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Jon Farthing

@jonf1979.bsky.social

Podcaster at Nerdfest UK, improviser with Spontaneous Wrecks and School of Improv. Trustee of Alphabetti Theatre and Boho Arts. Normally found at a music gig somewhere in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Say hello!

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It all happened for the right reasons but it was a shame to lose a great showcase for a lot of up and coming bands.

02.02.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‚It’s official – Autumn is here, and everyone at Alphabetti is delighted to be welcoming in the leafy, scarfy season with our latest programming announcement.

We’re all incredibly excited to be hosting so many unmissable nights, to help makes those long cold evenings just a bit warmer. πŸ‚

03.10.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If anyone is thinking os switching to #Grain broadband (which is excellent and much cheaper than the Virgin broadband I had before) we both get a free month if you use this referral code : CGDGDIJY

24.09.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How did this pass the accessibility test at Apple? #ios26

08.08.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just got an email about renewing your subscription, which I’m more than happy to do - but not sure why it suggests β€œour favourite football team might not be good anymore” and β€œLeeds United might not be great at the moment”? Did you cut and paste from an email from a few years ago by any chance? :-)

20.06.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@herring1967.bsky.social could this make you fall off the wagon?

11.05.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Sending all the love to my trans and non-binary friends today. I know it’s been a tough day but we are all here for you.

17.04.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The last aerobics class I went to they did make me do a jump to the left, and then a step to the right.

26.03.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SPRING 2025 AT ALPHABETTI THEATRE πŸ‘πŸ΅οΈ

Here is a sneak e-preview of our brochure - available to take home from Alphabetti. It even folds out into a nice A3 poster if you want to stick it on your wall if ya want to.

Stay tuned for more new announcements all week.

18.02.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5

Ends on a cliffhanger just before the punchline, then Netflix cancels it

23.01.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve manually added it as I’m not massively keen on that link asking for access to your music library and listening activity?

13.01.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The individual packaging was the worst thing for me - surely much worse environmentally?

10.01.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sure I recall reading that most of the Rick Baker stuff was replaced with CGI - am I imagining that?

08.01.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Repost for a chance to win two tickets for our extra date with Helen O Hara and the RNCM Session Orchestra

Tickets on sale this Thursday (9th Jan) at 10am - no more dates to be added after this, so jump in quick πŸ˜‰

Winner picked at random at 9am Thursday morning

06.01.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

We accidentally left the front door open a while ago. Dog went out and just sat on the path looking confused

02.01.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did the dog have six claws?

01.01.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a more distracting product placement than the random Burger King in the middle of the local village stores in the opening shots of Gremlins?

27.12.2024 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Order

21.12.2024 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Which edition of Silence of the Lambs did you have input into? Would be interested to hear those perspectives on that film

21.12.2024 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think that’s a step too far even for Louise

14.12.2024 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A poster for a sugababes concert with badly cropped images on a plain green background

A poster for a sugababes concert with badly cropped images on a plain green background

I can’t believe this is a genuine poster for an Arena gig.

11.12.2024 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a great book - really well researched and a fascinating read. Can’t recommend it enough

09.12.2024 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess investing that amount and keeping current lifestyle would allow me to considerably earlier too. I feel greedy selecting 2.5million now!

09.12.2024 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve got probably another 25 years to work. 500,000 divided by 25 is less than my salary so I guess I couldn’t retire on it , which is what I would define as a substantial difference to lifestyle.

09.12.2024 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I appear to have booked tickets for Stanleys, Django Django, the Jesus and Mary Chain, and Paul Heaton on successive nights from tomorrow. Pray for my hearing.

05.12.2024 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On the other hand β€œPorridge Radio” is an excellent band

05.12.2024 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Unthanks in Winter at the Glasshouse last night was beautiful. Interesting to hear them mix in different instruments (sax and electric guitar/bass). Vocals were amazing as always and the Glasshouse has th best acoustics of any venue I’ve ever been to

05.12.2024 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who is your one account that needs to come over here before you banish your twitter account for ever?

05.12.2024 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Skeleton Crew seems fun so far. Basically Goonies in space and fun to see what a Star Wars suburb would look like

05.12.2024 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My understanding is the caper thing is cancelled but Paul Smith still playing at Cluny with tickets available for a tenner

04.12.2024 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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