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A picture of the seats in a theatre and a stage with a screen at the back displaying the text “Mercury Creatives Festival”

Standing by for a very exciting day… #MCFest

I always thought it would be ‘Dune: Part 3 - Messiah’ and I wouldn’t be surprised it that’s how it shows onscreen.

Split red and blue background with three headshots in a row. Text reads, Danny Raynor as Older Jackie, Robin Paley Yorke as Younger Jackie, Craig Painting Performance Interpreter

Introducing the cast for our upcoming production of BAD LADS. A new play by Mike Kenny, directed by Jenny Sealey.

Welcome Danny Raynor, Robin Paley Yorke, and our Performance Interpreter, Craig Painting.

Check out full tour dates on our website. Book tickets now! graeae.org/event/bad-la...

Mentally, I’m still here.

— you get the sense that you yourself are a time traveller. The film itself is a fracture in reality - stuttering, glitching, and distorting.

Britain is in decay. Britain will decay. Britain has decayed. The dark ages loom large.

There’s a moment when Jodie Comer’s ‘Isla’ looks upon the ‘Angel of the North’ — a statue that will remain long after herself — and remarks that this makes them ‘time travellers’.

As the film intercuts between footage of Britain’s past, real and imagined, played over by Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Boots’ —

Poster for 28 Years Later.

28 Years Later looks great, sounds great, and the acting is extremely impressive. There is, however, a point where the script will take your hands and ask you to trust it.

Your answer to this question will colour your judgment of the entire film.

I’m gonna need a Danny Boyle Attack on Titan movie, ASAP.

here's the thing about using Gotham and then Odyssey clearly repeating Oppenheimer's campaign (the posters are more than strikingly similar).

this is to:
- *get away* from both films being "period"
- clearly establish these as *Christopher Nolan*. He's an IP in his own right.

Made the mistake of watching a clip from Sense8. Now I might just need to rewatch the whole thing.

"We are delighted to be announcing two world premieres, both written by alumni of our Mercury Playwrights programme, and both telling stories about Essex - past and present." - Natasha Rickman, Artistic Director

“No, but really!” Autistic woman only person whose negative self-talk is true An autistic woman is the only person in the world whose negative self-talk is based in reality, said autistic woman has announced.  Beth Hapworth, 37, recognises that imposter syndrome is a thing - bu...

“The problem started when I somehow tricked a university into giving me a PhD,” Dr. Hapworth continued. “And I’ve been waiting to be exposed as a fraud ever since.”

Romancing The Targets - Sexual Tension and Unrequited Love In The Target Novels

Our second talk announced for #DoctorWho #TargetBookClub will be @magslhalliday.bsky.social's "Romancing The Targets" which will hopefully reframe the Target Novels as the Romantasy Epic we all know them to be.

Tickets bit.ly/escape2danger

…to form a molecule polycule

Sometimes two hydrogen atoms love each other very much but decide they their relationship is lacking something, so they set up a date with a nice oxygen atom…

Two hours of Dan Da Dan on the big screen and they withheld the OP from me!

As Graeae Associate, Christian Markham helps to form networks between deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists across the East of England. Read their recent conversation with Emma Jo Pallett, writer of Flumps here: mercurytheatre.co.uk/blog/emma-jo-pallett-in-conversation-with-christian-markham/

That so mean 🥲 (Thank you)

Our world wasn't really "ruled" by dinosaurs was it. They were really shit with infrastructure and justice. Only law was that of nature and they didn't even create that

I’ve been getting a lot of personal and professional praise lately, so I’m gonna need someone to come and yell at ‘e to even that out.

Thunderbolts* Or: A Very Special Episode of The New Avengers

Rebel Moon Part 2 has an EPIC SLOW-MO FARMING MONTAGE and I just thought more people should know about that.

Images of Paul Spragg, Jodie Whittaker, a script front page, and the competition details — with a QR code linking to the competition.

Thanks to everyone who has already entered this year’s @bigfinish.bsky.social Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity.

For everyone else: the deadline is in four weeks: Thursday June 12th.
www.bigfinish.com/news/v/tenth...

The purpose of art is, above all, to produce pleasure. But pleasure doesn’t mean positivity, for who hasn’t derived enjoyment from a sad song? To enjoy the full spectrum of human emotion: love, pride, hate, loss — that is its own form of hedonism.

1. A smiling photo of the much-missed Paul Spragg. 2. Jodie Whittaker in costume as the Thirteenth Doctor. 3. Imagine what the winning script front page may look like. 4. A screenshot of text from the announcement at https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/tenth-anniversary-of-big-finish-s-new-writer-competition-in-2025 In the centre: a QR code that links to the announcement page.

Today @bigfinish.bsky.social has announced the tenth annual Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity. It's a chance to write a #DoctorWho audio featuring the Thirteenth Doctor.

Competition deadline: Thursday June 12th. Details here:
www.bigfinish.com/news/v/tenth...

Close enough, welcome back David Gordon Green’s Halloween naming convention

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

applying for jobs again

Bright yellow background with an image of Christian in a circle to the left. Text reads, Mercury Creatives, meet the Graeae Associate Christian Markham.

Meet Graeae's Associate!

We're working with Mercury Creatives who are organising ‘Relationship Building’ events for Deaf, Disabled & neurodivergent artists, led by our Associate, Christian Markham.

Meet for a chat on Sat 31 May, 11am–2pm.
More details: www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/class/meet-t...