From October to January I had literally no phone signal or mobile data and aside from one or 2 annoying things like 2 factor authentication with banks I had no downsides. Reckon I'll just cancel my contract when it runs out

I've genuinely been considering getting rid of my phone based on how enshittified everything has become

Looking forward to it!

Katharine Williams for definite!

Majorly seconding this!

A great night out at the Capital Theatres Studio seeing The Land That Never Was. Really entertaining work from a gifted storyteller, @liamrees.bsky.social has the goods and yes folks he has delivered. Also appreciate having a Q&A with an academic host, always nice to see the other side.

Next week we're welcoming the brilliant @liamrees.bsky.social with The Land That Never Was.

This true story of Scotland’s most infamous con artist Gregor MacGregor asks audiences what they believe and why. 

BOOK TICKETS (21 & 22 March) ➡️ www.tron.co.uk/shows/the-land-that-never-was/

Part confessional storytelling, part TED Talk but mostly bullshit, The Land That Never Was tells the true story of Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish conman who sold a country that literally did not exist.

@liamrees.bsky.social 

BOOK TICKETS (21 & 22 Mar) ➡️ www.tron.co.uk/shows/the-land-that-never-was/

I'm happy to chat if you're looking for a director

Do I count?

New photos just dropped of The Land That Never Was @sceneandheard.bsky.social

Coming to Festival Theatre Studio Fri 14th March
Then @trontheatre.bsky.social Fri 21st & Sat 22nd March

Play spotlights 19th-century Scottish scam artist’s journey Donald Trump’s proposals to take over the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada have been greeted with widespread incredulity but a 19th-century Scot…

Really loved chatting to @scotnational.bsky.social the other day about scams, the geopolitical mess we're in, and The Land That Never Was

Tickets for Edinburgh (14 March) & @trontheatre.bsky.social (21-22 March) are now half gone btw

www.thenational.scot/news/2493869...

Thank god for unexpected nuance

I co-produced a show last fringe, can't promise any useful answers but happy to chat

Today's revelation: make your play's central an unreliable narrator so that any plots holes are actually a thematic choice rather than a glaring mistake.

In totally unrelated news you should get tickets for The Land That Never Was! @trontheatre.bsky.social @sceneandheard.bsky.social

Coming to Dublin this Saturday!

Edinburgh. 14th March @ Capital Theatres Studio
Glasgow. 21-22nd March @trontheatre.bsky.social

This is incredible!

Text reads “Room for Therapy and friends: Group Therapy Sessions for the Scottish Theatre Community” over a circle sliced into four, each circle a soft pastel colour - green, peachy orange, light pink and a darker pink.

_and friends is thrilled to be partnering with Room for Therapy to offer group therapy sessions in our Glasgow space, running for ten weeks starting April 25th.

Info doc and note of interest form are in the Linktree in my bio!

A newspaper article with the headline: Conman who invented a country. With a photo of a tropical beach.

An extract from the newspaper article saying: Rees says he was struck by the sheer audacity of the fraud "The ability to say, I'm going to make up a country' was just extraordinary. And the fact that happened over 200 years ago helped me make sense of what we're living through now. It's easy for us to say 'Oh, we live in unprecedented times of post-truth' but, you know, there's always been charlatans." There are parallels, he believes, between MacGregor and the crypto scams of today, or Elizabeth Holmes, and her fraudulent blood testing company Theranos. "Even looking at the way Trump and Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage invoke an idea of the past that doesn't really exist," he said. "They're all manipulating and scamming people in different ways." The Land That Never Was is at The Studio, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on March 14 and at Tron Theatre, Glasgow, on March 21-22.

I had a chat with The Times about charlatans, making sense of the mess we're in, and The Land That Never Was

Coming to:
@sceneandheard.bsky.social (15th Feb)
The Studio @ Capital Theatres (14th March)
@trontheatre.bsky.social (21-22nd March)

Every time I see an org say they got less than they ask for I wonder how much of a shortfall they're dealing with. Mostly because I've run an org and know the strains but without more transparency everyone ends up fighting one another

The Fringe Soc reminds me of my cat, who has apparently never been fed in her life and is surely going to waste away unless I refill her half-eaten bowl of food

Can you tell us what those "good ideas" are? Just one?

They're a centralised ticketing service, provide a contact list of accredited media at the Fringe, and run some events during the Fringe. That's kinda it

A newspaper article with the headline: Conman who invented a country. With a photo of a tropical beach.

An extract from the newspaper article saying: Rees says he was struck by the sheer audacity of the fraud "The ability to say, I'm going to make up a country' was just extraordinary. And the fact that happened over 200 years ago helped me make sense of what we're living through now. It's easy for us to say 'Oh, we live in unprecedented times of post-truth' but, you know, there's always been charlatans." There are parallels, he believes, between MacGregor and the crypto scams of today, or Elizabeth Holmes, and her fraudulent blood testing company Theranos. "Even looking at the way Trump and Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage invoke an idea of the past that doesn't really exist," he said. "They're all manipulating and scamming people in different ways." The Land That Never Was is at The Studio, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on March 14 and at Tron Theatre, Glasgow, on March 21-22.

I had a chat with The Times about charlatans, making sense of the mess we're in, and The Land That Never Was

Coming to:
@sceneandheard.bsky.social (15th Feb)
The Studio @ Capital Theatres (14th March)
@trontheatre.bsky.social (21-22nd March)

Yes please!

Oh that's a relief! Only managed to skim the first spreadsheet

There seems to be a lot of new (smaller) orgs getting multi year funding which is nice but we don't know who all applied so can't see what's been cut. Big one I noticed is the Trav got cut. It's mostly headlines but not as much known about if orgs are getting more, less or standstill funding

Today feels full of dread but fingers crossed some good come from sharing experiences and understanding the whole landscape of MYF apps. Everyone's in different boats in the same storm

He never misses

The Land That Never Was - Tron Theatre The Land That Never Was tells the true story of Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish conman who sold a country that literally did not exist.

Super excited to bring The Land That Never Was to @sceneandheard.bsky.social on the 15th Feb!

Then coming to @trontheatre.bsky.social 21-22 Feb

A true story about a conman who made up a country.
Part TED Talk.
Part stand up.
Mostly bullshit.

www.tron.co.uk/shows/the-la...