Alex Kelly
@voyager3.bsky.social
Theatre & games maker with Voyager 3.
Previously: Co-AD of Third Angel.
Espresso drinker.
Reader in Theatre & Performance at Leeds School of Arts.
Previously: Co-AD of Third Angel.
Espresso drinker.
Reader in Theatre & Performance at Leeds School of Arts.
Pinned
Alex Kelly
@voyager3.bsky.social
· Oct 14
GenFest 2025: The Investigations - Royal & Derngate
The Investigations is a performance-making game from Voyager 3, delivered by In Good Company. Exploring the details of everyday life, this is a ‘make a show in a day’ devising workshop, presented as a...
royalandderngate.co.uk
The ace @ingoodcompany.bsky.social are running my theatre-making-kit-meets-storytelling-game THE INVESTIGATIONS at @royalderngate.bsky.social as part of GenFest this year. You can take part and/or watch what they make with it:
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gen...
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gen...
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Here he is taking the photo.
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Here he is taking the photo.
Had an excellent time playing this last night, even if my bandmates are a bunch of lying, backstabbing, royalty grabbing bastards. Thanks very much for the invite Matt!
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Had an excellent time playing this last night, even if my bandmates are a bunch of lying, backstabbing, royalty grabbing bastards. Thanks very much for the invite Matt!
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Apparently this is the wrong answer, so Wes Streeting is launching another review by a team picked to deliver a more convenient answer 🙄
Whichever review gives the answer they want will be hailed as "gold standard science", the other will be ignored.
Whichever review gives the answer they want will be hailed as "gold standard science", the other will be ignored.
An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Apparently this is the wrong answer, so Wes Streeting is launching another review by a team picked to deliver a more convenient answer 🙄
Whichever review gives the answer they want will be hailed as "gold standard science", the other will be ignored.
Whichever review gives the answer they want will be hailed as "gold standard science", the other will be ignored.
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"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
What does this do for women's rights?
What does this do for women's rights?
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
What does this do for women's rights?
What does this do for women's rights?
Really looking forward to catching this on tour next year.
Ooh… this is a long time coming!
I’m very pleased to announce I’m touring the UK next year with @paulavarjack and her show ‘Nine Sixteenths’!
I’m movement director and performer… the last time I toured was eight years ago with my own show… I’m very excited!
I’m very pleased to announce I’m touring the UK next year with @paulavarjack and her show ‘Nine Sixteenths’!
I’m movement director and performer… the last time I toured was eight years ago with my own show… I’m very excited!
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Really looking forward to catching this on tour next year.
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We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
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The argument in favour of AI is that it cuts employee costs for businesses that simply can’t afford those staffing levels.
But a successful businesses not having enough money to pay the required number of staff is a *decision*. And a side effect of endlessly moving money up, away from most workers.
But a successful businesses not having enough money to pay the required number of staff is a *decision*. And a side effect of endlessly moving money up, away from most workers.
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The argument in favour of AI is that it cuts employee costs for businesses that simply can’t afford those staffing levels.
But a successful businesses not having enough money to pay the required number of staff is a *decision*. And a side effect of endlessly moving money up, away from most workers.
But a successful businesses not having enough money to pay the required number of staff is a *decision*. And a side effect of endlessly moving money up, away from most workers.
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![1
[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
I had a great time yesterday visiting the first public outing of #TheINVESTIGATIONS, as part of @royalderngate.bsky.social's GENFEST2025. Annis McGee from In Good Company ran the 'core' version of the game - a make-a-show-in-a-day research and storytelling workshop.
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I had a great time yesterday visiting the first public outing of #TheINVESTIGATIONS, as part of @royalderngate.bsky.social's GENFEST2025. Annis McGee from In Good Company ran the 'core' version of the game - a make-a-show-in-a-day research and storytelling workshop.
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For anyone who wants to try out Sanction and create their own Community Content, you can pick up the Core Rules at a discount on @drivethrurpg.com:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Or, grab the Bundle, which includes all the Genre Setups and adventures:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Or, grab the Bundle, which includes all the Genre Setups and adventures:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Sanction Genres [BUNDLE] - Just Crunch Games | Sanction | DriveThruRPG
This special bundle product contains the following titles:
A toolbox system for multi-genre challenge-driven role-playing games.
Battle through dungeons in the wake of a raging warrior god. Challenge...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
For anyone who wants to try out Sanction and create their own Community Content, you can pick up the Core Rules at a discount on @drivethrurpg.com:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Or, grab the Bundle, which includes all the Genre Setups and adventures:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Or, grab the Bundle, which includes all the Genre Setups and adventures:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
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I'm enthralled by the great quality of the adventures that have sprung forth from The Raspy Raven organised competition.
Third Party Community Content Creation embraces all of Sanction, and I'm loving what's coming out of it.
www.sanctionrpg.com
www.thedeesanction.com/the-dee-sanc...
Third Party Community Content Creation embraces all of Sanction, and I'm loving what's coming out of it.
www.sanctionrpg.com
www.thedeesanction.com/the-dee-sanc...
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I'm enthralled by the great quality of the adventures that have sprung forth from The Raspy Raven organised competition.
Third Party Community Content Creation embraces all of Sanction, and I'm loving what's coming out of it.
www.sanctionrpg.com
www.thedeesanction.com/the-dee-sanc...
Third Party Community Content Creation embraces all of Sanction, and I'm loving what's coming out of it.
www.sanctionrpg.com
www.thedeesanction.com/the-dee-sanc...
I’ve been lucky enough to play this and run it, and had a blast both times. Recommended!
The Admiral's Compass is a short adventure for @paulbaldowski.bsky.social The Dee Sanction. Written for the Tales from the Raspy Raven competition, it's a tale set in the aftermath of the English Counter Armada.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I’ve been lucky enough to play this and run it, and had a blast both times. Recommended!
Really enjoyed this atmospheric folk horror show last night - if you can get along to Salford or Leeds then book in advance as it's selling out most venues.
👂 What was that, all shows are now on sale? Guess that means it’s time to Drop our official Birdwatching Northern Tour Poster!🪺
We encourage you to book in advance for this limited run🗓️
For all ticket links please visit the relevant venue website or visit our website 🎟️ tinyurl.com/45vccp5v
We encourage you to book in advance for this limited run🗓️
For all ticket links please visit the relevant venue website or visit our website 🎟️ tinyurl.com/45vccp5v
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Really enjoyed this atmospheric folk horror show last night - if you can get along to Salford or Leeds then book in advance as it's selling out most venues.
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I teach a field natural history course that’s very analog—a hand-written field journal, hands-on skill sessions, hours in nature each week. This very much tracks. My evals for that class emphasize the class’s impacts on how they think, and their mental health.
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I teach a field natural history course that’s very analog—a hand-written field journal, hands-on skill sessions, hours in nature each week. This very much tracks. My evals for that class emphasize the class’s impacts on how they think, and their mental health.
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Really pleased that my Bunker Talk about Playable Theatre is now up online. I talk about the crossover between boardgames, Tracker Gamebooks, #TTRPGs and my theatre making/story swapping practice, in particular my new project The Investigations.
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/...
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/...
Alex Kelly – Bunker Talk #154 – Manchester School of Art
www.art.mmu.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Really pleased that my Bunker Talk about Playable Theatre is now up online. I talk about the crossover between boardgames, Tracker Gamebooks, #TTRPGs and my theatre making/story swapping practice, in particular my new project The Investigations.
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/...
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/...
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Roll up, roll up - we’re teaching you how to cobble together a career in the arts! All the soft skills the neurotypicals just seem to know but nobody tells us? We’ve got you covered!
Save the date and sign up to our Patreon at any paid level to join in!
Save the date and sign up to our Patreon at any paid level to join in!
Employability skills in the arts virtual workshop - Sunday 26th October 6pm | The Daily Tism
Get more from The Daily Tism on Patreon
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October 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Roll up, roll up - we’re teaching you how to cobble together a career in the arts! All the soft skills the neurotypicals just seem to know but nobody tells us? We’ve got you covered!
Save the date and sign up to our Patreon at any paid level to join in!
Save the date and sign up to our Patreon at any paid level to join in!
Really pleased that my Bunker Talk about Playable Theatre is now up online. I talk about the crossover between boardgames, Tracker Gamebooks, #TTRPGs and my theatre making/story swapping practice, in particular my new project The Investigations.
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/...
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/...
Alex Kelly – Bunker Talk #154 – Manchester School of Art
www.art.mmu.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Really pleased that my Bunker Talk about Playable Theatre is now up online. I talk about the crossover between boardgames, Tracker Gamebooks, #TTRPGs and my theatre making/story swapping practice, in particular my new project The Investigations.
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/...
www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/...
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We had a lorra, lorra fun playing this.
My #Vaesen scenario, The Man Who Was Too Lucky is in the @drivethrurpg.com Halloween sale until the end of the month... Johannes Wallėn recruits the Society to investigate his suspiciously happy life.
tools.drivethrurpg.com/product/5262...
tools.drivethrurpg.com/product/5262...
Vaesen: The Man Who Was Too Lucky - Free League Publishing | Free League Work Shop | DriveThruRPG.com
The Society receive an enigmatic Invitation from a wealthy young businessman in the village of Olsnäs on the shores of
tools.drivethrurpg.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We had a lorra, lorra fun playing this.
My #Vaesen scenario, The Man Who Was Too Lucky is in the @drivethrurpg.com Halloween sale until the end of the month... Johannes Wallėn recruits the Society to investigate his suspiciously happy life.
tools.drivethrurpg.com/product/5262...
tools.drivethrurpg.com/product/5262...
Vaesen: The Man Who Was Too Lucky - Free League Publishing | Free League Work Shop | DriveThruRPG.com
The Society receive an enigmatic Invitation from a wealthy young businessman in the village of Olsnäs on the shores of
tools.drivethrurpg.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My #Vaesen scenario, The Man Who Was Too Lucky is in the @drivethrurpg.com Halloween sale until the end of the month... Johannes Wallėn recruits the Society to investigate his suspiciously happy life.
tools.drivethrurpg.com/product/5262...
tools.drivethrurpg.com/product/5262...
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The ace @ingoodcompany.bsky.social are running my theatre-making-kit-meets-storytelling-game THE INVESTIGATIONS at @royalderngate.bsky.social as part of GenFest this year. You can take part and/or watch what they make with it:
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gen...
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gen...
GenFest 2025: The Investigations - Royal & Derngate
The Investigations is a performance-making game from Voyager 3, delivered by In Good Company. Exploring the details of everyday life, this is a ‘make a show in a day’ devising workshop, presented as a...
royalandderngate.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The ace @ingoodcompany.bsky.social are running my theatre-making-kit-meets-storytelling-game THE INVESTIGATIONS at @royalderngate.bsky.social as part of GenFest this year. You can take part and/or watch what they make with it:
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gen...
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gen...
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with your help we can change this
People are always rightly pointing out that Warhammer contributes more to the British economy than the fishing industry, but the problem is that there just aren't very many folk songs about Warhammer
August 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
with your help we can change this
The ace @ingoodcompany.bsky.social are running my theatre-making-kit-meets-storytelling-game THE INVESTIGATIONS at @royalderngate.bsky.social as part of GenFest this year. You can take part and/or watch what they make with it:
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gen...
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gen...
GenFest 2025: The Investigations - Royal & Derngate
The Investigations is a performance-making game from Voyager 3, delivered by In Good Company. Exploring the details of everyday life, this is a ‘make a show in a day’ devising workshop, presented as a...
royalandderngate.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The ace @ingoodcompany.bsky.social are running my theatre-making-kit-meets-storytelling-game THE INVESTIGATIONS at @royalderngate.bsky.social as part of GenFest this year. You can take part and/or watch what they make with it:
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gen...
royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gen...
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I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?
It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?
It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
October 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?
It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?
It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?
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How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
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And yet - nothing about this is on the BBC main app.
It’s hidden under Welsh news.
Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, The Sun, The Times.
Seems like Farage’s opinions on everything make front page news EXCEPT when one of his guys admits to taking Russian bribes….🤷🏼♀️
13/14
It’s hidden under Welsh news.
Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, The Sun, The Times.
Seems like Farage’s opinions on everything make front page news EXCEPT when one of his guys admits to taking Russian bribes….🤷🏼♀️
13/14
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And yet - nothing about this is on the BBC main app.
It’s hidden under Welsh news.
Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, The Sun, The Times.
Seems like Farage’s opinions on everything make front page news EXCEPT when one of his guys admits to taking Russian bribes….🤷🏼♀️
13/14
It’s hidden under Welsh news.
Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, The Sun, The Times.
Seems like Farage’s opinions on everything make front page news EXCEPT when one of his guys admits to taking Russian bribes….🤷🏼♀️
13/14