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playwright /scribbler / AD with Critical Moment Theatre martinmalcolm.com https://www.criticalmoment.co.uk/
Our hot new #LGBTQ+ play takes its next step!
#Theatre
Poster for Open Door - Queer Freedom Unlocked. The image shows a dark, green-tiled corridor with a barred gate opening on daylight. Thereโs a logo for Critical Moment Theatre: on a red disc, the white shape of a figure about to cross a line.
On a dark February night in 1954, a young Exeter lad changed all our lives. Find out howโฆ
OPEN DOOR
๐๏ธ Sat 19th July, 3:30pm
๐ Barnfield Theatre Exeter
๐Box Office: 01392 772 63 63
TIX
exeternorthcott.co.uk/events/open-...
#Theatre #Playwright #LGBTQ+
E-flyer for Open Door - Queer Freedom Unlocked. The image shows a dark, green-tiled corridor, with a barred gate opening on daylight. Below is Critical Moment Theatreโs logo: on a red disc, the white shape of a figure about to cross a line.
Who knew? The struggle for queer freedom in the UK started in Exeter!
Find out how at Exeterโs Barnfield Theatre on 19th July.
exeternorthcott.co.uk/events/open-...
๐จ Hungary has BANNED Pride!
Join me outside the Hungarian Embassy in London at 1pm on Sat 21 June to protest against this attack on LGBTQ+ people.
Pride is solidarity!
Pride is protest!
๐ SolidarityPride.lgbt
#SolidarityPride ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธโ
Me too. ๐พ
12.06.2025 15:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you. But it was all Dingโs idea. ๐๏ธ
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Photo of a green-tiled corridor, with a barred gate opening onto daylight. Titles: Open Door โ Queer freedom unlocked. Below that, the logo for Critical Moment Theatre: on a red background, the white shape of a figure about to cross a line.
OPEN DOOR CASTING CALL OUT We are casting for a rehearsed reading of a brand new play inspired by true events. โOpen Doorโ by Martin Malcolm uncovers the roots of gay liberation in the rural South West and an unlikely activist who opened the way to the more free and equal society we know today. We are casting the following roles: DR JEAN SHELDON female, thirties, steely RUBY CALTON female, early twenties, nervous but determined DENNIS REECE male, early twenties, shifty The setting is Wells, Somerset 1954 (with a story connecting Exeter to Taunton)
DATES: APPLY BY: Monday 23rd June AUDITION: Tuesday 1st July (Afternoon) REHEARSALS: Tuesday 15th July 10-6pm Exeter Thursday 17th July 10-6pm Exeter Friday 18th July 10-6pm Exeter PERFORMANCE DAYS: Saturday 19th July 10-6pm Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Saturday 20th September - Brewhouse, Taunton
FEE: ยฃ150 per day, including performance days, i.e. ยฃ750 in total. (Please note while some travel costs can be covered we are looking for actors with a Devon/Cornwall/Somerset base) Weโre open to diverse and inclusive casting and will be delighted to receive applications from global majority, LGBTQ+ and non-binary performers. TO APPLY: Please send your CV/Spotlight link with a short cover email detailing which role you would like to be considered for and your connection to the South West. Email: criticalmomenttheatre@gmail.com
Casting call for upcoming readings of my new play!
Happy Pride! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
#TheatreSky #LGBTQ+Pride #ActorSky
Wondeful book. And it even has a reference to Robert Reid, the gay activist at the centre of our new play Open Door!
We have play readings coming up over a Prideful summer & we'll be posting about them soon. Happy Pride! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
#TheatreSky #LGBTQ+Pride #BookSky
A copy of The Light of Day by Christopher Stephens and Louise Radnofsky. Billed on the cover with: โThe first man to come out at the dawn of gay liberation.โ The cover shows a 1960s photo of Roger Butler. Thereโs also a quote from Sir Ian McKellen: โYour book is the โreally good book. Just oneโ that Roger Butler would have wanted. โ
Reading this ahead of my talk for Wells Pride on Saturday. Itโs all kinds fabulous! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
#LGBTQ+Pride #BookSky
Promo image for Open Door. The strapline reads 'Queer freedom unlocked'. The image shows a shadowy green-tiled corridor, with a barred door open to the light of day. Critical Moment Theatre's logo - a figure about to cross a line, white on a red background - is at the bottom of the image.
Delighted to be part of #LGBTQ+Pride in my old hometown!
Come & hear the story of a long-lost gay activist!
Hit the link to join us. Happy Pride! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
14 June, Wells Town Hall, Somerset
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-door-...
Promo image for Open Door. The strapline reads 'Queer freedom unlocked'. The image shows a shadowy green-tiled corridor, with a barred door open to the light of day. Critical Moment Theatre's logo - a figure about to cross a line, white on a red background - is at the bottom of the image.
On the trail of a long-lost gay activist...
We're sending one of our #playwrights to Wells Pride to tell the story of our new show Open Door!
Hit the link to join us. Happy Pride! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
14 June, Wells Town Hall, Somerset
#LGBTQ+Pride
www.eventbrite.com/e/open-door-...
Posters for An Oak Tree at The Young Vic. By Tim Crouch, limited run from 6th May. The image shows Tim, a man in his sixties, in a shiny waistcoat. Behind him, two rows of black-and-white headshots of the guest actors who will join him onstage.
Fabulous.
16.05.2025 21:01 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Shocking
15.05.2025 23:13 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Heartfelt, tender, angry, astonishing.
25.04.2025 21:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Off there tonight! ๐
25.04.2025 16:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0All grown up now (kinda), but Mr Peter Wild is *still* my drama teacher!
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Statue of Suffragette leader Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square. She holds a banner which reads: โCourage calls to courage everywhere.โ Behind her banner, a protestorโs arm reaches up to hold a pink-white-and-light-blue placard, which says: โWhat are you so afraid of?โ
โNot the courts, not the state
We decide our own fate.โ
Love & solidarity to my trans brothers & sisters, from the Trans Rights action in a packed Parliament Square today. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
#NoLGBwithouttheT #TransRightsNow
The Transgender Pride Flag, with stripes (from the top) in light blue, pink, white, pink and light blue.
19.04.2025 07:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Just heard today that THE APPLES OF HESPERIDES is one of the 8 plays selected from the shortlist for performance at the Ilkley Playhouse Playwriting Festival in September!๐บ
#theatresky #newwriting #WritingCommunity #theatrelondon #fantasy #writerscommunity #theatre #theatrecommunity #theatrenews
Small world! Iโm loving it, itโs lots of fun.
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Dingo, lying soulfully on the couch, ready to provide inspiration. Heโs mottled grey-and-white and Sal says heโs an Australian cattle dog, though I happen to know he comes from Wales.
Need character names & ideas? Why not take inspiration from your pets?
Meet Dingo, my friend Salโs dog. Translated to human form for my new script: a couch-hogging greedy layabout who knows how to turn on the charm with his big soulful eyes.
Thanks, Ding! ๐พ
#theatresky #playwriting #playwright
A battered old brick wall, made up of whitewashed, battered old bricks.
On days like this, thatโs what note-taking is for.
#playwriting #theatresky
Pampers and two half bottles of vodka. Whoโd be a new parentโฆ
31.03.2025 17:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
KING OF THE WORLD - a dark comedy for dark times.
If any theatre person is interested in a 60min drama about the impact of hard-man leaders on their subjects let me know, I'll send you the script.
The 8th Earl Wansbeck is a difficult man. Discover him and his unlikely pals in #TheTowers ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ง
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tsf...
An easy way to raise the stakes of a conflict is to give it an audience: public or personal.
#writingcommunity #playwriting #amwriting #screenwriting
Oh dear. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word "guaranteed." Quick: swap it out with "is very likely to."
31.03.2025 15:02 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0"Too late now" is, in fact, a great first line. I eagerly await my share of the royalties.
31.03.2025 17:17 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Keep on waiting, you optimist!*
#playwriting
*Another first line Iโm toying with. ๐
