsChristmasParty in person please join our FREE Festive Creative Check-in Led by @naomiwesterman.bsky.social and Jane Christie on zoom - 7pm! #SupportPlaywrights www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-festi...
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Free Festive Creative Check-In: Writers - With Naomi Westerman
Festive Check-In for Playwrights & Screenwriters - who are unable to attend the Playwrights Christmas Party in person!
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Started crying at the overture for the Wicked movie and basically didn’t stop. 12 year old me who wore her defying gravity hoodie 24/7 and 29 year old me both needed this so much. Gorgeous, magical, gorgeous. 💖💚
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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Are you a working class freelancer in the arts? @RTYDS has created some financial resources to help artists from low socio-economic backgrounds navigate self-employment & benefits. Check out their advice leaflet & the @turn2us_org Benefits Calculator
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Financial Resources - Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme - RTYDS
Navigating Your Finances Freelancing in our industry can be precarious and unpredictable, with a baseline economic model known for its inequality, inaccessibility and squeezed resources. For an…
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New Diorama Theatre @newdiorama.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The final Artist Surgery of the year - Fri 6 Dec - is now open for bookings. Slots are free and in-person in our Café. Topics include producing, fundraising, marketing, career, or anything a 20min chat with our team over a cuppa might help. More info: newdiorama.com/for-artists/...
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Fergus Morgan @fergusmorgan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The Crush Bar, @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social, and Natasha Tripney's Cafe Europa are all operating discounts at the moment. If you want to support the revival of exciting, passionate theatre journalism on Substack, please consider subscribing to one of them - or, better yet, all three!
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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Applications for the MGCfutures 2024 Bursary Programme are open. If you have been working professionally within the theatre industry for at least two years and are looking to take your career in a new direction or to the next level, find out more here: buff.ly/40FMCqZ
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Loved loved loved this
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Georgia Louise Luckhurst @georgialouluck.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
i'm keen to speak with theatres about how the exodus from twitter to bluesky could be impacting their marketing. hit me up if you want to talk! #journorequest
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Celia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Anyone need to watch baby seals and their folks doing stuff? The babies are about to arrive. The National Trust has launched a live cam on YouTube. From 9.15 every day from now until January www.youtube.com/live/dWPE977...
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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
This is a really great and important thread
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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Paid assistant director opportunity - looking for directors with strong links to / experiences of the east midlands for this one. To assist Adam Penford on Punch at the Young Vic. £3600 fee plus some expenses. Deadline for apps 3rd December. creatorsprogram.youngvic.org/opportunitie...
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Jerwood Assistant Director opportunity: Punch
The Young
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Paines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
we’re throwing a gala to celebrate joining Bluesky! (and our 50th birthday) www.criterion-theatre.co.uk/painesplough
A red collage advertising Paines Plough’s 50th Anniversary Gala
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is a Very Important Starter Pack of Biscuit Connoisseurs. For now, I’ve included people I personally know to have acceptable taste in biscuits. But if you’d like to be added to the list, just reply to this with your top three biscuits, in order, and I shall carefully consider your application
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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New Diorama Theatre @newdiorama.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
One week left to apply for the Untapped award, to help take your show to @edfringe.bsky.social. We want to hear all your brilliant and exciting new theatre ideas! Apply here newdiorama.com/for-artists/... (with Concord Theatricals and Underbelly)
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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 19/11/2024
Tell us about your show reports! From actor mishaps to technical tweaks, we want to hear about your wildest show reports from 2024 to include in a feature by The Stage. Please reach out to georgia.luckhurst@thestage.co.uk by December 1st. #TheatreSky #StageManagers #Theatre
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Mobius @mobiustheatre.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
NEW BLOG POST! We spoke with @hollywilliams.bsky.social all about bringing @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social out of hibernation and what we can expect from the publication as they go live again today! bit.ly/3ZmJaAx @nytimes.com @theindependent.bsky.social @thetls.bsky.social
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Rachel Thomas @rachellos.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🎉 so, so happy to see this back. Missed you!
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Paines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
A couple more spaces just opened up for Thursday’s one-off online Book Club with Lucy Kirkwood, who has chosen After the End by Dennis Kelly as the chat topic. Join us: bit.ly/ppbclkdk
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The Paines Plough Book Club: Lucy Kirkwood on After the End by Dennis Kelly
To raise money for the next 50 years of Paines Plough, we're inviting playwrights to guest host a book club to share their love for plays.
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Anna Jordan @annaruthjordan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR PLAY ON? This was the top question when Support Playwrights ran a #NoSillyQuestions initiative. We spoke to 12 brilliant playwrights & here's what they had to say! Writers incl #ChrisBush, @tommortonsmith.bsky.social, @hannykha.bsky.social ..... open.substack.com/pub/supportp...
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HOW DO I GET MY PLAY ON? Twelve Playwrights answer.
We chatted to some brilliant playwrights, asking them to share their experiences of getting plays to production, and what advice they would give to others. Here's what they said!
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Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Come join the 3,000 subscribers to my 101 Exercises For Playwrights. It’s FREE buttondown.com/MarkRavenhil...
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Exercise 60
Welcome back to 101 Exercises for Playwrights. I’ll be migrating from Twitter once these 101 Exercises are posted. For the moment, you can catch up on the...
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Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
See? This is the sort of nonsense we used to enjoy.
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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
google spreadsheet for black artists and theatre professionals to put their name to which was created on twitter when it was a nicer place. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Black artists & creatives open source list
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Anna Jordan @annaruthjordan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Where are all the #Playwrights and #Screenwriters? Let's share the shit out of this. #PlaywrightsChristmasParty 26th Nov at Royal Court Theatre Bar. ALL playwrights AND screenwriters welcome. Any level of experience. Come with pals or come alone and make pals. #SupportPlaywrights
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