Yesterday I was arrested for taking part in a peaceful protest -
@JustStop_Oil
โs Mothers & Carers March, London. Iโm home after 1 night in custody but face possible year in prison if convicted. All for 17mins of marching against fossil fuel expansion
@XRFamilies
@xr_GPsAndElders
@bethsawin
That infinite growth within finite planetary resources is a) possible, b) desirable, or c) the premise upon which all human progress must be measured
This is incredible news - 9 brave courageous women found not guilty because the jury members could see the difference between the destruction of the window & the destruction of life on earth.
#ThereIsHope
WINDOW BREAKING NEWS: 9 NOT GUILTY
The jury has reached a unanimous verdict in the case of 9 women who broke the windows of
@HSBC_UK
โ Europeโs 2nd largest investor in
#fossilfuels
For full press release:
Meanwhile the Government continue to licencse new oil & gas projects that guarantee the death and suffering of millions of people globally. If you think that's more worthy of criminalisation than walking peacefully in a road, join us. .
@JustStop_Oil
Last night I dreamt I came across a
@JustStop_Oil
protest and I was clapping and cheering so hard at them I walked into a hedge.
Anyway. We have to end all new fossil fuel licences now. We literally don't have a choice.
Huge ๐ & โ๐ปto all those taking direct action
๐ฆบ David Kearns, a musician from Birmingham, was arrested for slow marching in London to demand an end to new oil and gas licences.
โ๏ธ Our politicians would rather clamp down on protest than take basic steps to address the climate crisis.
It is the UK, 2023. Someone non-violently protesting & using non-compliance as part of that non-violent protest is met with police violence & infliction of extreme pain. I am absolutely terrified & if you are not then you need to wake up. I really, really hope this man is ok.
Pain compliance = 'very short medium pain'
And I am sure the police officers using this are fully aware of a person's medical conditions!
Despicable
#JustStopOil
@Deano_1987
@XRebellionUK
@MailOnline
@Daily_Express
@Telegraph
@metpoliceuk
This a tenth of the disruption that *will* be caused by climate change including death, mass displacement, and the breakdown of civilisation as we know it. Every other measure has been exhausted. What is your alternative to forcing Governments to act? 1/2
My friend's incredible dad here continuing to take action to protect those on the frontline of the climate and ecological emergency and all life on earth ๐งก
Sign up to something. Take action now because we have very little time left to make the changes we need
Yesterday we prayerfully interrupted a service at Chichester Cathedral, which was being broadcast live on
@BBCRadio3
This is in response to
@ChichesterDio
voting to continue investing in fossil fuels
Here is video of the penitential chants we sang & the statement read out
Fossil fuel companies must cease and desist influence peddling and legal threats designed to knee-cap progress.
Collective
#ClimateAction
does not violate anti-trust โ it upholds the public trust.
@SadiqKhan
Shouldn't the onus now be on Government to meet
@ExtinctionR
necessary, urgent, and life saving demands, and not on protestors to stop protesting for them?
@MattHancock
That your Government imposed a political ideology that plunged hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people into extreme poverty, sometimes to the point of suicide, is horrifying & actually makes me feel sick. Goodnight x
๐จ BREAKING: We confronted Equinor Vice President Eirik Wรฆrness over Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank is a carbon bomb that will drive us closer to climate collapse - yet our government wants to give
@Equinor
billions in public money to develop it.
This is madness.
#StopRosebank
My new favourite friend at this year's Edinburgh Fringe is officially
@HClaytonWright
. We can't see each other's shows as they clash, but we have had some of my favourite daily bump-into-each-other-and-have-a-little-chat moments which have perked me right up x
@shahmiruk
Can I ask when / where this is from? Is it recent? I actually got 2/3 of the way through and thought it was a very talented impressionist - this cannot be for real????!!!!
Yep. 100%. Been part of too many "can't survive, burning out" conversations lately with so many brilliant artists and producers. Indy is NOT being supported properly and it's impacting people's mental health. Fact.
Seriously. The indie theatre sector is tough at the moment. Basically impossible to make things happen. 20 years in the bus and this is the hardest itโs ever been.
@TarekIskander1
2/ output output output. Everyone is so burnt out, there's been no acknowledgement industry wide of the inevitable mental health issues which will be being experienced by so many of our workforce. And because everything's been on hold, the pressure to get projects going for those
I am SO tired. So so tired. I don't think i've ever been this tired.
To all companies and artists at Edinburgh Fringe - you are amazing.
And this is not ok.
#Edinburgh
.
Please read this brilliant, honest blog by
@gilltavner
about her experience of taking direct action with
@JustStop_Oil
, so much of which resonated strongly with my own. Please consider taking direct action if you can. Everyone is so badly needed.
OK PEOPLE I'VE DONE AN EFF TONNE OF WORK ON THE TRAIN TO EDS BUT I'M NOT SURE THE 5 CUPS OF COFFEE IN 4 HOURS IS DOING MUCH TO QUELL THE INEVITABLE ANXIETY AND TERROR ALSO BRING WELLIES THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF WATER COMING OUT OF THE SKY
Just watched
#Extinct
@stratfordeast
. Am full of rage & tears. Censorship voice says rein it in & say something intelligent. But play also says maybe we need to be emotional about it. "It" being climate change. Please, please, PLEASE watch. Ends Sunday.
@MattHancock
Oh hi
@MattHancock
does this mean we can visit friends and loved ones now? Or are those things not important because they don't help restart the economy? Or are just govt ministers allowed to do that but not the rest of us? Look forward to your advice.
Alright Edinburgh. If you haven't got your ticket for this then you're a massive donut. It's an astonishing show and if you miss out you ARE going to be really sad. So book now. K? K.
Would like on record that
@WalkingForest4
r the best people in the world to work with. Modelling honest, compassionate non-hierarchical leadership & doing things differently with joy & mischief. Humbled to call them friends & colleagues
@RuthBenTovim
@lucyhneal
@shelleycastle1
Thank you
@DandDUK
@improbable1
for continuing to hold such an important space through
#DandD14
. Today I relished listening hard & compassionately to voices I haven't heard before, & I feel nourished. Sad not to make it tomorrow & sending love to all for a fab day x
I am unbelievably proud to have been a part of this project, which has sewn so many brilliant & beautiful seeds of potential during its' first meeting with an audience
@timber_festival
this weekend. Watch this space x
En route to
@DandDUK
#DandD14
with a very spasm-y back smelling delightfully of deep heat. Looking forward to some gentle listening & to sharing space with old friends & new
If it weren't for the support of
@ace_national
for countless projects I've worked on in the short time I've been producing, I would not be producing full stop. Big up
@ace_national
& massive gratitude for everything they do.
#NationalLottery25
EDINBUUUUUUUURGH
We nearly sold out last night. It was feckin awesome. Nearly 200 people filled our auditorium with joy and beauty
Tonight is our last night.
We wanna make it...
@piersmorgan
I hope we are getting closer to the day when you are no longer given a loudspeaker. You are the epitome of disgusting, arrogant, white male privilege. And you no doubt hear that as a compliment.
#BoycottGMB
it's also an industry which *regularly* preaches equality, social justice, compassion, openness, access and inclusion & yet more than any other industry I've ever encountered, fails spectacularly to adhere to these things in the working practices it allows / encourages
The theatre industry is RIDDLED with sexual misconduct, abuse of power, casual transphobia, homophobia and misogyny. itโs a hero worship based industry. And with godlike figures comes the insidious bending of rules, creeping boundaries and hush hush to protect. Rank as usual
This is unacceptable. Furthermore, if you are a programmer / producer and you are being paid a) a salary and / or b) to be in Edinburgh (eg your accomm and travel) PLEASE consider buying your ticket/s. Money comes straight out of the non-salaried artists pocket.
Is now the time when we finally get the rest of the world to realise what life would be like without artists doing what they do? Take down your pictures. Get rid of your books. Turn off the TV. Stop watching Netflix. Stop listening to music.
@RishiSunak
#SupportTheSelfEmployed
Totally nourishing & enriching 2 days at the always brilliant & surprising
@DandDUK
#DandD13
. Wonderful new connections & so many conversations that made me think differently about myself & the world. Huge thanks to
@improbable1
& the 100s of collabroators who made it happen xxx
Anxiety & grief hitting me in waves this week. What we're experiencing is 1.2 degrees of global warming. We are headed for 2.7. Trying very hard to lean in.
Finally, gotta do a shout out to
@CamdenPT
whose values, politics, ethics, & priorities are so spot on. I've never worked w/ an org with SO little in the way of resources who manage to play such a vital role in the ecology of the independent arts sector & beyond. Big respect xx
As one of the most important venues we have for supporting new and innovative work, I am so pleased for
@CamdenPT
about this amazing news! Huge congrats all round x
NEWS! We're thrilled to announce that we've received funding from
@ace_national
towards a capital campaign to transform CPT in 2020. We couldn't be more excited to make this happen and cement the theatre's future for years to come. More information here:
19 years old. 19.
Young people who have had their futures ripped away from them by decades of corporate greed, political negligence and billionaire funded media disinformation campaigns, are sacrificing their freedom for all of us. ALL OF US.
Let it sink in.
@JustStop_Oil
โ RUBY HAMILL, 19, IMPRISONED FOR MARCHING.
๐ท Another young woman has been imprisoned after marching in protest against new oil and gas licences.
โ๏ธ Ruby was arrested and detained earlier in November and given bail conditions to stop protesting. She chose to continue to
For the last 3 wks my twitter feed has been flooded w/ tweets fighting for the same cause in a multitude of languages from across the globe. That's never happened before (on my feed - not making assumptions). And it gives me huge hope.
@ExtinctionR
#ExtinctionRebellion
#United
This is hands down the most articulate writing on this subject I've come across & I have so much to say about it but won't right now because it will come out as a torrent of emotion. PLEASE PLEASE READ.
#SophieIvatts
in โฆ
@TheStage
โฉ is bang on the money (or lack of): โWe are refusing to see the true costs of being freelance in theatreโ
Iโve tweeted before we spend a lot of time building career pathways, but we have to build sustainable careers!๐๐พ
@tassosstevens
@theatremagazine
Just had a long meeting with head of ACE about this - more to follow and another meeting set for September. Will defo keep you posted xx
Can't type fast enough to write all the brilliant things Dr Marlene Le Roux just said but PLEASE look out for the transcription! What a totally inspiring woman.
#UnltdSymposium
@weareunltd
TWITTERSPHERE. This was one of my top shows of 2018 and it's defo up there in one of the best things I've seen in recent yrs. Amazing collaboration of women who will challenge, stimulate and move your hearts and minds in crazy ways. Please go see and tell all your friends x
I haven't done any show shouts
@edfringe
yet despite having seen lots of great ones. Tonight, however I saw
@dandawcp
& I was floored. I'm too high on period pain drugs to say why, but fuck me; GO. And take every other human in the universe with u. It is SUBLIME.
#JoyAsResistance
Can't believe
#HumanJam
is going to be over soon - it's been an absolute privilege to work such a brilliant, important project with such brilliant people. Only 4 performances left and 2 of those nights pretty much sold out so book now if you want to catch it!
@CamdenPT
Such a great snap of our community choir members on press night for
#HumanJam
! Can't believe we're in the last week already - only a handful of tickets left for the run so don't miss your chance to see this lovely bunch in action.
If you're aware of
@JustStop_Oil
's action at
#LesMis
last night, please read this from the brilliant Chloe Naldrett -
"in response to this action it is time for us all to decide who we are."
This is 1 of the best things I've seen in the last 18 mths & these 2 loveable loons are *easily* 2 of the most exciting theatre-makers around at the mo. Wherever you are - I HIGHLY recommend you catch
#blnvpalmyra
@ShoreditchTH
or
@battersea_arts
in April
Happy new year to all you wonderful hoomans, let's shower 2020 with some kick ass activism and a hell of a lot of love. Kisses to you all and to all my friends already in 2020 - let it know we're on our way and that WE'VE GOT GLITTER. Mwah x
I can't put into words how glad I am this is being said & will hark back again to a thing I wrote in June. The pressure put on UK artists to go to Edinburgh, whilst simultaneously ignoring the catastrophic myriad costs, CAN. NOT. BE IGNORED. anymore.
BUT - (& these personal views only) - Leaders of Arts orgs & Venues - once again, where are u?
@DandDUK
is a VITAL part of our sector, holding space for massively important convos, & year on you are absent. Props to those there (u know who u are). But the rest of you - DO BETTER
Massive shout out to EVERY single brilliant member of staff
@jacksons_lane
who have made us feel so welcome for the last month & been the best co-producers of
#TheBrownieClub
show we could've hoped for. T-minus 2 days - let's do this!
@JessyLAndrade
#AllTheLove
Then I saw
@BeatsElements
#HighRiseEstateOfTheMind
@CamdenPT
which is also BLOODY BRILLIANT & deserves a 100% full house - political, urgent stories told by stupidly talented people through amazing beat boxing & music. On til Sat, PLEEEEASE don't miss out
On the contrary. I will be actively missing pretty much all the shows on this list.
And to all my non-theatre friends - I swear on my life there are...
.
@AOC
, the youngest and most social-savvy member of Congress, just made Mark Zuckerberg look like a deer in headlights.
Watch her full series of questions below.
This was one of the most inspiring conversations I've witnessed & made me realise how vital it is to be able to close our eyes & *imagine* what the world would look, feel, taste & smell like were we to protect the rights of nature. Podcast ep out soon & is a I huge recommend
The next day I joined
@lucyhneal
&
@robintransition
on a live audience recording of โFrom what if, to what nextโ podcast, imagining in more detail what a UK that had recognised the Rights of Nature would look like. Crucial observation: almost every Rights of Nature interventionโฆ
Folks!
#STYXShow
by
@Second_Body
is doing a run in London starting 2day & you should DEFO book -
@TotalTheatreNet
shortlisted & one of my absolute faves this yr - poetic, mesmerising, utterly gorgeous & moving, it will take you to another world. Details below - GO GO GO
I'm sharing this again because it's been a while, and because I've recently started talking to some new people about it, and because no-one's thinking about Edinburgh at this time of year, and because Arts Council...
People need to let go of their defences of Edinburgh Fringe. People need to stop saying "yes, BUT [insert x, y z reason why Edinburgh Fringe is good & useful]".
THEN we can have a conversation.
More coming.
@TarekIskander1
1/ I so badly want to have this conversation and agree - radical rethink needed and this is opportunity (whilst forced) to do that. I would add that we need to question what 'reducing activity' looks like. One of my major concerns post pandemic is the intense rush back into
This show has been made by some of the best creative minds I know and has in it an awesome choir made up of local community members, also brilliant creative minds & wonderful people to boot. Come on down and see what it's all about! First preview in T minus 7hrs...
#HumanJam
If anyone else is feeling sad or discombobulated at the top of the year, I cannot recommend this enough. 30 days of free, at home yoga with an amazing teacher for all ability levels including beginners. Added bonus of a very cool dog called...
@playboyreview
@JustStop_Oil
@Conservatives
A month ago nearly 100,000 people surrounded parliament for 4 days of lawful peaceful protest and the media and govt were silent. But yes, I'm sure....walking slowly along the pavement... is sure to grab the headlines
Well that's the most attention I've ever had for a single thing on twitter. Almost trumps that time I got retweted by
@GaryLineker
for an event I was organising about government failure to support arts & sports in education.
Almost but not quite. It is Gary.
"But why don't you target the REAL perpetrators like the oil companies causing all the destruction?!"
Um......๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
Are you tired of environmental protesters getting in the way of your evil plans to make money by causing the deaths of millions of people? Why not spend some of your ill-gotten gains paying the huge fees of
@NLawGlobal
to get you an injunction to stifle all those pesky protests?
I marched with Sam's mum 2 weeks ago, and her mum. I am in awe of all their bravery and courage. Please support Sam by stepping into action. What an incredible human x
My friend's son. Sam could be any one of our children, taking a stand for a generation's future. If you decide to read the comments below, please contrast some people's ignorance and cruelty with Sam's intelligence and responsibility. How to support him? Be there this week.
Nothing like your first ever visual migraine followed by an afternoon of emergency eye tests to kick off the Fringe!
On the plus side - if anyone needs some emergency eye health support, I AM HERE FOR YOU x
Massive love, luck & sunshine to all the incredible artists kicking off their shows today
@edfringe
including our amazing
#BiginBelgium
teams! Can't wait to start seeing all yourโฆ