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Everything Theatre @everything-theatre.co.uk · May 24

#Review: Millennium Girls, Brixton House Theatre ★★★★

"Go for the music, go for the top performances, but go and hear a powerfully timeless message of female solidarity and support."

#theatre #drama #Brixton #fringe #offwestend #theatresky

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Review: Millennium Girls, Brixton House - Everything Theatre

Stylish, invigorating and funny, Millennium Girls redefines perceptions of a group of mixed-race, working class teenagers on the edge of a new millennium

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Everything Theatre @everything-theatre.co.uk · Apr 27

#Interview: Sophia Leonie on MILLENNIUM GIRLS, playing Brixton House this May

"I just wanted to tell the story of a working-class, mixed-race girl growing up in London, because growing up, I rarely saw myself represented on stage or screen."

#theatre

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Interview: Girlhood, Identity and Growing Up With Garage - Everything Theatre

Sophia Leonie gets to grips with girlhood, identity and growing up with Garage

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Apr 25

Trailer drop for MILLENNIUM GIRLS at Brixton House 12-31 May
🎟️ brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/millen...

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Apr 20

2 more chances to see @wholetheplay.bsky.social next week as part of this East of England regional tour 🎟️ linktr.ee/wholetheplay supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

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WHOLE: The Play @wholetheplay.bsky.social · Apr 8

✨ CPT SPRING SEASON OFFER! ✨

WHOLE is part of the Camden People’s Theatre spring sale week, starting today and running unti 12th April! 🍊

WHOLE is at Camden People’s Theatre on the 15th & 16th April, and today only you can get 2 shows for £20 using code: APRIL8

🎟️ cptheatre.co.uk/whatson/Whole

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Mar 31

Back in the room this week at #artsdepot with @emmatheatrewhole.bsky.social and the team ahead of the first performance @mercurytheatre.bsky.social on the 9th www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/event/whole/

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Mar 25

Day 2 @wholetheplay.bsky.social rehearsals at #ShoreditchTownHall
Touring next month to
9 Apr @mercurytheatre.bsky.social
12 Apr Harlow Playhouse
15 & 16 Apr Camden People’s Thetare
17 Apr TRBSE
23 Apr The Place Bedford
25 Apr Eastern Angles
🎟️ linktr.ee/wholetheplay

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Mar 24

Day 1 of rehearsals complete! Can’t wait for @emmatheatrewhole.bsky.social to share this gorgeous show with audiences from the 9th
First stop @mercurytheatre.bsky.social
For 🎟️ www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/event/whole/

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Mar 18

Full Creative Team and cast announcements to be announced soon
Supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Mar 18

Excited to announce
MILLENNIUM GIRLS by Sophia Leonie directed by Jade Lewis is coming to Brixton House 12-32 May
🎟️ on sale brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/millen...

MILLENNIUM GIRLS – Brixton House

London. The 90s. The sparkle of the new Millennium is building. For Jessica, things are about to change forever.

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WHOLE: The Play @wholetheplay.bsky.social · Mar 14

‘I started to feel an immense gratitude for nature and the cycle of things’

For National Write Your Story day, we’re revisiting this beautiful feature on ‘5 Things To Do Today’, from WHOLE’s earlier journey in 2021. You can read about Emma’s 5 things here:
5thingstodotoday.com/2021/10/09/5...

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Mar 11

Under 1 month to go ✨

WHOLE: The Play @wholetheplay.bsky.social · Mar 10

Just under one month to go until the first stop of the tour!

WHOLE plays across the South East from 9th-25th April, coming to Mercury Theatre Colchester, Harlow Playhouse, Camden People's Theatre, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, The Place (Bedford), & Eastern Angles Centre

🎟 linktr.ee/wholetheplay

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Mar 8

This gorgeous show I’m producing Whole by @emmatheatrewhole.bsky.social is touring this April to @mercurytheatre.bsky.social #HarlowPlayhouse #TheatreRoyalBuryStEdmunds @camdenpt.bsky.social #ThePlace #EasternAnglesCentre
🎟️ linktr.ee/wholetheplay

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Maddy Moore @chunchilla.bsky.social · Mar 5

Hustle time: Last year I directed 5 studio shows, all got 4/5 star reviews across the board, 2 won awards. Currently have a 5 star show running in London…
but I need to make a mid/main stage show! I’ve been at this for over 12yrs now!

Any venues/prod companies up for a chat about future projects?

5 woman and one man in a panic over a smoking pile of fabric. They are wearing period costume. One woman holds a modern fire extinguisher.

Three women in swimsuits sit on office wheelie chairs but are moving as though they are swimming. There is a mist around them. The woman in front wears a yellow bobble hat.

4 people in black suits and white shirts shout at each other across a woman who is sitting in the centre wearing a red formal dress.

A woman stands in the foreground holding a shotgun. She looks on edge. Behind her three more people stand static on a raised platform looking down over her

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Feb 26

🌟 Exciting news 🌟 I’ve now launched Zoe Gibbons Productions supporting writers & theatre-makers to make new work which elevates under platformed voices
The 1st play, which I’ve been on a journey with since 2021, will be announced in a few weeks time & I’m so excited to share it with audiences

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Jan 27

Supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and #artsdepot artist residency seed funding ✨

Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Jan 27

Had a great time last week watching the magic unfold ✨ on set for trailer shoot for @emmatheatrewhole.bsky.social Whole Touring this April to @mercurytheatre.bsky.social #TheatreRoyalBuryStEdmunds #HarlowPlayhouse #camdenpeoplestheatre #ThePlaceBedford #easternanglesCentre
🎟️ linktr.ee/wholetheplay

Woman in a red dress is wearing a cat’s head costume being filmed holding a small ceramic house in front of her in her hands

A woman stands ready for filming. Stage light is in shot and to the left is a table horizontal to help with lighting

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Tommi Bryson @tommibryson.bsky.social · Jan 16

BESEA artists! Especially those connected to and based in and around South Yorkshire!

Sheffield Theatres @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social is one of the venue partners for this incredible national project led by the brilliant team at New Earth.

Deadline for applications: 05 Feb

Share widely!

New Earth Theatre @newearththeatre.bsky.social · Jan 9

📢 Associate Artist Callout: Seed Commission & Creative Incubator

We're on the lookout for 6 BESEA artists/companies who will receive:
🔴 £2,000
🔴 Mentoring in fundraising, marketing & creative development
🔴 A performance slot in our Twisted Roots Festival

www.newearththeatre.org.uk/news/associa...

Associate Artist Callout - Seed Commission and Creative Incubator — New Earth Theatre

We are looking for six British East and South-east Asian artists/companies, who are interested in using a heritage art form in their modern theatre practice.

www.newearththeatre.org.uk

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Tamasha @tamasha1989.bsky.social · Jan 15

Back in 2023, we announced a groundbreaking commitment to rebalance a Eurocentric approach to dramaturgy across the UK. Today we’re proud to announce Bristol Old Vic, Beyond Face & @belgradetheatre.bsky.social, as the first organisations to join as partners as we enter the next stage of strategies.

SHIFT: A message from Pooja Ghai, Tamasha's Artistic Director and Co-CEO

YouTube video by Tamasha

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Paines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social · Jan 13

And we’re off. The Women’s Prize for Playwriting is now open for submissions 🏆

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The Women’s Prize for Playwriting @womensplayprize.bsky.social · Jan 13

The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2025 is now open for submissions until Tuesday 22nd April!🎉 @painesplough.bsky.social @concordukshows.bsky.social @ekpshows.bsky.social

The First Prize is £20,000: our biggest prize fund yet.👀

Enter via our website: womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk/how-to-enter/

On a yellow background, the graphic reads: Submissions now open until 5pm on Tuesday 22nd April.

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Emma Spearing @emmatheatrewhole.bsky.social · Jan 8

We’ve just closed apps 4 our Creative Grief Workshops. Thank u to every precious person who put into the crowdfunder. We had 27 applicants for 15 spaces. I wish I could work with every single one of them. It just shows how much we need these spaces to explore our grief. x
#grief #theatremaker

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Morgan Lloyd Malcolm @mogster.bsky.social · Jan 6

Back to work then eh?

a horse standing in the rain with lightning behind it

Alt: a horse standing in the rain with lightning behind it

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Dec 11

This is relatable content rn 🤪

Hannah Cox @hannahcox.bsky.social · Dec 11

I'm OBSESSED with school Christmas festivities - it's nativity day, my kid had her part (& required costume) changed with one days notice, there's Christmas jumper day, Christmas Dinner day AND Christmas Fair day squeezed into one week, everything requires cash and pre bought tokens. We are LIVING

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Zoe Gibbons @zogibbons.bsky.social · Dec 10

The workshops sit alongside Emma Spearing's autobiographical show Whole - directed by Kirsty Housley touring next April across London & the East of England
Supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social & artsdepot
To find out more about the workshops + sign up: lnkd.in/ex5G4NCs
Deadline Mon 6th Jan

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