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Artistic Lead @vitalxposure. Views my own. Runs @TheatreASYLUM Neurodivergent. He/they. @royaltheatrical winner 2022

London, England
Joined May 2016
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Surfacing is on @OmnibusTheatre until June 1st omnibus-clapham.org/surfacin… We've had some lovely reviews. It's a really personal piece. I'd love it to be seen by lots of people.
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Just don't read them then. Does Ralph need a content warning for content info?
“When I was young we never had trigger warnings for shows” Actor Ralph Fiennes “the impact of theatre should be that you’re shocked” and that he thinks audiences have gone too soft #BBCLauraK bbc.in/3SC359H
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On a lighter note saw @CRIPticArts early R&D on Saturday. Very exciting. And I adored #Remythed from @BetnLevTheatre on Sunday.
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2. Personal ableism experience. When I first acknowledged that I was neurodivergent and needed accommodations, senior figures at my drama school told me it was my job to 'get that fixed' and expressed frustration that I had 'misled' them by not declaring before admission.
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As I now have secure employment, I'm going to detail some of the lovely #ableism of this industry I've been able to witness. I'll keep it anonymous but I want people to understand that RIII is the tip of the iceberg (1/?)
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1. I have personally been pointedly turned down in interviews, multiple times, for assisting/associate roles because I've declared I'm neurodivergent. Concern about how I might compromise the 'creative process' gets cited. (2/?)
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I don't want to go into huge detail but I have a track record of assisting at the National, Hampstead, Kiln, etc. This is clearly bollocks. I'll add another tomorrow.(3/?)
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If you want the beginnings of an explanation why the Richard III casting is a problem, I spoke to @hsimpson100 for @guardian with many other excellent people. ‘I’m done with pretenders’: disabled actors on reclaiming Richard III theguardian.com/stage/2024/j…
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An incredible beginning to the year, and I'm already having a blast.
📢We are delighted to announce the appointment of Stephen Bailey, an award-winning Neurodivergent director and producer, as Vital Xposure's new Artistic Lead! Read the full announcement: vitalxposure.co.uk/artistic-…
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You have one week @NottmPlayhouse then @Grand_Theatre and @BelgradeTheatre to catch The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man. 3 x 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 3 x 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Constant standing ovations I'm incredibly proud
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Thank you to @danekaetchells @AnnabelleLDavis Tim Pritchett @NadiaNadarajah @kigatho for your amazing work. Thank you @Jai_Morjaria @nicolatch @_skenny @CathyWaller for your support and validation. Thank you to @rtst @NottmPlayhouse for backing this and believing in me
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Stephen Bailey retweeted
If you've got an artist pass you might be able to get into Surfacing today as we've 10-20 tickets left for each show. 14.50 19.10 Would love full houses!
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Stephen Bailey retweeted
🐭 🐭 🐭 🐭 Come see exactly what Holly's talking about! Warning: contains mice. 🐭 🐭 🐭 🐭
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Tech done.✅️ Cues nailed.✅️ Playtext spotted in the wild.✅️ No animals euthanized.🐀 Last few tix for tonight, 2 for £20 w code VDATE.🍾 Thank you for joining us underwater 🌊 vaultfestival.com/events/sur… And huge thanks to our amazing team, & the @VAULTFestival staff
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What could be more romantic than medical experiments on mice and questioning the efficacy of our mental health system?
In what we assume is a themed tie-in to this double publication, @VAULTFestival are offering 2 tix for £20 tomorrow, for us and other shows. Celebrate publication day, palentines day, galentines day, or an other festival of your choice , with the code VDATE, on the 14th only.
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In what we assume is a themed tie-in to this double publication, @VAULTFestival are offering 2 tix for £20 tomorrow, for us and other shows. Celebrate publication day, palentines day, galentines day, or an other festival of your choice , with the code VDATE, on the 14th only.
Could not be happier about this. You can get them essentially for free at the show* Or at a very reasonable price elsewhere. (I'm doing a lot of tweets but regular silence will be resumed soon, dw)
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Two days til we open! We're a top pick with @justaddmilkJAM, @standardnews, and @ToDoListLDN. vaultfestival.com/events/sur… & 1 week until writer @_TPowell_'s screening of The Silence & the Noise, @PapatangoTC play, now a @RuralMedia @PentabusTheatre film vaultfestival.com/performanc…
That's a wrap on our two weeks in Ludlow! Thanks @PentabusTheatre Next stop @VAULTFestival vaultfestival.com/events/sur…
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We've got a full day @vaultfestival, but if you want to really plan ahead, how about @FlawBored's It's A Motherf**king Pleasure (21 - 26 Feb) Come and see if they can make blindness sexy in this play all about the monetisation of identity politics vaultfestival.com/events/its…
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Don't miss this
So excited to be part of the @FlawBored team for It's a Motherf**king Pleasure at @VAULTFestival! Already a top pick for @stagedoor, @EveningStandard and @CultureWhisper, it's a dark satire of the monetisation of identity politics from the award-winning, disabled-led company.
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Thursday morning? Teaser time. (This took eight attempts to upload. Please watch.)
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