Very Mashallah @ameeraconrad Twitter profile

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Very Mashallah

3 months

My bio doesn’t have enough space but; I’m so honoured to be named as one of the @mailandguardian 200 Young South Africans for 2024, in the category for Arts & Entertainment. Proof that I am still young!

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@ameeraconrad

3 years

He had me driven to Pemberley. He dressed up as Mr Darcy. He threw water on himself. And then he asked me to spend the rest of our lives together. Couldn’t say no, could I?

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8 years

My mom told me about how she used to take a tennis racket to protests to hit the tear gas bombs back at the police. WoC are icons.

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6 years

Jordan Peele to do a horror movie on how white men get radicalized on the internet pls.

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1 year

My dad has been a lifelong @LFC fan - never been to Anfield - until today! We’ll be back on Wednesday! Full family in tow!

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4 years

“Actually no that’s not the truth Ellen”

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4 years

In honor of Dakota Johnson’s 31st birthday, tell us your favorite performance by the actress! 🍿

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5 years

@GaryHartleySA Literal tears every time. How Nick looks at Rachel 😍 when he mouths “I love you” OHMYGOD

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@ameeraconrad

2 years

Couldn’t be more proud of my dad (below) who’s been appointed as the SA Test team’s new coach. He was an incredible talent as a player, & is even more so as a coach. A man who has one of the best cricket minds in SA, AND a deep passion & track record for youth development.

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@ameeraconrad

3 years

PALS IM DIRECTING EMILIA FRIGGIN EMILIA

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@ameeraconrad

6 years

So okay. Facebook is the root cause of my current anxiety attack so instead of doing my usual and going into my lil cave I’m gonna post it on twitter so everyone her can see what happens in Mandela’s South Africa when you try to express your experiences.

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

Scarlett Johansson as Trees: A Thread

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5 years

FRIENDS IT IS OFFICIAL! YA GAL IS GOING TO BE LIVING AND WORKING IN LONDON AS OF 2020! SEND ME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JOBBIES IN THEATRE AND PLACES TO LIVE BECAUSE I WILL BE HOMELESS AS OF MARCH THIS IS NOT A DRILL I AM FINALLY COMING!

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@ameeraconrad

3 years

I AM DIRECTING A SHOW AT THE @LivEveryPlay IN JUNE the text is badass by the indomitable @SamORourk3 - theatres, u better send all your programming managers bc this is the kind of script that needs to be EVERYWHERE

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@ameeraconrad

6 years

*at my kid's gender reveal party* Black balloons surround the guests. They all burst in perfect unison. Lego pieces rain down on my family and friends. A giant LED sign turns on, it reads: GENDER IS A CONSTRUCT

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

oh man. OH MAN! We’ve only gone and done it. Super super super humbled and honoured to have received the Filipa Bragança award for best solo performance by an emerging female artist! To be placed in this legacy is incredible. It means everything to me. I am still shooketh.

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6 years

Because the white men who started it only like democracy that’s reserved for white men. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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@AOC

6 years

How is Columbus Day a holiday but Election Day not?

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@ameeraconrad

4 years

BIG NEWS! I'm itching to get to work with the amazing teams over at @ATCLondon & @LAMDAdrama for the next year on some seriously fantastic projects. Huge thank you to @JerwoodArts for their support of the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursary programme.

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@ActorsTouringCo

4 years

We are properly thrilled to announce Ameera Conrad as a new member of the ATC team. Ameera joins us as Associate Director, in partnership with @LAMDAdrama & supported by @JerwoodArts as part of the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursary programme. Read more:

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

YOU CANT SUBSTITUTE A PERSONALITY WITH RICK AND MORTY

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6 years

This tweet just told me to actually eat better and work out instead of wishing I’ll wake up fit tomorrow.

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5 years

For my followers who aren’t from South Africa, lemme give you one piece of information to shine a light on this country. We have r*pe & murder (of women & children) stats that rival those of literal WAR ZONES. Our sex offenders registry is NOT PUBLIC.

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6 years

She’s sounding out “discrimination” and “community” so we’re going into 2019 with good energy. @ModernHERstory @BlairImani

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2 years

Sorry but I devoured this bride thing

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4 years

He was my dad first but okay go awf sis

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@ameeraconrad

7 years

I'm Very Awkward: A Photo Set ft. @MbuyiseniNdlozi 1. An Attempt at Cool 2. The Façade Cracks 3. I'm a Total Geek, ft. Colgate Smile

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7 years

Thing is I can almost hear her saying this. I liiidderally feel so sick seeing his tiidday tickling face in Khloe's like dellliverrry roooooom. It like lidderally gives me hives.

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7 years

Labor Pains: Kim Kardashian Reportedly "Felt Sick" Having To See Tristan Thompson's Tidday Ticklin' Face In Khloe's Delivery Room (Image via Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage/Jason Miller/Getty)

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6 years

PSA before Eid: If anyone in your family has gained or lost weight, don’t feel the need to tell them. I’m sure they’ve noticed. They have eyes.

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

today is a hard day for women-identifying folk in South Africa. just like yesterday was. just like tomorrow will be. this is a femicide. and the blame will fall on our shoulders, as it always does.

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

Oscars 2015 / Fir Tree

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@ameeraconrad

4 years

If you haven’t heard yet, I’m going to be a visiting lecturer for Mountview’s new MA course! Check out our discussion on the role of theatre in the community.

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4 years

What role does theatre play in our wider community during times of transformation? Watch a fascinating discussion lead by our Head of MA Theatre for Community & Education Maria Askew with Visiting Lecturers and artists Patrice Naiambana and @ameeraconrad

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3 years

Owns?? Let’s see the receipt then

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5 years

I’M DOING THIS THIS IS MY FIRST JOB AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN LONDON NOW

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

@guildhallschool

5 years

Award-winning writer @MarcoRamirezMD 's The Royale opens 3 Feb. Directed by @ameeraconrad , it's inspired by the little known true story of Jack Johnson, the African-American boxer who, in demanding the fight he deserved, also had to take on history.

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6 years

Unpopular Opinion: The Academy as it exists is inherently colonial & will therefore never truly welcome Black women. Nor can it truly be decolonized until the idea of the academy itself is overhauled. 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

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7 years

@Bossip So disrespectful.

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4 years

My mom when I miss one call:

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11 years

When I Die. Then You Will Realize

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5 years

My mom refuses to accept anything other than Vicks as a medical treatment. Cold and flu? Vicks. Sinuses? Vicks. Broken leg? Vicks.

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@ameeraconrad

3 years

My dad’s cricket team doing SA proud in the Caribbean! I am in Winsford.

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4 years

I’m 27.

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@ameeraconrad

1 year

Clickbait AT BEST BlackOut performances have BEEN a thing - people are only up in arms about this one bc Theatre Royal Stratford East is in a predominantly Black area, no one cried when the Almeida did it for ‘Daddy’ last year!

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🗣A theatre has urged white people not to attend a play, arguing that its audience should be “free from the white gaze”

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

@BeeBabs I don’t understand why Karamo is so mad about Bernie. Like ??? Aggressively upset about free college and universal health care in favour of a warmonger ??? Bernie isn’t the saviour of the masses but cmaaaaaan.

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@ameeraconrad

6 years

Have I mentioned that I met Daniel Radcliffe and Bobby Cannavale in Cherry Jones’ dressing room? No? Oh, well, no biggie.

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@ameeraconrad

4 years

How did my brother convince these two fifty somethings to do this?

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5 years

France needs to find its own resources and leave Africa out of this.

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5 years

Notre-Dame: How an underwater forest in Ghana could help rebuild a Paris icon

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@ameeraconrad

6 years

Happy Women’s Day! Some reminders today; - Trans Rights Are Women’s Rights - We’re In The Middle Of A Femicide - If Your Feminism Isn’t Intersectional It’s Bullshit - ‘TERF’ Isn’t A Slur - Men Are Garbage - Black & -Of Colour Women & Enby’s Did More For History Than We Know

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@ameeraconrad

6 years

Shout out to the waiter who held up two (yes TWO) cellphone torches to get the lighting right. Mans earned his tip.

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

How lucky am I to have this be the first job I get to do in 2020????

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5 years

Award-winning writer @MarcoRamirezMD 's The Royale, directed by @ameeraconrad , is inspired by the little known true story of Jack Johnson, the African-American boxer who, in demanding the fight he deserved, also had to take on history. Opening 3 February.

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

White South Africans are something else I tell ya.

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5 years

She said she lives in the area, and explained: “I came from South Africa to move away from this... I don’t want this. This is not the Hong Kong I’ve grown to love.”

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7 years

Woke up to an email that my funding has come all the way through & my play 'Reparation' will finally be published!

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

My partner isn’t a regular white guy He’s a

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

Hey pals! So, this is fun. I’ve got no paid work from March 2020. I’ll be in London. I’ve got a bunch of awards, a load of experience, and even more enthusiasm! I’d love to get to assist directors, so if you’re looking for an AD in 2020, I’m your gal!

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4 years

@niallmarinus I’ve moved on to “I reckon” which is peak coloniser

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

Now accepting CVs for the role of: Sugar Daddies Who Want To Fund My Postgrad

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

Please don’t ask women/queers/femmes why we’re not “putting our bodies on the line” to protest these things. We put our bodies on the line every day that we wake up.

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

In good news! I start a new job today! At a THEATRE, for a show I LOVE. Career flourishing ✅ Very much in love ✅ Days getting longer ✅ Allah huAkhbar and Alhamdullilah I’m good. Homeless but good.

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@ameeraconrad

4 years

Also has anyone else had just emotionally the worst day ever today? Was there something in the air?

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5 years

Emmys 2018 / Birch

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@ameeraconrad

4 years

No this was a planned PR stunt by Alexis Rose for the premier of The Crows Have Eyes

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@ameeraconrad

5 years

My hair is ready to be cast as your romantic interest in a 90s romcom

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@ameeraconrad

6 years

We really scraped the bottom of the barrel when we made Jack Parow famous.

Decolonially Queer

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6 years

Actually @JackParow this needs to result in a meaningful public apology and act of good faith. Homophobic slurs are not your advertising ploy. This sort of homophobic ‘joke’/statement is what normalizes violence towards queer people and as a public figure you should know better!

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5 years

SO HERE’S SOMETHING COOL Turns out I’ve been shortlisted for an award for my performance in #TalesfromtheGarden ! It means the world to know people have felt like this show deserves some recognition for what it speaks about and the voice that it roars in. #edfringe #myassembly

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4 years

They should just do season 8 but the whole thing is set in a bakery. No explanation. They all just bake. Rosa makes delicate petit fours. Any handles all of the administration. Jake does the whacky cakes. Boyle does Heston-style experiments. Holt is the Cake Boss.

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4 years

Brooklyn Nine-Nine reportedly chucks initial Season 8 episodes amidst police backlash

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4 years

@BeeBabs

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5 years

Eid Mubarak. Here’s my face because y’all deserve to see it.

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6 years

I put my Muslim mom on to @patriotact and @hasanminhaj so basically I’ve done a humanitarian act today

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6 years

THIS IS WHY REPRESENTATION MATTERS

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3 years

Photos by our wonderful friend @SamORourk3 who was Dec’s co-conspirator

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2 years

If you were wondering why I’ve moved to Liverpool (aside from my love of Steven Gerrard) this is why! Absolutely stoked to get to be working with this boss group of people as the new Associate Director 🥳🥳🥳

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5 years

Everyone in this photo is a qualified teacher.

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5 years

Women’s month is over. I feel sick. Too many bodies, too many missing posters, too many news reports. 240 characters can’t describe it. Here’s a monologue from #TalesfromtheGarden to explain.

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8 years

*opens Instagram* *closes Instagram* *opens Instagram again* I treat my apps like my refrigerator.

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5 years

@BeeBabs

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5 years

Lucy / This Tree With A Robot Attached

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2 years

I’ll be someone’s spouse in like 3 hours 🤪🤪🤪 and by someone I obviously mean @declanjbaxter

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4 years

It’s been a year since he showed up at my Airbnb in Edinburgh to take me on a date.

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7 years

Well you are a man, so...

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3 years

Please I’m seeing 7 Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner AND J’Ouvert this summer. REAL HOT GIRL SHIT.

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7 years

Backstage at @royalcourt reading about the powerhouse that is @MunroeBergdorf #SpeakTruthToPower ✊✊✊

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@ameeraconrad

7 years

I want the following people to see #TheFall in New York @stannswarehouse - @IssaRae - @michaelb4jordan - @ava - @Oprah - @Trevornoah - @SpikeLee - @common - @TessaThompson_x Universe; Make It Happen.

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4 years

Some days you smash your admin. Other days your admin smashes you. Balance.

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5 years

signed a NICE ASS contract today. COME THRU THE FUTURE I’VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF

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5 years

Samantha / Sugar Maple Tree

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5 years

The second Kris put on her glasses, the LOIIIIIBRAAARY WAS OPEN

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5 years

my words. MY WORDS ON A T-SHIRT. unreal. just amazing. ugh i can’t.

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6 years

I sent my application today. Even if I don’t get the job, even if I don’t get an interview, I killed the part of my brain that said I wasn’t good enough & submitted anyway. Cinderella Story taught us, Don’t Let the Fear of Striking Out Stop You from Playing the Game.

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6 years

Deciding to take a leap and apply for my dream job even though it’s in another country and I’m a long shot applicant.

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2 years

We made a play in TWO (2) WEEKS! 🐔 #OurTownNeedsANandos 🗓 28 June - 3 July 📍 @LivEveryPlay 📸: Brian Roberts

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4 years

Theatres looking for their one Black employee during BLM

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3 years

I’ve just had a curry that was so bland I thought I had covid.

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6 years

Habibikachu

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6 years

This is me now.

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5 years

I shoulda fuckin entered Mr South Africa I’m more handsome than the lot of em smh

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3 years

My first NYE after moving to London from S-Africa. Went to Hampstead Heath for the countdown, he held my ears closed when someone let off fireworks bc he knows I have ptsd relating to loud explosions, but I love fireworks. He found a way to make me safe then & every day since.

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When did you realise he loved you deeply?

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5 years

BIG flex for me is not only winning this award @edfringe but also getting thru 4 weeks of an independently produced SAn play about GBV & trauma, traveling across the world to perform it with a team of 2 (+me), & handling my anxiety & depression thru it. We did that. Yho.

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Post a picture of your biggest 2019 flex

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Being a lil brown girl from South Africa & my theater is allowing me to travel the world.

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What y'all happy about today?

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5 years

I’m proud of Coloured people man. We’ve upgraded from AMCknock offs to Le Creuset and you hate to see it.

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5 years

i am happy to announce that my crush likes me back. thank you to everyone who supported me during the uncertainty. it’s been a trying time but I’m so proud of how far I’ve come.

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5 years

I get to start 2020 in the best way; Directing ‘The Royale’ with an incredibly talented bunch of actors at @guildhallschool There’s not a lot to complain about when your year is off to a blinder of a start.

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@ameeraconrad

7 years

Never in my life did I think I'd be 24 and people would be performing a text I helped write as their exam piece. Life is special.

Sihle Mnqwazana 🇿🇦

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7 years

Meanwhile, up in London, young people have caught the decolonial fever, adapting our production of #TheFall , making their very own school plays. The past, present & the future meet. Make the world small. What a time to be alive! ✊🏾 #ageoftheartist

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3 years

When a socialist goes into a rehearsal room you know you’ll end up with a manifesto. GLORIA by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at @LAMDAdrama

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7 years

@MunroeBergdorf @lorde White people can say whatever they want about anything without consequences. They can even be Nazis without consequences.

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6 years

My @FDCTheatreAward look was actually a dress I bought when I was 17! Such an honor to present two awards last night, and to be in the presence of incredible artists and creatives.

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