Dr Naomi Paxton
@naomipaxton.bsky.social
Historian of suffrage theatre. Books, talks, walks, games, exhibitions - and more!
Performer and broadcaster. Former BBCR3/AHRC New Gen Thinker. Member of The Magic Circle. Does comedy, cabaret & magic as Ada Campe
www.naomipaxton.co.uk
Performer and broadcaster. Former BBCR3/AHRC New Gen Thinker. Member of The Magic Circle. Does comedy, cabaret & magic as Ada Campe
www.naomipaxton.co.uk
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“Ten strategies of successful suffrage theatre makers” - put together for a workshop in 2024
Available in 2025 for talks, walks, readings, and workshops - for schools, universities, heritage organisations, and community groups. Get in touch!
#suffragetheatre
#suffragehistorian
#theatrehistorian
Available in 2025 for talks, walks, readings, and workshops - for schools, universities, heritage organisations, and community groups. Get in touch!
#suffragetheatre
#suffragehistorian
#theatrehistorian
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First two reviews are in for GROWLED, and they’re both… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks to MY CULTURAL LIFE And WEST END WILMA 💚
🎟️ www.outsavvy.com/event/28738/...
Thanks to MY CULTURAL LIFE And WEST END WILMA 💚
🎟️ www.outsavvy.com/event/28738/...
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
First two reviews are in for GROWLED, and they’re both… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks to MY CULTURAL LIFE And WEST END WILMA 💚
🎟️ www.outsavvy.com/event/28738/...
Thanks to MY CULTURAL LIFE And WEST END WILMA 💚
🎟️ www.outsavvy.com/event/28738/...
A classic music hall and pantomime group number that we are having a fun (and sweaty) time doing each night at the @vauxhalltavern.bsky.social panto! #rvtpanto #lgbtqlondon
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A classic music hall and pantomime group number that we are having a fun (and sweaty) time doing each night at the @vauxhalltavern.bsky.social panto! #rvtpanto #lgbtqlondon
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HULLO, KIDS. Do you want to:
See us live? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/gigs/
Listen to our podcasts? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/podcast/
Buy our book? www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk/how-to-be-an...
Join our classes? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/workshops
Use our free comedy worksheets? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/resources/
See us live? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/gigs/
Listen to our podcasts? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/podcast/
Buy our book? www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk/how-to-be-an...
Join our classes? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/workshops
Use our free comedy worksheets? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/resources/
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
HULLO, KIDS. Do you want to:
See us live? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/gigs/
Listen to our podcasts? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/podcast/
Buy our book? www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk/how-to-be-an...
Join our classes? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/workshops
Use our free comedy worksheets? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/resources/
See us live? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/gigs/
Listen to our podcasts? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/podcast/
Buy our book? www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk/how-to-be-an...
Join our classes? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/workshops
Use our free comedy worksheets? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/resources/
Ha! My last post was about my nun costumes in shows- and here’s my amazing wife in one! Pictured in the Guardian looking very serious next to the legend that is Cynthia Erivo when they were on the Sister Act UK tour back in 2010 😊👏 www.theguardian.com/stage/galler...
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Ha! My last post was about my nun costumes in shows- and here’s my amazing wife in one! Pictured in the Guardian looking very serious next to the legend that is Cynthia Erivo when they were on the Sister Act UK tour back in 2010 😊👏 www.theguardian.com/stage/galler...
If I had 10p for every time my comedy character Ada Campe has dressed as a nun for a panto opening number I’d now have 20p! 😆
2022 - The Theatre Chipping Norton
2025 - Royal Vauxhall Tavern
2028 - ???
2022 - The Theatre Chipping Norton
2025 - Royal Vauxhall Tavern
2028 - ???
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If I had 10p for every time my comedy character Ada Campe has dressed as a nun for a panto opening number I’d now have 20p! 😆
2022 - The Theatre Chipping Norton
2025 - Royal Vauxhall Tavern
2028 - ???
2022 - The Theatre Chipping Norton
2025 - Royal Vauxhall Tavern
2028 - ???
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Tune in today! Also available on BBC Sounds
On today's episode of 'Materials of State' on BBC Radio 4, David Cannadine alongside Dr Mari Takayanagi
(@satisfactory20.bsky.social), will be examing the history of the ballot box.
We've published several articles on the history of the secret ballot 🧵
(@satisfactory20.bsky.social), will be examing the history of the ballot box.
We've published several articles on the history of the secret ballot 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Tune in today! Also available on BBC Sounds
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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...
British Theatre Before and After Covid
www.britishtheatreconsortium.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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...
Looking for something different this December? A show that combines classical music, fantasy creatures, cabaret, storytelling, and historical info? Look no further! Behind the Nightlight, Sunday 7th Dec, 5pm-6pm, at @museumofcomedy.bsky.social in Bloomsbury.
www.museumofcomedy.com/ada-campe-be...
www.museumofcomedy.com/ada-campe-be...
Ada Campe: Behind the Nightlight: Quaint Beasts in an Edwardian Nursery
www.museumofcomedy.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Looking for something different this December? A show that combines classical music, fantasy creatures, cabaret, storytelling, and historical info? Look no further! Behind the Nightlight, Sunday 7th Dec, 5pm-6pm, at @museumofcomedy.bsky.social in Bloomsbury.
www.museumofcomedy.com/ada-campe-be...
www.museumofcomedy.com/ada-campe-be...
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A huge thank you to everyone who organised and attended over 220 free events across the UK!
We have loved seeing the variety of humanities research, activities and events with audiences from all over the country.
There will be more Being Human festival 2025 highlights coming soon!
#BeingHuman2025
We have loved seeing the variety of humanities research, activities and events with audiences from all over the country.
There will be more Being Human festival 2025 highlights coming soon!
#BeingHuman2025
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who organised and attended over 220 free events across the UK!
We have loved seeing the variety of humanities research, activities and events with audiences from all over the country.
There will be more Being Human festival 2025 highlights coming soon!
#BeingHuman2025
We have loved seeing the variety of humanities research, activities and events with audiences from all over the country.
There will be more Being Human festival 2025 highlights coming soon!
#BeingHuman2025
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Any takers?https://womanandhersphere.com/2025/11/17/closing-down-sale-a-few-more-offerings/
CLOSING DOWN SALE: A FEW MORE OFFERINGS
BOOK LIST CLAYTON, Caroline, Dirty Planet: the Friends of the Earth Guide to Pollution and What You Can Do About It, Women’s Press, 2000. Soft covers – very good £2 DICKSON, Anne & HENRIQ…
womanandhersphere.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Any takers?https://womanandhersphere.com/2025/11/17/closing-down-sale-a-few-more-offerings/
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Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
A candid shot of our panto choreographer in rehearsal today - the enigmatic, exacting, and inscrutable Autumn. Ooh she knows what she wants and she’ll drill us until we get it right! I’m exhausted!
#rvtpanto
#rvtpanto
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A candid shot of our panto choreographer in rehearsal today - the enigmatic, exacting, and inscrutable Autumn. Ooh she knows what she wants and she’ll drill us until we get it right! I’m exhausted!
#rvtpanto
#rvtpanto
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Being Human Festival 2025 is now in full swing across the UK. So far we have seen a wide variety of activities and events including cooking workshops, walking tours, cabaret performance, and lots more! The UK’s national festival of the humanities runs until 15 November 2025.
#BeingHuman2025
#BeingHuman2025
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Being Human Festival 2025 is now in full swing across the UK. So far we have seen a wide variety of activities and events including cooking workshops, walking tours, cabaret performance, and lots more! The UK’s national festival of the humanities runs until 15 November 2025.
#BeingHuman2025
#BeingHuman2025
Time’s running out to get your FREE tickets for Behind the Nightlight at @beinghumanfest.bsky.social this Weds. Link in my bio. And if you can’t make it this week, come and see the full show at @museumofcomedy.bsky.social in Dec and Crazy Coqs in Jan! 😃
#beinghumanfestival #lizalehmann
#beinghumanfestival #lizalehmann
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Time’s running out to get your FREE tickets for Behind the Nightlight at @beinghumanfest.bsky.social this Weds. Link in my bio. And if you can’t make it this week, come and see the full show at @museumofcomedy.bsky.social in Dec and Crazy Coqs in Jan! 😃
#beinghumanfestival #lizalehmann
#beinghumanfestival #lizalehmann
First day of panto rehearsals done! It’s gonna be a fun one 😃
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
First day of panto rehearsals done! It’s gonna be a fun one 😃
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Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I bet Zoomers haven't even done TWO of these things
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I bet Zoomers haven't even done TWO of these things
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Give Rosalind Franklin a tenth of the advantages he had and she’d be recognized as the “discoverer” of DNA. As it was, he and his colleagues had to use her (stolen!) notes to get there.
James Watson died yesterday. He was a bad man with many bad ideas. We owe a debt of gratitude to the unknown hero who uploaded this picture of him to Wikipedia.
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Give Rosalind Franklin a tenth of the advantages he had and she’d be recognized as the “discoverer” of DNA. As it was, he and his colleagues had to use her (stolen!) notes to get there.
Is it just me or is Down Cemetery Road *whispers* a bit daft? The story seems contrived, the lighting in some scenes look weirdly fake, and a few actors are doing big comedy gurning whilst others are doing micro expressions. Had high hopes for a Slow Horses replacement fix but this ain’t it so far…
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Is it just me or is Down Cemetery Road *whispers* a bit daft? The story seems contrived, the lighting in some scenes look weirdly fake, and a few actors are doing big comedy gurning whilst others are doing micro expressions. Had high hopes for a Slow Horses replacement fix but this ain’t it so far…
Unboxing the sketching booklets for Behind the Nightlight next week @beinghumanfest.bsky.social - featuring Ada Campe, Sarah Rose, Dusty Limits, and the incredible music of Liza Lehmann! Just 16 tickets left if you want not only a wonderful show but also one of these beauties 😊 #beinghumanfest
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Unboxing the sketching booklets for Behind the Nightlight next week @beinghumanfest.bsky.social - featuring Ada Campe, Sarah Rose, Dusty Limits, and the incredible music of Liza Lehmann! Just 16 tickets left if you want not only a wonderful show but also one of these beauties 😊 #beinghumanfest
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Some words from me in @artsprofessional.co.uk on a new project with Future Arts Centres - a network of over 170 UK arts organisations. We’re exploring the role that arts spaces can play in bridging divides and fostering ‘creative democracy’. More to follow! www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
Local engagement, national conversation - Arts Professional
In an era of political division, it’s more important than ever to build collaborative networks that link the local to a wider context, according to Michael Eades of Goldsmiths University of London.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Some words from me in @artsprofessional.co.uk on a new project with Future Arts Centres - a network of over 170 UK arts organisations. We’re exploring the role that arts spaces can play in bridging divides and fostering ‘creative democracy’. More to follow! www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
Fantasy beasts from the mind of an Edwardian child brought to life with live music and a cabaret star, plus a sketching workshop! Next Wednesday 12th November as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the...
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Fantasy beasts from the mind of an Edwardian child brought to life with live music and a cabaret star, plus a sketching workshop! Next Wednesday 12th November as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the...
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Timeline cleanse: the happiest dolphin in history? 🐬
Find yourself something that makes you as happy as Edward Barlow's 'dolphin' was to 'swim in the sea'. #skystorians #earlymodern
(National Maritime Museum, Journal of Edward Barlow, JOD/4/197-210, 213-294)
(National Maritime Museum, Journal of Edward Barlow, JOD/4/197-210, 213-294)
November 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Timeline cleanse: the happiest dolphin in history? 🐬
I'm giving at talk all about suffragettes on the variety stage at this fab event on Saturday... and speaking about militants, magic, ju-jitsu, waxworks, and a weird little play about a devil on the underground.
www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on/cen...
www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on/cen...
Centre Stage: Music Hall at The London Archives
The London Archives explores the legacy of Music Hall through engaging talks by leading historians with curated document displays.
www.thelondonarchives.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm giving at talk all about suffragettes on the variety stage at this fab event on Saturday... and speaking about militants, magic, ju-jitsu, waxworks, and a weird little play about a devil on the underground.
www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on/cen...
www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on/cen...
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Tonight Dr Mari Takayanagi will be speaking at the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar where she will be discussing her paper 'The Speakers and the Suffragettes'.
You can either attend online or in-person, details of which can be found below:
You can either attend online or in-person, details of which can be found below:
The Speakers and the Suffragettes
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October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Tonight Dr Mari Takayanagi will be speaking at the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar where she will be discussing her paper 'The Speakers and the Suffragettes'.
You can either attend online or in-person, details of which can be found below:
You can either attend online or in-person, details of which can be found below: