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Stephen Christopher

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Playwright. Passionate about harm reduction and recovery. The Scaff & Dancing Shoes with Graeme Smith.

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Tony Sutton @tonysuttonwriter.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Looking forward to this tomorrow!
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PenPal Productions @penpalproductions.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
We have six fantastic ten minute plays for you *this* Monday, November 3rd. Such a lot of talent in the room. See you there! More info and tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/penpal-pro...
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Mark Baillie @mbaillie.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Thoroughly enjoyed @portybookfest.bsky.social yesterday. The Unheard Voices panel showed writing's power to build community, especially during tough times. Brilliant contributions from fellow writers @stephenchristopher.bsky.social & Jim Aitken & chair Debbie Menezes. Thanks to all who came.
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Scottish Society of Playwrights @scotsocplaywrights.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Hello, Playwrights and theatre colleagues. We have made it to Bluesky. The SSP is Scotland's theatre writer's union. We develop and promote the interests and craft of professional #playwrights and #playwriting within Scottish theatre. Give us a follow or tag us so we can find you! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎭 ✍🏼
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Graeme Smith @graemefsmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Hope everyone is ready to get their shoes on again this December 👠
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A Play, A Pie and A Pint @playpiepint.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
📣 Autumn 2025 📣 We are delighted to reveal the 12 wonderful plays coming to Òran Mór and to venues across Scotland this Autumn! Take a wee look ⬇️ playpiepint.com/autumn-annou...
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All Edinburgh Theatre @alledintheatre.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Here's the team for this month's @penpalproductions.bsky.social event. It's the big #Edinburgh900 event at @scotstorycentre.bsky.social and here are your director, eight writers and five actors. Heroes all! Pic: @thomdibdin.bsky.social
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Framework Theatre Company @frameworktc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Interested in making political theatre by any chance? We’ve got a great workshop for you…. We’re delighted to have Uma Nada-Rajah lead a workshop on Making Political Theatre at #FrameworkFestival25 🎪
Image from Framework Festival 2024 with an orange filter as background. Main image is headshot of Uma.
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Tony Sutton @tonysuttonwriter.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Celebrate! Looking forward to this one. scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:59...
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Gotta wee piece on at this. My attempt at a tragedy in ten minutes. Eight pieces of new writing for a fiver!
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TheQR @theqr.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Doubt: A Parable Review – Dundee Rep’s Gripping Thriller ★★★★★ John Patrick Stanley’s Doubt: A Parable debuted off-Broadway in 2004, and took the Pulitzer Prize for Drama once transferred in the next year. That is to say, the jury is pretty much out on the quality of this Church based…
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Doubt: A Parable Review – Dundee Rep’s Gripping Thriller
★★★★★ John Patrick Stanley’s Doubt: A Parable debuted off-Broadway in 2004, and took the Pulitzer Prize for Drama once transferred in the next year. That is to say, the jury is pretty much out on the quality of this Church based psychological play, which pitches Sister Aloysius (Ann Louise Ross) and her suspicions against the young, charismatic and seemingly progressive…
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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
New in The Noise of Art Heroin ‘Uncut’ - The Films of Peter Carr and the Edinburgh Community Stories Behind Them How Peter Carr’s Heroin films returned to the neighbourhood where they were filmed for their first screening in more than 40 years. open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...
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Heroin ‘Uncut’ - The Films of Peter Carr and the Edinburgh Community Stories Behind Them
Heroin ‘Uncut’ - The Films of Peter Carr and the Edinburgh Community Stories Behind Them
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PenPal Productions @penpalproductions.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Thanks for coming H.A.P.P.Y people! It was fabulous. Drama@TheDepot is back on July 7th but you can get tickets for our Edinburgh 900 event at the Storytelling Centre here: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:59... See you soon
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PenPal Productions @penpalproductions.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
It is almost time to Rise and Shine! Look at this amazing line up of acting talent we have for you at Drama@TheDepot, *this* Monday, April 7th, 8pm @leithdepot. Tickets still available but we do tend to sell out so don't miss out! tinyurl.com/3bys28fu
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Jen Bites @jenbitespeople.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Saw this today and loved it. This writing duo excels at taking serious social issues like loneliness and addiction and exploring them with humour and big hearts. Great performances, nicely-judged staging, definitely one to catch!
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thanks for this Jen, was lovely to see you there 😊
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Fergus Morgan @fergusmorgan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Really enjoyed Zoe Bullock's Night, Idiot, the latest @playpiepint.bsky.social show. It is a cleverly conceived Sliding Doors story about a man who goes missing. Well worth catching at Oran Mor, or in Edinburgh or Aberdeen. 4-star review @thestage.co.uk here: www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/nigh...
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Night, Idiot review at Òran Mór: intelligent writing
Read our review of Night, Idiot at Òran Mór: promising playwright Zoë Bullock's intelligent tale of a missing man features strong performances
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PenPal Productions @penpalproductions.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Meet our playwrights for Drama@TheDepot, Rise and Shine edition. Join this lovely lot at Leith Depot on Monday April 7th at 8pm, for some perfect pint-sized plays. Tickets available here tinyurl.com/3bys28fu p.s we tend to sell out so get in quick!
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A Play, A Pie and A Pint @playpiepint.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Boogie-licious reviews for Dancing Shoes this week! ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Stage Congrats to @stephenchristopher.bsky.social, @graemefsmith.bsky.social, @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social and the cast + team!
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Graeme Smith @graemefsmith.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐ from The Guardian for Dancing Shoes. Get yours on! @playpiepint.bsky.social @stephenchristopher.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
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Dancing Shoes review – bedroom boogying bloke frees his feet in fab comedy
Masculine pals who shudder at intimacy help grieving addict Donny find viral success and unlikely solace in this brilliant, funny three-hander
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Opening at the Oran Mor next Monday. A story about addiction that doesn't look back. Absolutely brilliant team bringing this to life !! @playpiepint.bsky.social
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Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Week 2 of @playpiepint.bsky.social brings Kev Campbell Was He by Alexander Tait 🎭🥧🍻 This hilarious and moving one-person show explores masculinity in modern Scotland and was a finalist of the David MacLennan Award 2024! 📅 Tue 11 - Sat 15 Mar, 1pm
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Fergus Morgan @fergusmorgan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Ross Allan, Stephen Docherty and Craig Mclean to star in Stephen Christopher and Graeme Smith's Dancing Shoes @playpiepint.bsky.social, directed by Brian Logan. Runs at Oran Mor 24-29 March, then tours to @traversetheatre.bsky.social...
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
What a cast! So excited for this one.
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A Play, A Pie and A Pint @playpiepint.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Kev Campbell Was He on stage 📣 Don’t miss this hilarious one-man show about masculinity in modern 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, as a toilet encounter sends weegie Kev on a journey of self-discovery. Written by Alexander Tait, this acclaimed show is on at Òran Mór until Sat 8 March! 🎫: bit.ly/KevCampbellW...
A man in blue jacket sitting on a toilet with his trousers pulled down. He looks surprised with his mouth open.
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A Play, A Pie and A Pint @playpiepint.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"I want A Play, A Pie And A Pint to be a place where people come for exactly that sense of live connection that the online world can’t provide." Our Artistic Director @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social chatted to Joyce McMillan for #TheScotsman about our upcoming season and his vision for the future.
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Brian Logan on his plans for A Play, A Pie and A Pint
With funding secure for the next three years, the new artistic director of A Play, A Pie and A Pint can concentrate on putting on great plays, writes Joyce McMillan
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Framework Theatre Company @frameworktc.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Our SETA Production Of The Year is taking @playpiepint.bsky.social this season! Massive congratulations to the ‘Kev Campbell Was He’ team 🥧🎭
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Fantastic show that I was lucky enough to see at the Fringe this year. Highly recommended! Brilliant writing and a wonderful performance.
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Playwrights' Studio, Scotland @playwrightsstudio.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Case Study Sessions: Isobel McArthur Friday 21st Feb 11am-12pm Online & Free Join us next Friday in conversation with multi-award winning playwright, actor & theatre-maker Isobel McArthur. Isobel will talk about her process working as a writer & theatre-maker in developing new & collaborative work.
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Great work! Can I be added please
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Im just dusting mine off! @graemefsmith.bsky.social @playpiepint.bsky.social @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social
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CLAUDJA BARRY Boogie Woogie Dancin’ Shoes
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Tony Sutton @tonysuttonwriter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
And why wouldn’t you? www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...
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A Play, A Pie and A Pint - Dancing Shoes
Scotland's new writing theatre, the Traverse champions creative talent by placing powerful and contemporary theatre at the heart of cultural life.
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Cumbernauld Theatre @cnauldtheatre.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
📣 Cumbernauld Theatre has been removed from Creative Scotland's portfolio of funded organisations, placing the company, its employees and its vital work with the local community at risk. At this critical time, we need our community more than ever: lanternhousearts.org/future-at-risk
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Reckon my taste in music is anything 'sad but optimistic'. Post punk had it , trance had it in spades. This song though. Knot in your stomach beautiful.
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The Supreme Jubilees - It'll All Be Over
YouTube video by Magnetic Recordings
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Company of Wolves @companyofwolves.org · 04/02/2025
MOVEMENT & VOICE LAB //SPRING 2025 Introducing our first weekly training group! Thursday evenings 18:30-20:30 6, 13, 20, 27 March & 3 April 2025 Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow, G41 1BA Check out the link below for more info and how to sign up! companyofwolves.org/workshops/mo...
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Movement & Voice Lab
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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Joyce McMillan @joycemcm.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A heads-up at Scotsman Arts for Edinburgh's latest pint-sized theatre night - six 10 minute plays for a fiver! PenPal Productions' Drama At The Depot - next session tonight at 8.00 pm, Leith Depot Bar & Venue! www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
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Drama at the Depot showcases 'pint-sized plays' in Leith
Already much-loved as a music venue, Leith Depot is now home to a new series of theatre nights, writes Joyce McMillan
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J Franklin @franklyfranklin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Coming up this Monday! Got a wee piece in there this month.
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This #NationalStorytellingWeek, we’re celebrating the strength and resilience of people like Ifran, who came to Scotland in search of safety with his wife and their 6 children. He is sharing his story to give other newcomers hope and show them that they are not alone: scottishrefugeecounc...
“We were not safe in Iraq for many reasons. The law could not protect us. We had to leave our country and our family and friends behind. That’s so hard to deal with.”“Coming to a different country, you feel like a stranger. It’s a different culture, a different language. We didn’t know how the system works. I couldn’t sleep, I was so worried about what would happen.”“We fell down many times but Scottish Refugee Council was there for us. They supported me and my wife and children in so many ways. Each time I spoke with my caseworker, it was giving me hope.”“It wasn’t our plan to come to Scotland but I’m glad we’re here. I know my children are safe and they have a bright future. I hope they will follow their dreams. I am so proud of them and so happy we are all safe.”
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PenPal Productions @penpalproductions.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We have an amazing line-up on Monday, very excited to have all these fantastic creatives joining us at Leith Depot for our pint-sized play night, Up in the Air. Tickets available here tinyurl.com/3m6rc58b We do tend to sell out, so grab one now!
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Tune of the day. Absolutely loved this album. Takes that eighties sound and makes it totally modern and exciting.
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Nabihah Iqbal - 'This World Couldn’t See Us' (Official Video)
YouTube video by Nabihah Iqbal
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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Keen to hear from as many cultural events, theatres, festivals, arts centres, organise & freelances as possible on Creative Scotland’s funding decisions. Feel free to email or DM me. CS aren’t planning to disclose which applications have been rejected, but I certainly want to hear about them!
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Is it better than this though?
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Céline Dion - Lolita (Trop jeune pour aimer) (Vidéo officielle remasterisée en HD)
YouTube video by CelineDionVEVO
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Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Think this is just a fan video of Mark E Smith starting about Edinburgh. Maybe being interviewed on one of those bbc2 culture shows we used to get. Lovely wee tune though and a different side to The Fall myriagon.
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Edinburgh Man - The Fall
YouTube video by Shane Bordoli
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Crew: mind altering @crew2000.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Drugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS) @drnscot.bsky.social See you later on at the Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research event. The agenda is looking great! 📅 29 January 2025 🕑 12:00-15:00 📍Grassmarket Community Project, Edinburgh
Agenda for Meaningful engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research event.
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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Do you go to the theatre? Do you care about Palestinian art and culture? Do you want the Edinburgh Fringe to be an internationalist platform where Palestinan artists can be seen and celebrated? Then give these people your money, they need it! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/welcome-to...
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Welcome to the Fringe: Palestine 2025
Help us bring Palestinian artists to the Edinburgh Fringe!
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