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Terri Paddock

@terripaddock.bsky.social

Promoting UK #theatre since 1996. Queen of post-show Q&As. Founded MyTheatreMates, StageFaves, WhatsOnStage. Ex-novelist. Politics geek. Dog lover and owner of world's cutest cockapoo, Lottie.

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Following sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Old Red Lion Theatre, Edmund Morris’ β€˜darkly hilarious’ The Grim will play at @swkplay.bsky.social Borough from 26 Nov-6 Dec.

Ben Woodhall directs writer Morris, Louis Davison & Harry Carter in the production presented by RBM.

08.10.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Who wants to live forever? And how much will it cost?’

David Sear’s play Continuity, telling an uncomfortably possible story about a billionaire interfering in an ordinary man's life, plays at the Cockpit Theatre from 19-22 Nov, directed by Rosina Piovani. Presented by True Life Productions.

06.10.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Tony Award-winning comedy @ohmaryplayuk will have its West End premiere at @TrafTheatre from 3 Dec.

Cole Escola’s play, directed by Sam Pinkleton, will feature Mason Alexander Park as Mary Todd Lincoln alongside Kate O’Donnell, Oliver Stockley, Dino Fetscher & Giles Terera

03.10.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The full cast & creative team have been announced for Welsh National Theatre’s inaugural production, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, dir by Francesca Goodridge & starring Michael Sheen.

The production opens in Wales in mid-January & moves to London’s @rosetheatre2008.bsky.social from 26 Feb-28 Mar.

02.10.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Imy Wyatt Corner will direct Fanta Barrie & Ross O’Donnellan in Jessica Norman’s debut full-length play This Little Earth at London’s @arcolatheatre.bsky.social from 22 Oct-15 Nov.

The play, presented by 3 hearts canvas & Izzy Carney, was longlisted for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting.

01.10.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge thanks to writer/director Tani Gill & her cast members Subhashree Iyer, Maisie Frater & Ronan Colfer for welcoming me back into the world of Jupiter's Ghost tonight.

There's hope yet for the future of humanity. A warm & heartfelt discussion at Camden's Etcetera Theatre. #londontheatre

29.09.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wanna catch a late show in Camden with me tonight? 🎭

Signs ready for thought-provoking futuristic thriller Jupiter's Ghost Origins + post-show Q&A with writer/director Tani Gill & the cast.

🎟️ 9pm at Etcetera Theatre: terripaddock.com/events/jupit... #theatre #postshowtalks #london

29.09.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Full casting is announced for the world premiere of new musical Precipice, dir by co-creator @adamlenson.bsky.social & at @newdiorama.bsky.social 11 Nov-13 Dec:

Actor-musos Max Alexander-Taylor, Holly Freeman, Isabella Marshall, Melinda Orengo & Eric Stroud. Co-production with Timelapse Theatre.

29.09.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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George Blagden & Jonathan Livingstone have been cast in the world premiere of β€˜headphone horror show’ A Ghost in Your Ear, written & dir by Jamie Armitage in collaboration with Ben & Max Ringham.

The production runs at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs from 6 Dec-24 Jan. Co-produced by HFH Productions.

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Full casting has been announced for the Menier Chocolate Factory production of NoΓ«l Coward’s Fallen Angels, running from 21 Nov-21 Feb.

Christopher Luscombe directs Janie Dee, Alexandra Gilbreath, Christopher Hollis, Richard Teverson, Sarah Twomey & Graham Vick.

24.09.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jupiter's Ghost Origins - Terri Paddock Running at London's Etcetera Theatre, Jupiter's Ghost Origins, written and directed by Tani Gill, is the much-anticipated prequel to last year's sci-fi dance play Jupiter's Ghost.

Last year's Jupiter's Ghost told a futuristic tale where the line b/t AI & humanity had blurred completely. Now comes the prequel, Jupiter's Ghost Origins.

Join for my Q&A with writer/diretor Tani Gill at Camden's Etcetera Theatre on Mon 29 Sep. terripaddock.com/events/jupit...

23.09.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A double bill of @paulbradshawuk.bsky.social’s tell me straight & the world premiere of aggy will run at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social from 5-28 Mar. Imogen Frances will direct tell me straight, also co-directing aggy alongside Bradshaw. Presented by SH Productions & telling tales.

22.09.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Full casting is announced for the London revival of Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine’s Into the Woods, dir by Jordan Fein at @bridgetheatre.bsky.social 2 Dec-18 Apr.

Cast incs: Kate Fleetwood, Jamie Parker, Katie Brayben, Bella Brown, Chumisa Dornford-May, Jo Foster, Oliver Savile & Rhys Whitfield.

17.09.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Direct from a run at @edfringe.bsky.social & a tour across Wales, Liam Holmes’ new play Mr Jones, An Aberfan Story, dir by Michael Neri, will run at @finboroughtheatre.bsky.social 28 Oct-22 Nov. Holmes & Mabli Gwynne feature in the show presented by WilMas Productions in association with the venue.

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Eh Up, Me Old Flowers! post-show video and photos: What is comedian Charlie Williams' legacy? - Terri Paddock Before Lenny Henry or Gary Wilmot, Charlie Williams paved the way as Britain's breakthrough black comedian who became a household name on ITV's stand-up show The Comedians. Chris England's new play ce...

What an extraordinary life Charlie Williams had!

Coal miner, footballer & cabaret singer as well as, most famously, comedian. A household-name black man who paved the way for so many others.

Full Q&A πŸŽ₯ + πŸ“Έ now live: bit.ly/4npS35b

At the White Bear Theatre til 20 Sep. Don't miss!

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Signs ready for tonight’s Eh Up, Me Old Flowers!, The Charlie Williams Story, post-show Q&A at the White Bear Theatre.

Any Qs for writer/director Chris England or stars Tony Marshall & Nick Denning-Read?

🎟️ Join us at 7.30pm!
www.whitebeartheatre.co.uk/whatson/eh-u...!

#theatre #postshowtalks

12.09.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kenneth Branagh will return to @the-rsc.bsky.social in 2 summer 2026 productions, playing Prospero in The Tempest dir by Richard Eyre, & Lopakhin alongside Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt as Madame Ranyevskaya in a new version of The Cherry Orchard by Laura Wade, dir by Tamara Harvey.

12.09.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jackie Clune, Marcello Cruz, Ash Hunter, Mithra Malek & Eugene McCoy have been cast in the world premiere of 2024 @papatangotc.bsky.social New Writing Prize winner Hannah Doran’s The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights, dir by George Turvey. Runs at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social 30 Oct-29 Nov.

11.09.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the full cast for Jean Genet’s The Maids – in a new translation written & directed by Kip Williams, running at @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social from 13 Oct-29 Nov.

Yerin Ha, Phia Saban & Lydia Wilson star in the world premiere of this bold new translation. The play marks Williams’ Donmar debut.

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At Last post-show video and photos: Fascism could never happen here, or could it? - Terri Paddock Proforca Theatre concludes its tenth anniversary season with a revival of its 2019 dystopian thriller At Last, set in the aftermath of a fascist regime. Six years on, how does this politically-charged...

'How much worse could it get?'

Gratifying & terrifying to return to @proforcatheatre.bsky.social's fascism-could-absolutely-happen-here drama six years on.

Full Q&A πŸŽ₯πŸ“Έ now live: bit.ly/4mbgq5W

Runs at @landutheatre.bsky.social til 13 Sep. Don't miss!

#LondonTheatre #fringetheatre #recommended

04.09.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to tonight's AT LAST post-show Q&A at @landutheatre.bsky.social, celebrating @proforcatheatre.bsky.social's 10th anniversary.

A dystopian thriller set in a UK battling a fascist regime. 😱

Any Qs for director @davidbrady83.bsky.social or cast?

terripaddock.com/events/at-la...

03.09.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Q&A! Before Lenny Henry and Gary Wilmot, Charlie Williams paved the way. β§“

Join me Fri 12 Sep at the White Bear Theatre for the London premiere of Eh Up, Me Old Flowers, Chris England’s acclaimed play about the pioneering black comedian.

terripaddock.com/events/eh-up... #postshowtalks

01.09.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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John Michie, Rhianne Barreto & Matthew Morrison have been cast in Blue/Orange at Greenwich Theatre 1-25 Oct.

Writer Joe Penhall is revising his original script, updating the character of Bruce from a young White British man to a young South Asian woman. James Haddrell directs.

24.08.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Arcola Theatre continues its 25th anniversary season with the London premiere of Crocodile Fever by award-winning writer Meghan Tyler.

Running 17 Oct-22 Nov, the production is dir by @arcolatheatre.bsky.social AD Mehmet Ergen. Cast incs Tyler, Rachel Rooney, Stephen Kennedy & James Pedley-Holden.

23.08.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Corey Weekes, David Webber Aimee Powell & Darrel Bailey are cast in After Sunday at @belgradetheatre.bsky.social (10-24 Oct) before moving to @bushtheatre.bsky.social 10 Nov-20 Dec.

Sophia Griffin makes her debut as playwright with the co-production which is directed by Belgrade AD Corey Campbell.

22.08.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Casting for the UK prem of Seagull: True Story at the MaryleboneTheatre 5 Sep-12 Oct, created & dir by Alexander Molochnikov.

Lithuanian actress Ingeborga DapkΕ«naitΔ— is joined by Daniel Boyd, Russian actor-in-exile Andrey Burkovskiy & Quentin Lee Moore. Presented by the Mart Foundation & Wild Yak.

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Jane Upton’s Bruntwood Prize shortlisted play (the) Woman, examining the struggles & contradictions of what new mothers are told & how everyone has an opinion, runs at London’s @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social from 24 Sep-25 Oct. New Perspectives (@nptheatre.bsky.social) AD Angharad Jones directs.

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Four Play post-show video and photos: Do monogamy and modern love mix? - Terri Paddock In 2014, then twenty-something Jake Brunger was commissioned as part of the Old Vic New Voices emerging talent programme to write a β€œstate of the nation gay play”. The result was Four Play, now in an ...

Do monogamy & modern love mix? In the young queer London community of 2025?

Fantastic #FourPlay post-show Q&A with writer @jakebrunger.bsky.social & director @jackelsain.bsky.social at @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social.

πŸ“ΈπŸŽ₯ Full blog now live: bit.ly/4otxaaC

#postshowtalks #londontheatre #lgbtqia

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The cast for the UK prem of Maia Novi’s Invasive Species at @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social (3 Sep-3 Oct) dir by Michael Breslin will inc Novi in the lead role alongside Harrison Osterfield (Netflix’s The Irregulars), Ella Blackburn, Max Percy & Kalifa Taylor. Presented by Eric Kuhn Productions.

11.08.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Signs ready for TONIGHT's #FourPlay post-show Q&A at @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social.

Writer @jakebrunger.bsky.social & director @jackelsain.bsky.social have reunited for this updated version 10 years after its first outing at @oldvictheatre.bsky.social.

Any Qs? 🎟️ Join us at 6pm: bit.ly/46PPFQo

10.08.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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