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Roy Williams

@royboywilliams

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@royboywilliams
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6 years
I finished the 1st draft of a play this week. It's shite and I could not be happier. This draft was not about getting it right. It was about getting it written.
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4 years
To say I am overwhelmed by the positive response to Death Of England:Delroy is an understatement. Thank you all. xx
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3 years
Raheem Sterling! Born in Jamaica, raised in England. I cannot tell you the joy it gives me as I write that.
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2 years
Yep!
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1 year
Thank God I no longer have to keep this a secret. So privileged to have Jo Martin and Hayley Squires onboard. Two epic actors!
@NationalTheatre
National Theatre
1 year
DEATH OF ENGLAND: CLOSING TIME in the Dorfman / Sept 2023 @Clint_Dyer_ and @royboywilliams reunite for the final, standalone chapter in the award-winning series. The cast is @therealjomartin and Hayley Squires. Exploring family dynamics, race, colonialism and cancel culture.
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4 years
"I don't see colour" "All lives matter" "This is not about race" "Playing the race card" "My best friend, colleague, neighbour is black..." "I'm not racist but...." If you say these things, please educate yourself. You are part of the problem. DO THE WORK
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4 years
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7 months
Well to say @IRubasingham getting the NT job was the best news to wake up to would be a lie as I have been hearing strong hints for the last 2 weeks. But I am still awake, it is still the best news and I am still bloody well smiling. The future looks bright on the southbank x
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8 months
At long last, it's happening.
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3 years
Richard Okorogheye. You are loved.
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4 years
proud
@NationalTheatre
National Theatre
4 years
Getting pretty emotional seeing the reviews for Death of England: Delroy come through. 🥺 ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ Evening Standard ★★★★ The Telegraph ★★★★ The Stage ★★★★ WhatsOnStage ★★★★ The I
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1 year
Tonight, at the Lowry Theatre in Salford two plays of mine will open in the same building at the same time , on both of their theatre spaces. This has never happened to me before. Feeling well chuffed.
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4 years
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3 years
Finally,no longer a secret
@WhatsOnStage
WhatsOnStage
3 years
New plays from Florian Zeller, Roy Williams and Alexis Zegerman to premiere at the Hampstead Theatre
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4 years
This is my great neice Syrai. I could not be more proud of her.
@SkyNews
Sky News
4 years
"I don't want people to think they're alone." A 13-year-old schoolgirl explains why she needed to attend the Black Lives Matter protest in Reading and gives her experience of racism. Get the latest on the UK protests:
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3 years
At last!
@WhatsOnStage
WhatsOnStage
3 years
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre to reopen this summer with triple bill of new plays
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3 years
Theatre is back and it is great to see auduences again but people please, TURN YOUR PHONES OFF! Come on now, it is not that hard! PLEASE!!!
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5 years
Just when I felt theatre had lost the power to break one's heart, i go to to see Faith Hope and Charity @NationalTheatre . I don't care if you are tory or labour. As a society we must do better in terms of looking out for each other, otherwise what is the bloody point?
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7 months
Rest in eternal power Benjamin. You are loved. You will be missed. You are a legend. Thank you.
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Roy Williams
4 years
It has been an incredible jouney
@NationalTheatre
National Theatre
4 years
Tonight we say farewell to Rafe Spall's 'blazing' ★★★★ (The Stage) performance in @royboywilliams and @Clint_Dyer_ 's #DeathOfEngland . Thanks to each and every one of you that has come to see it.
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5 years
Am so glad I do not have to keep this a secret any longer.
@WhatsOnStage
WhatsOnStage
5 years
Chichester Festival Theatre's 2019 season announced, with actors featured including Hadley Fraser, Amara Okereke, James Nesbitt, Clare Burt, Hugh Bonneville, Sheila Hancock and many more
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4 years
We have lost another legend, the celebrated actor Earl Cameron CBE! I One of the first black people I saw on television. I remember how excited my family would get whenever he appeared. "Earl's on the tele again, come!" A true inspiration. Rest in eternal power, great man.
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2 years
I will not mourn. I will honour. LEGEND!!!
@GilesTerera
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2 years
Greatness Thank you Sidney Poitier 🙏🏾 Rest well my idol x
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6 months
Please book
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4 years
#DeathOfEngland so proud of Cary Crankson coming on tonight for Rafe Spall. HE SMASHED IT!! Super proud, as well as relieved.
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4 years
Black Lives matter means Black lives matter! It really is that simple. So it may have hard left origins, so bloody what? Are black people supposed to wait for a The Daily Telegraph reading right winger to stand up and say "BLM"? Pardon me, if I don't hold my breath.
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8 months
My boy won, yes!!!!!!
@TherapupUK
The Rap Up
8 months
BEST SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR IN A PLAY AWARD Christian Alifoe, Sucker Punch - Uk Tour @thebbtas #bbtas #BlackExcellence #theatre
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1 year
Yep it's happening. Carly & Denise are to have their say.
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6 years
@Debradoodoo @eddiemarsan @prodnose I grew up on a council estate in West London, there were kids with loving dads, kids (like me) with no dads, and kids who were terrified to go home because of the moods they dads might be in coming back from the pub. I totally relate to what @eddiemarsan is saying.
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4 years
@GMB @piersmorgan Strange new world when I find myself cheering for @piersmorgan
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Roy Williams
4 months
So proud of this.
@JSTheatre
Jermyn Street Theatre
4 months
🚨 EXTRA TICKETS AVAILABLE🚨 New dates have been added for Roy Williams' 5-star adaptation of The Lonely Londoners👀 Book now for Fri 29 March at 7.30pm & Sat 30 March at 3.00pm & 7.30pm.🎉 📸 Alex Brenner 🎟 📆 29 Feb - 6 April
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4 years
I still hope the UK theatre world gets to see this production one day. One year passed, and I am still reeling with joy, admiration, and sheer amazement at what @NicolefcCharles did with my play. I can't thank her and @ChichesterFT enough.
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Chichester Festival Theatre
4 years
The Spiegeltent burst onto the Chichester scene last autumn with @royboywilliams ’ ferocious Sing Your Heart Out for the Lads. The ensemble cast inc @RobCompton88 , Mark Springer & @MakirAhmed created a visceral experience in @NicolefcCharles ’ production 📸 Manuel Harlan #LoveCFT
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Roy Williams
6 years
After my first play at Stratford East, I went back to tearing tickets as a theatre usher in the West End. I needed a job, I needed to pay the rent. No shame!
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Roy Williams
3 years
Yep.
@NationalTheatre
National Theatre
3 years
Jan 2021. Lockdown. Two old friends confront their relationship with Britain – and each other. Neil Maskell and  @GilesTerera play Michael and Delroy in a powerful new film by @Clint_Dyer_ and @royboywilliams . Death of England: Face to Face premieres free on Sky Arts on 25 Nov.
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3 years
Am so proud of him!
@nbc
NBC Entertainment
3 years
Daniel Kaluuya wins the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture at The #GoldenGlobes .
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3 years
Day one of rehearsals for @outwest at @LyricHammer today. Bloody excited!
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3 years
England V Germany! It had to be. It just bloody well had to be. I might write a play about this...oh....hang on!
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Roy Williams
4 years
And we're off!
@NationalTheatre
National Theatre
4 years
👋 A big hello to the company of #DeathOfEngland today.
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Roy Williams
3 years
Cannot express how excited how excited I am to have the amazing @ayeshaantoine doing this.
@LyricHammer
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
3 years
Ayesha Antoine will play security guard Donna in Roy Williams' Go, Girl. Credits include Blank at Donmar Warehouse, White Teeth at the Kiln Theatre and Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s Hamlet.
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Roy Williams
5 years
It begins
@NationalTheatre
National Theatre
5 years
Sneak peek of Rafe Spall, writer @royboywilliams and writer/director @Clint_Dyer_ rehearsing their new play Death of England. More info: Playing from 31 January. Photography by Billy Bull
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Roy Williams
3 years
It was a strange day to celebrate my birthday, but thank you all for the lovely messages. Much love. Stay safe. x
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Roy Williams
8 months
For those who haven't. Please come and see my play DEATH OF ENGLAND: CLOSING TIME. Closing in two weeks . NT Dorfman! BOOK NOW!!
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Roy Williams
8 months
Finally, I can share!
@JSTheatre
Jermyn Street Theatre
8 months
📢ANNOUNCING TWO WORLD PREMIERES 📢 In 2024, we turn 30! We’re kicking off celebrations with 2 extraordinary productions. Roy Williams’ adaptation of Sam Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners and Stephen Unwin’s Laughing Boy, after Sara Ryan’s memoir, arrive at JST. 🎨 Ciaran Walsh
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6 months
No way I could have known back in 1995, when I was sending my play The No Boys Cricket Club off unsolicited to Theatre Royal Stratford East , that I would be sitting in Philip Hedley's office three months later, as he told me he wanted to stage my play the following year.
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4 years
Sir Marcus Rashford. One day, I hope.
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2 years
I hate the tories with every fibre in my being. I always shall. But I must put aside my hatred for a moment and reflect on what is quite posssibly going to be a historic day. Something I, as a person of colour, never thought I would see in my lifetime. Amazing right? Thoughts?
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Roy Williams
5 months
Yep, it's happening. BOOK NOW PLEASE.
@JSTheatre
Jermyn Street Theatre
5 months
🚨We're thrilled to announce the cast of The Lonely Londoners🚨 ⭐️ Tobi Bakare - Lewis ⭐️ Gamba Cole - Moses ⭐️ Shannon Hayes - Agnes ⭐️ Gilbert Kyem Jr - Big City ⭐️ Carol Moses - Tanty ⭐️ Aimee Powell - Christina ⭐️ Romario Simpson - Galahad 🎟
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4 years
On a thames clipper boat, just witnessed a guy asking his girlfriend to marry her as the boat went under tower bridge. I love london.
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3 years
#notallmen It's not all men, but it is ALL WOMEN! Come on guys, we ALL have wives, girlfriends, sisters, daughters, nieces, mothers, aunts, cousins, colleagues, friends etc, etc. ALL men need to listen.
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4 years
@andysheridan @jo55adams @piersmorgan Couldn't agree more. Weird times when I find myself cheeering on @piersmorgan .
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Roy Williams
9 months
Grateful indeed! Two brilliant actors and amazing human beings!
@NationalTheatre
National Theatre
9 months
📢 Cast announcement Very sadly Jo Martin is indisposed and has had to withdraw from the role of Denise in #DeathOfEnglandClosingTime We’re grateful to Sharon Duncan-Brewster for stepping in at short notice to play Denise for the remainder of the run, alongside Hayley Squires.
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3 years
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3 years
#ItsASin . Binged watched the first 3 last night. It's drama like this that makes me proud to be a writer. I think it's exceptional. @russelldavies63 ,I salute you.
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3 years
Acclaimed British cellist has passport cancelled by Home Office Screw their apology! Am fucking raging. How British am i supposed to feel right now?
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Roy Williams
4 years
yep
@NationalTheatre
National Theatre
4 years
It's so exciting to be back in our building and developing a new play again. 🙌 Death of England: Delroy by @royboywilliams and @Clint_Dyer_ , featuring @GilesTerera , is coming soon to the National Theatre.
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4 years
To all professionals in the film, television, theatre, entertainment & arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of you in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text & post a pic. #SaveTheArtsUK
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5 years
Thank you Chichester Festival Theatre and thank you cast and company and thank you Nicole Charles for a truly beautiful fantastic production. #SingYerHeartOut
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11 months
Gal dem just did what the man dem couldn't.
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4 years
no better feeling
@DanielGwynEvans
Daniel Evans
4 years
Our first audience after 252 days...
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4 years
Words to live by
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3 years
Fight me, I don't care. I fucking love this!
@mrdanwalker
Dan Walker
3 years
I can’t stop watching this… We need some words to it so it can be the backup national anthem 🥁🥁🥁
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4 years
It was a few years back, I was strolling through the West End, when walking in the opposite direction was 'Emma Peel' From The Avengers. She looked right at me and gave me the most incredible smile. I had a spring in my step that lasted me the whole year. RIP, Dame Diana.
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3 years
RIP Helen McCrory. A great actress. Lovely woman
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2 years
Guy on the left, one of my dearest friend, the dude on the right, an actor in the stunning for Black boys.....on at the @royalcourt . GO SEE!!
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Mark Bernard
2 years
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Roy Williams
4 years
And I have just written a 4 minute play for another theatre of which I was paid £500. Take @deldridgewriter 's advice.
@deldridgewriter
David Eldridge 💙
4 years
Hey @WhatsOnStage we’ve been great friends over the years. And I’m proud I’ve won the WOS Theatregoers Choice Award for Best New Play twice. So I hope you’ll listen to a friend when I say a £500 prize for a 60-90 minute play is not the right thing to offer... Add a zero. 😉
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Roy Williams
5 years
YEP!
@NationalTheatre
National Theatre
5 years
@chessmartinez @Ex_M A family in mourning. A man in chaos. DEATH OF ENGLAND a new play by @Clint_Dyer_ and @royboywilliams directed by Clint Dyer From 31 January. With Rafe Spall. A fearless one-person play
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3 years
Ok, i need the finest SEAL team to come and rescue me. I am watching and enjoying The Sound of Music. Help!
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8 months
Thanks Che Walker for bringing these wonderful people to see Death Of England: Closing time on Friday night. They are one of the reasons why I write for theatre and the stories I want to tell. x
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6 years
If i see a better play this year than Nine Night currently at the National Theatre, i shall be a very lucky man! GO AND SEE!!
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4 years
Happy new year! Lets all make 2021 a belter!
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Roy Williams
3 months
Thank you @JSTheatre . Thank you cast. Thank you to everyone who came to see it and for the amazing response it has received
@JSTheatre
Jermyn Street Theatre
3 months
It's finally time to say a heartfelt farewell to Roy Williams' The Lonely Londoners!❤️ The final two performances of the show will be at 3.00pm and 7.30pm👀 Congratulations to everyone involved on this five-star, sold-out run.👏 📸 Alex Brenner
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3 years
Oh my fucking god! Seriously?
@SkyNews
Sky News
3 years
Ben Wallace defends Nadine Dorries's appointment as Culture Secretary, saying she is a "bestselling author" who produces culture "that people buy and actually want to see, rather than some of the more crackpot schemes we've seen being funded in the past by taxpayers"
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6 months
The great as well as the legendary Philip Hedley has left us. RIEP to an incredible legend. What an amazing legacy he has left us.
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4 years
Now, that is what I call a 4-4-2.
@deldridgewriter
David Eldridge 💙
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4 years
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@NationalTheatre
National Theatre
4 years
"What is this country? Where are going and what are we doing with it?" @royboywilliams and @Clint_Dyer_ on #DeathOfEngland
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4 years
Yes Bill, the show must go on. I got a bit teary eyed when he said that. #StrictlyFinal
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3 years
I loved doing this! @Clint_Dyer_ is the don!
@NTLive
National Theatre Live
3 years
The Death of England dream team go face to face! 🎤 @Clint_Dyer_ and @royboywilliams talk their new film, what motivates them to write, and what they definitely wouldn't order for lunch. Watch Death of England: Face to Face for free on Sky Arts. Thursday 25 November, 10pm. 📽
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3 years
Go Dawn!
@DawnButlerBrent
Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙
3 years
I have been thrown out of Parliament for saying what we all know: Boris Johnson has lied to the House of Commons and the country over and over again. But I’ve got news for the Tories, I will never stop speaking truth to power!
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1 year
Does anyone have a horse? Cos I need to be kicked in the head by one. I am actually agreeing with Julia Hartley-Brewer. Help me!!
@TalkTV
Talk
1 year
Julia has a personal message for Boris Johnson following his claims he was forced out by the Partygate inquiry “witch hunt”. “Boris Johnson, if you’re watching, it’s none of those things. The only person who has forced you out of office is yourself!” @JuliaHB1
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2 years
Never forget. Justice for Grenfell
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3 months
Lol x
@fasc1nate
Fascinating
3 months
Dionne Warwick, upset with misogyny in rap lyrics, once set up a meeting with Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight at her home, where she demanded that they call her a “bitch” to her face. Snoop Dogg later said, “I believe we got out-gangstered that day.”
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1 year
Please go and see this amazing film called Pretty Red Dress Alexander Burke is revelation. Only 3 people in the cinema, including my partner and I. It deserves so much more. Complex as well as imaginative and moving. GO SEE!!
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4 years
I have been thinking about James Baldwin a lot over the last few weeks. I wondered what he would been saying about the world we are living in now if he was still alive, but almost every word that man has spoken and written is about the world right now. BLACK LIVES MATTER!
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4 years
Am watching Grease on i player and I'm enjoying it. Help me please.
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6 years
Here i go again. Can't wait.
@Hamps_Theatre
Hampstead Theatre
6 years
CALLING ALL YOUNG WRITERS The Inspire Programme is back 🙌 Are you an innovative, ambitious aspiring playwright aged 18-25? Apply for our FREE mentoring scheme with award-winning playwright @royboywilliams . Help us spread the word with a RT! Read more:
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4 years
Its that simple
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all this does is encourage the myth that anybody can write a play. Whilst you do not need to have a formal kind of training to be a playwright, you do need to have an understanding of how drama works, of characterization, of plot, and structure and narrative.
@BenWeatherill
Ben Weatherill
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Plays commissioned by lottery sounds bad, but why not? For us as writers, things can’t get much worse | Nick Ahad
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Roy Williams
3 years
Come on Keir, anytime now mate! @DawnButlerBrent is one of your own!
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Roy Williams
4 years
Go Sharon!
@TeamDClarke
Sharon D Clarke Fans
5 years
Best Actress In A Musical #OlivierAwards
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Roy Williams
7 months
Another wonderful bit of news to wake up to
@GDIFestival
Greenwich + Docklands International Festival
7 months
The Architect has been shortlisted for the Innovation Award at #TheStageAwards 2024! @TheStageUK 🏆 Making this production was a labour of love for @ActorsTouringCo and @festivaldotorg . We want to thank @sldayfdn and everyone who made this a moving and *moving* journey🚌
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