Fiona Laird FRSA
@fionalaird.bsky.social
Theatre Director (https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/the-plays-the-thing-a-one-person-hamlet/ ) and founder of National Youth Arts Trust http://www.NationalYouthArtsTrust.org.uk Massive feminist. Writer of comment pieces. Devourer of culture
Louise Alder ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
September 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Louise Alder ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
It struck me earlier that Dick Turpin’s name was actually Richard Turpin
July 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It struck me earlier that Dick Turpin’s name was actually Richard Turpin
Is Ralph Fiennes going to be Pope now?
April 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Is Ralph Fiennes going to be Pope now?
Hamlet is up & running - and people seem to like it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hamlet is up & running - and people seem to like it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@charlottemendelson.bsky.social So lovely to see you on the bus today! Xx
March 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
@charlottemendelson.bsky.social So lovely to see you on the bus today! Xx
My interview with Theatre Weekly about my forthcoming production of Hamlet theatreweekly.com/interview-fi...
Interview: Fiona Laird on The Play’s The Thing: A One Person Hamlet at Wilton’s Music Hall - Theatre Weekly
Fiona Laird directs a fresh and intense interpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with The Play’s The Thing: A One Person Hamlet
theatreweekly.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My interview with Theatre Weekly about my forthcoming production of Hamlet theatreweekly.com/interview-fi...
Coming soon! To Wilton’s Music Hall. (I am so proud of this show.)
March 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Coming soon! To Wilton’s Music Hall. (I am so proud of this show.)
Trump FIRES US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Too “woke”. Too “diverse”.
Too “woke”. Too “diverse”.
February 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Trump FIRES US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Too “woke”. Too “diverse”.
Too “woke”. Too “diverse”.
Reposted by Fiona Laird FRSA
Exactly this
Trump is losing his rag because Zelensky isn't backing down. He needs Zelensky to back down. So support Zelensky.
February 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Exactly this
@lyngardnertheatre.bsky.social Hi Lyn - I’d like to invite you to an event. What is the best way of contacting you?
Fiona
Fiona
February 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
@lyngardnertheatre.bsky.social Hi Lyn - I’d like to invite you to an event. What is the best way of contacting you?
Fiona
Fiona
In 53 days Hitler destroyed a constitutional republic through constitutional means. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
In 53 days Hitler destroyed a constitutional republic through constitutional means. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Reposted by Fiona Laird FRSA
She knew this would happen. That's what courage looks like. By contrast, look at the people in this shot. (With the possible exception of Vance's wife.)
January 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
She knew this would happen. That's what courage looks like. By contrast, look at the people in this shot. (With the possible exception of Vance's wife.)
Big UP BISHOP MARIANN! 👊
OH MY GOSH, I hadn't realised at first she said all this IN FRONT OF HIM. I am in absolute awe.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Big UP BISHOP MARIANN! 👊
So according to Donald Trump Jnr, Greenlanders desperately want to belong to the USA.
What happens if the US actually *do* invade Greenland? What? We back Denmark & go to war with the USA???
What happens if the US actually *do* invade Greenland? What? We back Denmark & go to war with the USA???
January 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So according to Donald Trump Jnr, Greenlanders desperately want to belong to the USA.
What happens if the US actually *do* invade Greenland? What? We back Denmark & go to war with the USA???
What happens if the US actually *do* invade Greenland? What? We back Denmark & go to war with the USA???
So, if Donald Trump wasn’t about to be sworn in as US President he’d be going to prison? Is that right?
If it is, then WTAF? 🤯🤯🤯🤯
If it is, then WTAF? 🤯🤯🤯🤯
January 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So, if Donald Trump wasn’t about to be sworn in as US President he’d be going to prison? Is that right?
If it is, then WTAF? 🤯🤯🤯🤯
If it is, then WTAF? 🤯🤯🤯🤯
I’ve just read in The Times that we, the UK, are “triggering” Elon Musk.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Yes, you read that correctly.
January 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I’ve just read in The Times that we, the UK, are “triggering” Elon Musk.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Yes, you read that correctly.
🤦♀️
Car crash briefing with Kemi Badenoch spokesman in which he
- Couldn't say if she'd ever raised grooming inside govt (having never mentioned it in the House)
- Admitted she hasn't spoken to any survivors
- Refused to condemn Elon Musk for attacks on Jess Phillips
and said she's still a "fan" of his
- Couldn't say if she'd ever raised grooming inside govt (having never mentioned it in the House)
- Admitted she hasn't spoken to any survivors
- Refused to condemn Elon Musk for attacks on Jess Phillips
and said she's still a "fan" of his
January 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🤦♀️
Reposted by Fiona Laird FRSA
Thanks to @jamesomalley.co.uk for endorsing this idea on his Substack (which you should follow, btw). open.substack.com/pub/jamesoma...
January 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thanks to @jamesomalley.co.uk for endorsing this idea on his Substack (which you should follow, btw). open.substack.com/pub/jamesoma...
The best day of the year because from now the days get LONGER. From today we gain 2 minutes of extra light a day and by the middle of February that becomes 3 minutes 🎄🎄🎄👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
December 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
The best day of the year because from now the days get LONGER. From today we gain 2 minutes of extra light a day and by the middle of February that becomes 3 minutes 🎄🎄🎄👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The show I have been working on for three years is finally happening. Hamlet: one actor: 1hr 40mins. Possibly the best work I have ever done…
wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/the...
wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/the...
The Play's The Thing: A One Person Hamlet - Wilton's Music Hall
Presented by Regeneration Theatre ‘I cannot remember receiving Hamlet with more open ears and more abandon’ Rufus Norris, Artistic Director, Royal National Theatre Performed in just 90 minutes, come a...
wiltons.org.uk
December 1, 2024 at 11:37 PM
The show I have been working on for three years is finally happening. Hamlet: one actor: 1hr 40mins. Possibly the best work I have ever done…
wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/the...
wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/the...
Reposted by Fiona Laird FRSA
I was lucky recently to see a preview of @fionalaird.bsky.social’s production of Hamlet, which will work with men in crisis. My latest column at @thestage.bsky.social argues that with prisons & social services collapsing, this work by artists is ever more vital www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/shak...
Kate Maltby: Shakespeare has always engaged with those on society’s margins – it still does
Read thought-provoking commentary, analysis and discussion on the theatre industry from renowned arts journalists including Lyn Gardner, Natasha Tripney, West End Producer and more.
www.thestage.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 4:33 PM
I was lucky recently to see a preview of @fionalaird.bsky.social’s production of Hamlet, which will work with men in crisis. My latest column at @thestage.bsky.social argues that with prisons & social services collapsing, this work by artists is ever more vital www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/shak...
This should really worry the living #### out of us all. It’s going to happen if we don’t do something
December 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM
This should really worry the living #### out of us all. It’s going to happen if we don’t do something