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Polis Loizou 🐺 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

AND my show was nominated for Best New Writing and Best Production 🥹

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John Arthur Sweet @johnmonologist.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Me in action yesterday, doing my show ONLINE PRESENCE @buxtonfringe.bsky.social. Photo by Mary Hennessy. @undergroundvenues.bsky.social

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Buxton Festival Fringe @buxtonfringe.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

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2026 Fringe Nominations and Awards

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*Silver Pine Productions*🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊🏾 @silverpine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

We did tell you it was good. Huge congratulations to @teepeeprods.bsky.social for winning Best Drama at @buxtonfringe.bsky.social with Tell Me Where It Hurts. (Huge congratulations to all the other winners too. It’s been a cracking Fringe.)

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Polis Loizou 🐺 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Uh... I just found out I won the award for Best Actor at @buxtonfringe.bsky.social. 😶 "Gobsmacked" doesn't cut it. Thank you so much!

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Buxton Festival Fringe @buxtonfringe.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Last day of Buxton Fringe 2026 😭 Still plenty to see! www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/diary2026.html

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Diary 2026

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Polis Loizou 🐺 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

LONDON! My sales are tragic and it looks like I'm gonna lose £££. Please come, or share the OG post 🙏 I swear this show worth watching.

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Polis Loizou 🐺 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

ONE NIGHT ONLY @camdenfringe.bsky.social! Film, artifice, power and the Devil. Come and experience "You Oughta Be In Pictures", the show that has made audiences around the country look over their shoulders. Wed 5 Aug, 9pm Rosemary Branch Theatre London 🎟 camdenfringe.com/events/you-o...

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Garrett Gilchrist @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Blade Runner takes place forty years In the future.
Not so much science fiction as it is more of a futurism story.
How do things seem to be forty years from now?
It's no musical comedy, David.

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Buxton Festival Fringe @buxtonfringe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Heading into the final weekend of Buxton Fringe 2026 and there’s still loads to see … www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/diary2026.html

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Diary 2026

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*Silver Pine Productions*🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊🏾 @silverpine.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tonight and tomorrow, 5.15pm. This is a terrific show to round off this year’s Fringe.

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*Silver Pine Productions*🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊🏾 @silverpine.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tonight and tomorrow, 5.15pm. This is a terrific show to round off this year’s Fringe.

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printexpressbuxton.bsky.social @printexpressbuxton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Some classic wall prints for a local business 🪥

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Kat The Film Lady @katwatchesfilms.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"More of a comment than a question"

Matt Damon as Odysseus screaming when he hears the sirens song

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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"Before filmmaker Chris Nolan raised eyebrows with the casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in his blockbuster The Odyssey, Orson Welles had cast Eartha Kitt in the same role in his 1950 stage production of Time Runs..." #FilmSky wellesnet.com/eartha-kitt-...

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Eartha Kitt was cast as Helen of Troy in 1950

Eartha Kitt co-starred with Orson Welles in "Time Runs."

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Kid Phantasm @kidphantasm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Stephen Stucker was the only one allowed to improvise on the set of 'Airplane!'. He should have won an Oscar. He tragically died of AIDS in 1986

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John Arthur Sweet @johnmonologist.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Had my first show @buxtonfringe.bsky.social this aft, and I’m thrilled with this reaction! @undergroundvenues.bsky.social

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All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 23/07/2026

Christopher Nolan said he's only seen the crew applaud an actor on set twice in his career. This first was Heath Ledger as the Joker, the second was Samantha Morton as Circe in THE ODYSSEY.

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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Carrie Fisher was so much more than just Leia, yet, in the end she was both of them, and became Princess of the Resistance. I'd never seen this pic before. This is an epic photo. Photo by Brian Griffin. On the set of Return of the Jedi. 1982 #TheAlliedForces

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*Silver Pine Productions*🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊🏾 @silverpine.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Really enjoyed @teepeeprods.bsky.social Tell Me Where It Hurts yesterday. Got a deservedly good review too. Three more performances at @undergroundvenues.bsky.social WMC. Catch it at @buxtonfringe.bsky.social while you can - it's off to Birmingham on Sunday.

REVIEW: TELL ME WHERE IT HURTS

Two years ago, Tayla Kenyon and Tee Pee Productions brought ‘Fluff’, their multi-award winning show about dementia, to Buxton Fringe. Where it promptly won another award.

Now the same team is back at the Working Men’s Club with their next production, Tell Me Where It Hurts, a comedy drama about Chrissy, a woman suffering from pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder.

On paper, this looks to be a harder sell than Fluff. Awareness of PMDD is minimal, despite nearly a million women in the UK alone suffering from the condition.

But Tee Pee Productions have created a belter of a show that also just happens to highlight some fundamental issues. Chrissy is the roiling, pulsing heart of the story while the other two performers convincingly juggle the remaining roles between them.

Chrissy’s story is compelling - and wearily familiar. It is a story of, not so much women’s invisibility, but their inaudibility. Chrissy is surrounded by pleasant people who say they want to help her but who somehow never really listen to her. Again and again and again. Whilst routed very much in Chrissy’s present, the play looks both backwards and forwards to illustrate this inaudibility and suggest the consequences that it has had before and may have again. And somehow, through all this, it is still very funny.

The cast of three perform wonderfully, with the two supporting actors dancing nimbly around the focal point that is Chrissy. The clever production makes excellent use of the small space.

Tell Me Where It Hurts is an enthralling show that will take you on a helluva ride. There are three more performances in Buxton before it goes to the Midlands. It’s a terrific way to round off this year’s Fringe. Don’t miss it.

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Matt Drapper @mattdrapps.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

To give you the plot would spoil the plot, but John Sweet takes us on (indeed) a queer dystopian romance (?) with much gentle but well observed critique of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (with a smidgen of anti AI). @johnmonologist.bsky.social

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 21/07/2026

Three board members join Buxton Opera House www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

the odyssey is only doing well financially because its a star studded summer blockbuster from a major studio with an oscar winning director and all the professional reviewers loved it

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Fuck yeah! Now I want to see this movie even more.

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*Silver Pine Productions*🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊🏾 @silverpine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Finally finally, Tell Me Where It Hurts arrives in @buxtonfringe.bsky.social at the @undergroundvenues.bsky.social WMC. Opens tonight, four performances in total. DO. NOT. MISS.

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Going Coastal with Donald McGinty @donaldmcginty.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Donald is back at @undergroundvenues.bsky.social tonight for his second @buxtonfringe.bsky.social show! Tickets still available online or on the door. Underground Venues @ Buxton Working Mens Club | 5.45pm

Review for GOING COASTAL WITH DONALD MCGINTY

Do you enjoy long-running, cosy, geography-based television shows? Are you keen on relentless punning? Perhaps you have a soft spot for seagulls or a sub-par Billy Connolly accent.

If so, get yourself down to the Underground Venues at the Working Men’s Club. Donald McGinty is the man for you. Admittedly, his cosy, geography-based television show has hit a couple of hitches lately, as indeed have the seagulls. But no matter, McGinty keeps on keeping on in the face of multiple challenges.

Sean Mason has created a show about a show that references a lot of other shows. It’s about as meta as it gets. It’s also very funny. There are nostalgic reference points aplenty to satisfy Gen Xers and Millennials. But it’s also bang up-to-date. There’s a loose narrative arc which doesn’t matter all that much and a very genuine message behind the whole thing (which does matter but which is never allowed to distract from the relentless punning). Donald McGinty himself is not remotely cosy but a tragi-comic anti-hero, cast in the long shadow of Basil Fawlty or Mr Bean, perhaps.

Not convinced yet? Come for the 1970s public information horrors, stay for the bad taste jokes about seals, regional accents and cremation. You have one more chance to meet Donald McGinty. Next Thursday, 16th July at the WMC.

Review by Anna Girolami

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Going Coastal with Donald McGinty @donaldmcginty.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thats it for Donald at @buxtonfringe.bsky.social but he recommends you check out @totallyimprovised.bsky.social with their shows ComedySportz and The Totally Improvised Musical at @undergroundvenues.bsky.social!

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Ross Balzaretti @rossbalzaretti.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

@buxtonfringe.bsky.social Saw @lexiwolfe.bsky.social this afternoon as Mrs Oscar Wilde in a brilliant monologue she both wrote and performed. Outstanding performance of a moving piece.

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Chris Neville-Smith @cns-theatre.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Polis scoops this for his outstanding performance as a film mogul whose motives start unclear, but you can tell from the outset is able to get away with anything. Two more performances as @undergroundvenues.bsky.social on 13th and 20th July. @buxtonfringe.bsky.social

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Polis Loizou 🐺 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The least we can do is insist Australia adopt Sam Neill’s Event Horizon flag.

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Polis Loizou 🐺 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hello, I enjoy compliments. Thank you.

Facebook post by Rob Johnston:

Just seen You Oughta Be in Pictures at Greater Manchester Fringe the devilish new play written and performed by Polis Loizou. A wonderfully crafted story of Old Hollywood's dark side, with great writing and a performance to match. The show's run has ended in GMFringe, but if you want to catch it, it's on in Buxton Festival Fringe, 13 & 20 July

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙸𝚗 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚂𝚊𝚖 𝙽𝚎𝚒𝚕𝚕 (𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟽 ~ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼) 🖤

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~Thᥱ hყρᥒo dᥲddყ~ (Kiba/Misery) @kibacreations.art · 13/07/2026

JP was one of the movies that turned me into the dinosaur lover I am today I’ve watched them so many times more times than I can count on my fingers. This news hurts... it’s like a part of your childhood is slipping away, fading.. Rest in peace, Dr. Alan Grant You were an importart part of my life

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 11/07/2026

Norway pay their female international players the same amount as their male players and have done since 2017.

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Polis Loizou 🐺 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I last went 12 years ago, and can confirm it hasn't!

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Going Coastal with Donald McGinty @donaldmcginty.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

See Going Coastal with Donald McGinty at @buxtonfringe.bsky.social this weekend! Tickets available from @undergroundvenues.bsky.social or box office. #WorldFringeDay

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*Silver Pine Productions*🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊🏾 @silverpine.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Really, really enjoyed this. There’s one more chance to see this at @buxtonfringe.bsky.social As McGinty himself might say, C U Next Thursday at @undergroundvenues.bsky.social WMC.

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Polis Loizou 🐺 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Fringe is the real horror.

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Buxton Festival Fringe @buxtonfringe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Tomorro, Carnival. Next Sat, big Fringe Saturday in Pavilion Gardens 💥

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Polis Loizou 🐺 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Omg, another heart-melting bit of feedback 🫶

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