Ian Salmon
@ianrsalmon.bsky.social
Playwright - Shake It Up Baby, The Derby-Days, Girls Don’t Play Guitars, Whatever Happened To Billy Kenny, The Comeback Special, A Brief Conversation About The Inevitability Of Love, Those Two Weeks.
A soft spot for the first comic I ever bought (god knows where my copy went)
August 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A soft spot for the first comic I ever bought (god knows where my copy went)
Just been talking to the theatre about ticket sales; the phrase ‘flying out’ was used.
Act quickly:
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Act quickly:
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August 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just been talking to the theatre about ticket sales; the phrase ‘flying out’ was used.
Act quickly:
purchase.epsteintheatre.com/EventAvailab...
Act quickly:
purchase.epsteintheatre.com/EventAvailab...
Great question.
So many - every Western ever, The Searchers, Liberty Valance, Butch Cassidy
But also It’s A Wonderful Life, A Matter Of Life and Death
And one of his favourites, the brilliant Rififi
So many - every Western ever, The Searchers, Liberty Valance, Butch Cassidy
But also It’s A Wonderful Life, A Matter Of Life and Death
And one of his favourites, the brilliant Rififi
June 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Great question.
So many - every Western ever, The Searchers, Liberty Valance, Butch Cassidy
But also It’s A Wonderful Life, A Matter Of Life and Death
And one of his favourites, the brilliant Rififi
So many - every Western ever, The Searchers, Liberty Valance, Butch Cassidy
But also It’s A Wonderful Life, A Matter Of Life and Death
And one of his favourites, the brilliant Rififi
Some of us still remember
May 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Some of us still remember
A lovely night out at @liverpoolempire.bsky.social for Calamity Jane, a charming musical from a kinder age; excellent performances from everyone on stage, a real feel good show.
April 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A lovely night out at @liverpoolempire.bsky.social for Calamity Jane, a charming musical from a kinder age; excellent performances from everyone on stage, a real feel good show.
The obligatory ‘there’s my play up on the big screen’ photo
April 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The obligatory ‘there’s my play up on the big screen’ photo
Incredible night at @royalcourtliv.bsky.social last night for Phillip Breen’s stunning adaptation of David Peace’s Red Or Dead.
A myth, a fable, a legend, the true story of one man, his work, a city, its football team and its fans.
See it while you can.
A myth, a fable, a legend, the true story of one man, his work, a city, its football team and its fans.
See it while you can.
April 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Incredible night at @royalcourtliv.bsky.social last night for Phillip Breen’s stunning adaptation of David Peace’s Red Or Dead.
A myth, a fable, a legend, the true story of one man, his work, a city, its football team and its fans.
See it while you can.
A myth, a fable, a legend, the true story of one man, his work, a city, its football team and its fans.
See it while you can.
It’s the Derby tonight. A massive game in any season, extra charged as we move toward that tantalising 20th league title.
Am I really going to use that fact to plug my new play?
Of course I am, the title’s not a coincide you know
Am I really going to use that fact to plug my new play?
Of course I am, the title’s not a coincide you know
April 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It’s the Derby tonight. A massive game in any season, extra charged as we move toward that tantalising 20th league title.
Am I really going to use that fact to plug my new play?
Of course I am, the title’s not a coincide you know
Am I really going to use that fact to plug my new play?
Of course I am, the title’s not a coincide you know
I know what you think but our cat is the best 😀
April 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I know what you think but our cat is the best 😀
A fantastic night at Liverpool Empire last night for the local leg of an epic six month tour of Boys From The Blackstuff; excellent performances from all concerned especially Jay Johnson as a savagely broken Yosser Hughes.
You need to see it.
You need to see it.
March 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A fantastic night at Liverpool Empire last night for the local leg of an epic six month tour of Boys From The Blackstuff; excellent performances from all concerned especially Jay Johnson as a savagely broken Yosser Hughes.
You need to see it.
You need to see it.
Post a picture of when your pet was little.
Daisy, the first week we had her (best photo I’ve ever taken)
Daisy, the first week we had her (best photo I’ve ever taken)
March 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Post a picture of when your pet was little.
Daisy, the first week we had her (best photo I’ve ever taken)
Daisy, the first week we had her (best photo I’ve ever taken)
This morning’s listen, as I finish the pitch for one project and start the script for another:
The Springsteen-esque, Spector-ish mad grandeur of The Mighty Wah! with Songs Of Strength And Heartbreak.
The Springsteen-esque, Spector-ish mad grandeur of The Mighty Wah! with Songs Of Strength And Heartbreak.
February 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This morning’s listen, as I finish the pitch for one project and start the script for another:
The Springsteen-esque, Spector-ish mad grandeur of The Mighty Wah! with Songs Of Strength And Heartbreak.
The Springsteen-esque, Spector-ish mad grandeur of The Mighty Wah! with Songs Of Strength And Heartbreak.
I’m presuming there’s somebody out there that owns this little gem?
February 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’m presuming there’s somebody out there that owns this little gem?
Just opened up a box of 7” singles. Ultravox (the Hohn Foxx version though they seem to have lost the !)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (violin and guitar version, no drum machine) sounding incredible as it ever did.
Hiroshima Mon Amour (violin and guitar version, no drum machine) sounding incredible as it ever did.
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Just opened up a box of 7” singles. Ultravox (the Hohn Foxx version though they seem to have lost the !)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (violin and guitar version, no drum machine) sounding incredible as it ever did.
Hiroshima Mon Amour (violin and guitar version, no drum machine) sounding incredible as it ever did.
Current listening; 25p in the Rough Trade sale. It’s excellent, great light jazz listening, wonderful to work to.
(I bought another LP for 25p at the same time, won’t tell you who it was by but they’re a globally famous star. It was awful 😂)
(I bought another LP for 25p at the same time, won’t tell you who it was by but they’re a globally famous star. It was awful 😂)
January 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Current listening; 25p in the Rough Trade sale. It’s excellent, great light jazz listening, wonderful to work to.
(I bought another LP for 25p at the same time, won’t tell you who it was by but they’re a globally famous star. It was awful 😂)
(I bought another LP for 25p at the same time, won’t tell you who it was by but they’re a globally famous star. It was awful 😂)
In 1989 I got into the first Stone Roses album because it reminded me of The Church’s early stuff.
Finally got a vinyl copy of Heyday last week.
Finally got a vinyl copy of Heyday last week.
January 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In 1989 I got into the first Stone Roses album because it reminded me of The Church’s early stuff.
Finally got a vinyl copy of Heyday last week.
Finally got a vinyl copy of Heyday last week.
Just the four but Jelly Shed stays for quite a while in a wonderful Velvets/Faust/Neu sort of way
(I can see the Chameleons comparison), great ep
(I can see the Chameleons comparison), great ep
January 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Just the four but Jelly Shed stays for quite a while in a wonderful Velvets/Faust/Neu sort of way
(I can see the Chameleons comparison), great ep
(I can see the Chameleons comparison), great ep
And now this. A most unexpected find -
A Marshmallow Overcoat test pressing.
A Marshmallow Overcoat test pressing.
January 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And now this. A most unexpected find -
A Marshmallow Overcoat test pressing.
A Marshmallow Overcoat test pressing.
Current listening, the Violent Femmes 5th album - not in the same level as their first two but had its moments (and was six quid in the sale, so…)
January 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Current listening, the Violent Femmes 5th album - not in the same level as their first two but had its moments (and was six quid in the sale, so…)
This morning’s listening, one of the most wonderful albums of all time
January 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This morning’s listening, one of the most wonderful albums of all time
Train reading. Laughing out loud. Just perfect dialogue.
January 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Train reading. Laughing out loud. Just perfect dialogue.
Current listening - the phenomenal, massively underrated, Remo Four.
Since we finished the run of Girls Don’t Play Guitars the universe had been sending me Star Club Label albums on a regular basis.
(Colin Manley was a stunning guitarist, this is one hell of an album)
Since we finished the run of Girls Don’t Play Guitars the universe had been sending me Star Club Label albums on a regular basis.
(Colin Manley was a stunning guitarist, this is one hell of an album)
January 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Current listening - the phenomenal, massively underrated, Remo Four.
Since we finished the run of Girls Don’t Play Guitars the universe had been sending me Star Club Label albums on a regular basis.
(Colin Manley was a stunning guitarist, this is one hell of an album)
Since we finished the run of Girls Don’t Play Guitars the universe had been sending me Star Club Label albums on a regular basis.
(Colin Manley was a stunning guitarist, this is one hell of an album)
Last book of 24 becomes the first of 25, its successor sits below it; both gifts from my brilliant wife:
January 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Last book of 24 becomes the first of 25, its successor sits below it; both gifts from my brilliant wife:
Shortcut to the match through the cemetery? In the fog? Oh go on then
December 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Shortcut to the match through the cemetery? In the fog? Oh go on then
Post a photo of you from another era.
(Me and a few others)
(Me and a few others)
November 23, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Post a photo of you from another era.
(Me and a few others)
(Me and a few others)