Daniel Bye

Leon is one of the good'uns.

This is great! Watch it, then support the next one.

They’re emailing out the decisions. Relief for applicants, one way or the other. I’m stunned to say mine was successful: oh my. I’ll have to do it now.

Ali is correct. I got all excited that the site appeared to be up, and did exactly what the email said not to.

Grantium latest. It's back up. But it seems to have lost (all? just my?) login details. So I click on "reset password" and get this.

If you ask me a confirmation question, I'll answer it...

Currently glued to the #lakeland100 tracker. One of my clubmates is on pace for the women’s’ course record, another good friend is chasing the cut-offs, and between them will be found the cause of my imminent death from heart failure.

My pinned post is out of date again.

It’s not aimed at me.

From now on I’m only answering “where do you get your ideas from” when it’s expressed in this way.

An email from the theatre I attended last night, seeking to understand my motives for coming and how I heard about the play. I wrote it.

It was already down from at least the night before. First website ever to go down in anticipation of high traffic. Even my shonky old site can handle 2000 hits.

On reflection I can’t believe the decisions are recorded nowhere but Grantium. There’s a spreadsheet somewhere. Anything else would be negligence verging on gross incompetence.

For the avoidance of ambiguity or coyness: I am one of those waiting.

Applicants have now been told they'll hear (ideally) early next week. As far as I understand it, the decisions are themselves locked in Grantium. We've been saying since its introduction that Grantium is not fit for purpose; this seems to have finally persuaded ACE that this is so.

About two thousand people await decisions on their DYCP applications, decisions due yesterday. Plenty more have scrambled to submit applications before their summer holiday, but find they can't. I don't envy those at Arts Council towers today.

“I figured I might as well continue kicking that kid because after all loads of other people were.”

“Delayed due to train crew being delayed by service delays.”

Not just me then. I think it could prove fairly popular!

It looks like a great project, and it's a lovely school. I hope it comes off - I'd love to see it.

The Wizard of Oz Get the feeling you're not in Lancaster anymore...

And yesterday I went to this. I wrote the adaptation so you'll be wanting to give it a miss. dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...

On Thursday, to celebrate her sixteenth birthday, I took my niece to see this. Anyone heard of it? It was decent! www.sunderland-theatre.co.uk/shows/sunder...

Through It All Together - Leeds Playhouse A love letter to Marcelo Bielsa, Leeds United and the bond that unites families and fans.

On Wednesday I saw this, a play about Leeds United that's actually a play about dementia and which managed to do both of these things improbably well. www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/throug...

This week I've been to the theatre more times than the rest of the year combined, unless you count occasions when I was the theatre. On this week's showing I'd recommend theatre, which seems to have plenty going for it.

On Epstein, Donald Trump is not so much hiding in plain sight as loudly drawing attention to himself in plain sight.

The absolute gall of lecturing Diane Abbott about racism.

Absolutely. And I’ll certainly read the book. Tho presumably it never became better known publicly because, despite being a huge fish in a niche pond, in the grand scheme of things he was pretty obscure.

For what it’s worth I’ve been in three different conversations about CG in the last month or so. They just haven’t happened in public. No-one *wants* to talk about him but he remains impossible to avoid.

Bradford! Is that... Piers Morgan?

This Thursday, 10 July, is the last date on the #ImaginaryFriends tour, so it's your last chance to find out!

I'll be at The Beacon at Cliffe Castle Park for @bradford2025.co.uk, and I'd love to see you there.

Tickets: bradford2025.co.uk/event/imagin...

Promotional image (by Casey Orr) for Imaginary Friends, showing Dan, wearing a white shirt and a black bow tie, bracing himself as a joke plastic gun fires a white, square piece of fabric with a smiley emoji on it. Text reads: Alphabetti Theatre, Daniel Bye and ARC Stockton present IMAGINARY FRIENDS 'Captivating and illuminating' The Independent 'Bye is an exceptional storyteller' Exeunt Theatre Magazine 'Riveting, funny and thoughtful' The Guardian

Bradford! I'll be at The Beacon, Cliffe Castle Park next Thursday 10 July, 7.30pm as part of @bradford2025.co.uk.

It's the last stop on the #ImaginaryFriends tour, and I'd love you to join me.

🎟️ bradford2025.co.uk/event/imagin...

#Bradford2025

It would be great to see you this Thursday: oldwoollen.seetickets.com/tour/daniel-...