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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

We have spots available for our new material night in Glasgow on the 26th. Whatever your creative discipline if you’ve got something you want to perform and work out hit us up.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Our 2nd scratch night is tonight! We've got comedy, tragedy, novels, plays & poetry - all in the newest grassroots venue in Glasgow. Thanks to the help of brilliant arts org - Open Spaces.

Poster for short attention span theatre's scratch night - working it out. Price £3. Tickets from ticket source. Background picture of 3 files piled on top of each other

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Scenes from our first scratch night in Glasgow #openspaces

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be, by Frank Norman and Lionel Bart. Started at Theatre Workshop, Stratford East, 1959, moved to the Garrick in 1960.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Chris gives SAST a cracking shout-out in this episode. Have a listen. A great podcast no matter who they speak with.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Come see our new scratch night. We have comedians, short plays & poetry. Someone may learn to juggle. Location information comes with the ticket - the clue is Billy Connolly 🧐 🎟 www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele...

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Playwriting UK @playwritinguk.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 🖊️ The BBC World Service and British Council have launched the International Audio Drama Competition 2026 Submit your script for the chance to have your drama recorded and broadcast on the BBC World Service www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

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BBC World Service and British Council launch the International Audio Drama Competition 2026

Winners will be invited to record their drama for a world premiere on BBC World Service platforms

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Variety performer George Dixon, at home, Pontypridd, 1936

A man is wearing a hat and holding a tea pot.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Marie Anne McGrattan, Sarah C Meikle, Grant McDonald, and James Keenan in our new show, on now at @thegaiety.bsky.social

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Marie Anne McGratten and @jamsie42.bsky.social in Tam O Shanter - a witchy tale from our upcoming shows in Ayr.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

We’re at @thegaiety.bsky.social in Ayr Thursday to Saturday and then out touring Ayrshire the following week.

Poster for Short Attention Span’s shows at the Ayr Gaiety 6, 7 & 8 February.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Beckett variation, Tom Phillips, 1984

A man sits with his back to the picture, watching an old man, his face hidden by a bowler hat, struggle towards him holding a suitcase, a basket, and trailing a rope.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Jeremy Brett and Margaret Leighton in Terence Rattigan's Variations On A Theme, Globe, 1958

A young man looks intensely at an older woman, who looks away from him. They're sitting at a table with a 1950s typewriter. To the left side is a statue.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

An annointed programme for a revue, opening with "Suicide Sal & her Gang", Paisley Theatre, 1939

A printed list of acts in a revue, with handwritten times for each act to start and finish.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Do I Love You, by John Godber, a story of love, poverty & Northern Soul, is on tour. I'll catch it in Scarborough @thesjt.bsky.social - Kay 🔗 www.thejohngodbercompany.co.uk/do-i-love-you

Three young people dance on stage with sparkling lights in the backdrop.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

We're launching a new scratch night for artists of all disciplines in a new space in Glasgow next month. There's information on how to take part in the attached brochure. drive.google.com/file/d/1jz7b...

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SAST Working It Out Information for Performers.pdf

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Marianne Faithfull, playing Ophelia, Hamlet, 1969

A young woman kneels, looking upwards with her eyes closed.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Florence Mills, in the musical Dover Street To Dixie, London Pavilion, 1923

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Paines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Announcing the further line-up for our 50th Anniversary Gala on 10 February 2025 at the Criterion Theatre, London ✨ Read the full announcement: painesplough.com/news/gala-further-lineup/

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Ellaline Terriss and Seymour Hicks in The Gay Gordons, 1907

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Our January newsletter is out now with our show dates for February and news on a new scratch night. eepurl.com/i8Fm-E

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SAST January 25 Newsletter

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The Soho Theatre Walthamstow opens its doors to theatre, comedy & cabaret in May 2025. Highlights include a new Bryony Kimmings "Bog Witch", the Tiger Lillies & the first panto at that venue for 70 years. 🔗 sohotheatre.com

A collage of the artists who will be performing at the Soho's new venue in Walthamstow.

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Our boy Grant McDonald in rehearsal action tonight. We’re @thegaiety.bsky.social next week Thu-Sat.

Grant McDonald Scottish actor rehearsing.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The world may be a hard place, but in it there are books and bookshops and bookshop dogs… who began as bookshop puppies.

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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

For Gray Day 2025, in partnership with GICF and supported by Glasgow 850 Festival Fund, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd will perform a new stand-up set which focuses on stories surrounding the characters in Alasdair’s life & work. 🎟️ now live via our website & direct from Oran Mor 👍

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Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

NEW EPISODE! Julie McDowall, author of Attack Warning Red! and presenter of the Atomic Hobo podcast, joins us for a nuclear war special, revealing three things that scarred her as a kid (she watched Threads at the age of 3!) Listen: pod.link/1706291698

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All That Dazzles @allthatdazzles.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

2025 is here and the year is starting with a bang as January has no shortage of amazing new shows, opening in the West End and all over the UK. Here are 40 of my top picks to kickstart your 2025. What's everyone looking forward to most on this list? www.allthatdazzles.co.uk/post/january...

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January Preview: 40 Shows To Kickstart Your 2025

The best new shows opening in the West End and all over the UK in January 2025

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Lion & Unicorn Theatre @landutheatre.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

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Pleasance @pleasance.co.uk · 19/01/2025

If you like a bit of music with your comedy, get a load of these talented acts, all coming up in our brand new season. 🎵 Tickets booked this weekend are 25% off with the code WIPFLASH25, (but limited to 10 per show). 🎟️ Get yours now: www.pleasance.co.uk/events/type/...

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Grant McDonald and @jamsie42.bsky.social rehearsing The Last Swally by David Bratchpiece for our upcoming shows @thegaiety.bsky.social 🎟 thegaiety.co.uk/events/short...

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Musical Theatre Review @musicaltheatrer.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

LeithTheatre will present Restless Natives: The Musical, a new stage version of the classic Scottish film, kicking off a pop-up summer season Original screenwriter & now lyricist Ninian Dunnett, dir Michael Hoffman & composer @timsuttonmusic.bsky.social are the creatives behind the show

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Finborough Theatre @finboroughtheatre.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Belly of the Beast is entering week three of its four-week run. Don't miss your chance to see this incredible piece of theatre. Get your tickets now! 🎫 Tickets here: zurl.co/6pTA8 📅 Running until 1 February 📸: Ali Wright #fringetheatrelondon #offwestendtheatre

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SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The Japanese red thread of fate came up in a theatre conversation the other day & today we heard about a film/exhibition based on the legend! Needle Dance by Makiko Harris will be on at the art’otel London Hoxton from the 17th February to the 2nd March.

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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

My Herald obituary of actress Joanna Tope, who worked extensively at the Citizens and Royal Lyceum Theatres, as well as being nominated for a New York Drama Desk award for her outstanding solo performance in Douglas Maxwell’s play, The Promise. www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/...

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Star of cult Scottish thriller and stalwart of the Citz dies

Joanna Tope, who has died aged 80, was an actress who combined glamour, sophistication and intelligence over a more than 50-year career that saw her…

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