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Zinnie Harris

@zinnieh.bsky.social
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Playwright, theatre director, prof and mum.

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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We need to show media and newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I've been sitting with Cleansed for 2 weeks now, reflecting on the cracks it forged in me and how/if they can/should be filled or repaired. Thank you to Stella Green for articulating how theatre is a mass "prising ourselves loose from the sovereignty of our own viewpoint" & surrendering to faith.
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Yep. I was commissioned to adapt it for stage. Same thing.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/03/2026
EU regulators on Thursday started an investigation into child protection safeguards at Snap, the latest in a series of cases worldwide challenging social media platforms over safety for younger users.
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Snapchat Investigated in Europe Over Child Safety Policies
Regulators in Brussels accused the social media platform of maintaining a weak age-verification system, and steering younger users toward inappropriate experiences.
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twist @pvdork.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Heck to the heck yes.
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
“The landmark decisions highlight a growing backlash against social media and its effects on young people… exposing a vulnerable legal flank for Silicon Valley giants that could ripple across the once impervious tech industry.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/t...
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Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"If the shortlist of the industry’s most prized professionals reflected the UK population, more than 1/2 of the Olivier nominees would be women. Of the non-gendered individual categories, only around 1/5 of potential winners are female." www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/the-...
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Amanda Parker on diversity in Olivier award nominations
Women, global-majority and disabled creatives are getting more recognition at the Olivier Awards, but still make up the lower ranks in terms of pay grade and leading roles
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Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My article for @thestage.co.uk sounding the alarm about the collapse in new play production in the UK.
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Dan Rebellato on the crisis facing new British playwriting
Statistics suggest that the new British play is in crisis, says Dan Rebellato, which has huge implications for the future health of the industry
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5
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RCSEd Library & Archive @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
📢In partnership with St Andrews University, we're looking for a 'Joseph Bell Writer in Residence at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh' to pursue a writing project drawing on our archives. Stipend of up to £15,000. Closing date 6 March 2026. www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Joseph Bell Writer in Residence at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the School of English, University of St Andrews
Joseph Bell Writer in Residence at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the School of English, University of St Andrews, Grade/Salary Range: Salary: The residency will offer a stipend and/or...
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
So many female playwrights celebrating this morning after reading Kristin Scott Thomas's article in the Stage highlighting gender bias in theatre criticism. Wonderful that Penny Skinners play Lyonesse has been rescued from the mauling it received. Time for a revival?
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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
In 2026: Generative AI is not inevitable. You can say no. You can refuse. You can reject the disgusting lukewarm slop that the richest and worst people in the world are trying to force-feed you. You can tell them to eat shit and die mad. You can break the machine
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
We are now at 75k signatures, with many messages of support on Instagram, Facebook and here. This is a genuine groundswell of love over hate, and a call to focus on the real harms faced by women and girls. Thank you all who’ve signed and shared. Let’s keep it going 💜 notinourname.org.uk
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Home - Not in our name
Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
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Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Just out. I've written a major report (with David Edgar) looking at the effect of Covid on British Theatre. You can download it here: www.britishtheatreconsortium.co.uk/britishtheat...
britishtheatreconsortium.co.uk
British Theatre Before and After Covid
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Carl Woodward @mrcarlwoodward.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Drama in a crisis open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
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Drama in a crisis
BRITAIN has excelled at new writing since literally the war.
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Leona Scream @editor.scot · 07/10/2025
We need this in Scotland. It’s not even wishful or fanciful thinking: it’s financially astute. Our creative industries are absolutely vital
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread
Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Tip
Tip
There is always something
Always.
Always someone
Somewhere, offering something that could be the thing that tips the scales.
Show up.
Even if its your first time wearing a badge or walking the streets Or wearing a Kuffiyeh, Or joining the cry
'Stop the Genocide!'
Even if solidarity is not a word You ever thought would sit on your lips, Be of good courage.
The tipping point is near
Make the point
Tip.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 23/07/2025
The UK government is blocking Palestinian students in Gaza from taking up UK scholarships. Some have been killed while waiting @theguardian.com We’ve written to the Home Secretary demanding action and @drjogrady.bsky.social will be on @lbc.co.uk at 4 PM urging the govt to step in. tr.ee/HjzPtS
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Ministers urged to help students trapped in Gaza with places at UK universities
Forty people who have been offered scholarships unable to travel without biometric data they have no way of getting
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Peter Arnott @peterarnott.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Extraordinary piece of work. Gets to the diseased heart of what is happening in Gaza.
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
At last. This really is excellent news! Something the EU had asked for a very long time ago. Looks like Yvette Cooper now lost that battle to limit it to 12 months. Good. It's high time young Brits and Europeans can get to know each other again.
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Young Europeans may be allowed to stay in UK for longer than a year
A minister has opened the door for a reciprocal youth mobility scheme that could add to net migration figures despite concerns from the Home Office
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Been locked put of my bluesky account for a couple of months.... (changed phone, lost password etc etc) ... what've I missed?
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Guidelines were described as: “fuelling a culture of hostility and suspicion towards abortion and pregnancy loss”. We can see where this is leading…
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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Gemma Clark, who’s campaigned hard on decriminalisation, has now set up a template letter to send to your MP. Her petition is debated on 2 June. bsky.app/profile/gemm...
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F-Bomb Theatre @fbombtheatre.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
There are 3000+ shows in the #edfringe, but no way to find those led by women and people of marginalised genders in the website or print programme. Enter: the #FemiFringe Guide! Register your show by Saturday 31 May to be included in our 4th edition. bit.ly/FemiFringe
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Cat on top of her revision.
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Louis Barabbas @louisbarabbas.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
It would’ve been Coraline’s press night tonight. Who better to spend it with than @zinnieh.bsky.social!
Zinnie and Louis selfie
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
No shit sherlock.
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Miranda Dickinson @wurdsmyth.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Meta stole every book I’ve written to feed their Llama AI program. I’m joining with @societyofauthors.bsky.social today to demand #Meta pays for the work it stole. I call on the UK Government to support authors and uphold copyright. Please share! #MetaBookThieves #MyWordsAreNotFree #MakeItFair
A poster for The Society of Authors’ protest against the illegal use of millions of authors work by Meta to feed into its Llama AI program. The headline reads: “Meta Book Thieves. They must Do the Write Thing.” A crowd of protestors beneath the headline are holding placards that read: “Book Thieves”, “Make It Fair”, “Do The Write Thing” and “Words Are Not Free”.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
NEW: Today in Instanbul, Turkey. A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it! Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel: “Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Some days - just some days - I just REALLY DON'T WANT TO CLEAN UP CAT VOMIT
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Women artists have been overlooked throughout history. Our A-Z resource of 1,000 women artists gives you a place to *start* exploring some of their work Here's H: Halliday to Hynes 👉 buff.ly/DcF7uNi 🧑‍🎨 Mikéla Henry-Lowe. © the artist 📸 Historic England Archive
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An A-Z of 1,000 women artists represented on Art UK: Halliday to Hynes | Art UK
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 500,000 artworks by over 55,000 artists.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 06/03/2025
Gisèle Pelicot has been named as The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025 – topping the Influence List to mark International Women’s Day. Full story: trib.al/Sk7g2ag
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
‘For women especially, prison is a place of chaos and trauma where vulnerable people struggle to maintain their dignity, let alone sanity… into these containers of suffering are dropped women whose only crime is mental illness’ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Why are women still being sent to prison as ‘a place of safety’? | Eva Wiseman
Reports are revealing the true harm done by incarcerating women under the guise of protecting them, writes Eva Wiseman
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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🌎🧸🇺🇸🪶💙🇺🇦Quack @twistedtenyce.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Birthday walk with two of my favourite humans.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/12/2024
UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Remembering my dear friend Olly Emmanuel today. Much missed. 💔
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Playwriting UK @playwritinguk.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Short Attention Span Theatre are looking for writers for their April tour shows.
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Event Tickets @eventtickets.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
🎭Returning to the stage for the first time in over a decade, Jodie Whittaker takes on the role of a lifetime in Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed contemporary adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi, playing at the Trafalgar Theatre. Book now before it ends on 20th Dec www.lovemytheatre.com/post/the-duc...
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The Duchess | Book Tickets
Trafalgar Theatre LondonReturning to the stage for the first time in over a decade, Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) takes on the role of a lifetime in Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed contemporary adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi, playing at the Trafalgar Theatre for 11 weeks only.Recently widowed and in search for a new lease of life, the Duchess (Whittaker) defies her family’s wishes by remarrying beneath her class. However, when her brothers, driven by insurmountable greed and rage, disco
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Theatre archivists / hive minds quick question - I'm trying to put together a list female playwright/ directors that have been on in the west end?
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
So so so good. Odd to experience a drop of good news for once!
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Tip for my male friends and colleagues, there's no point calling out misogyny in private. 🤷‍♀️
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Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
One of my best friends just sent me a text that said she's ok but her 'chest has been encrusted with an extra layer of heavy these past few weeks' I think that is the most perfect description of this november I have heard. I told her the good news is she's a fucking poet.
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Hannah Khalil @hannykha.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
And while I’m at it please can only brilliant people (yes that’s you) apply for this - we need a fantastic new plays associate at the Royal Court Theatre (RT we want all the best people to see and apply) royalcourttheatre.com/new-plays-as...
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New Plays Associate - Royal Court
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