Porl Cooper

If you place a Black woman, an Irish woman, a Jewish woman & a Traveller woman, all in casual clothing, in a lineup, the Black woman's race would be the only one visually identifiable.
This argument that got Diane Abbott suspended from the Labour Party but it is an undeniable truth

#Istandwithdiane

I'm sick of this crap from @teamlabouruk.bsky.social - for the first time in my entire voting history at 55 years of age they won't be getting my vote next election.

Glastonbury Bound with the Rogues. See you in the T&C fields!

Kudos to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social for funding and support and the. Brilliance of Alex O'Toole, Jude Wright and Mick Martin & their superb cast and creatives for delivering !

Keep on Keeping On in Crewe & touring -magnificent example of theatre / new writing engagement by stealth. A show about a failing shop and failing high street staged in a vacant shop unit. With the most amazing wraparound projects ever.
www.keeponkeepinonplay.co.uk/make-it-happen

Scooping all the @nunkie.bsky.social swag tonight - Great to do our first Harrogate Theatre gig at West Park URC. And some serious Quatermass vibes going on with that backdrop!

Is it Chocolate day today or Sunday? Is it like Xmas (anytime after Armistice Day)?
Or just bodyweight in flavoured Hot X Buns? Gotta do something. No point going Garden Centre cos I'm still technically homeless. & t's raining. Watching Semana Santa Processions in Andalucia on The Dodgybox Channel..

All the twilight delights happening in Rochdale tonight thanks to the Town Hall team ! 😍 - looking glorious, another amazing event for the town 🙌💪

Been a great week of Dance, Physical Theatre, Music & Comedy this week in Sheffield Enable US at Performance Venues - thanks @artscouncilengland.bsky.social for supporting the performance programme and our technical trainees now professionally engaged! - still more to come this season :-)

We'd love you to, @dannyrobins.bsky.social Come meet our resident theatre ghost, Alice....

"it's buy one get one free. But only on pairs over £X. And these lenses come free. But not if you want those lenses. And then you get 50% off for being on the DD contact lens scheme. But then you can't have this discount across everything....yadayadayada". There's gotta be an easier way....

Even after 20 years I've yet to understand the Great Specsavers Mathematical Wizardy and how things jump from £180 to £275 before you can say 'varifocals' :-/

Continued in this vein with a trip back to Northern School of Contemporary Dance for a catch up with the ACE 2nd yr BA students I worked with earlier in the year today with their delightfully curated FlockFest2025 LUDIC ❤️

World Theatre Day! For me this week's all about the next generation of talent. Legally Blonde last night at Rochdale Sixth Form College Drama A Level gang was sheer joy! Arden School of Theatre today for 2ndYr students The Visit, and tomorrow Emergence Dance by MA Students at Salford University 🙌

Had the privilege of a preview of this. It's joyous! As is the book, get the book! (Holding out for the stage adaptation now - venues with deep pockets, cough up! 😜)

Fab evening for it....

Agreed! She's fab in that, and great value on the dvd commentary!

"I've been soooo many things for sooo many years...." 😍

Please don't be contacting me urgently three days before putting your ACE app in to see if you can include me while spaffing off in the same bid about how excellent you are at "managing a project of a similar size"...

Proud Cap-a-Pie Trustee moment at Northern Stage tonight! 😍

Today: At Rochdale 6th Form College's Drama & Art departments hearing about their fantastic facilities, students and courses, Castleton Library & Community Centre for performance & opportunities, then HOME MCR for sharing & erformances.

Rochdale named Greater Manchester Town of Culture – Rochdale Borough Council Rochdale has been awarded the title of Greater Manchester’s Town of Culture for 2025/26.

Big news for the hometown today! 😍

www.rochdale.gov.uk/news/article...

Id love to see every local authority socmedia account announcing Pride events in the same post remind straight folk Straight Pride is the other 364 days of the year, and the gays aren't excluding knickerwetting straights from their party should they wanna rock up with their wingeing dogshit faces.

YouTube video by Adam York Gregory A DANGEROUS THING

During the last days of Trumps first reign, we made an animation about the horrors that would play out.

It seems some of the predictions were spookily accurate.

Here it is, free to watch.

#animation #politics #trump #elon

youtu.be/cfZIeWO6jw4?...

Standing by with mine! 😍 And keeping him in my thoughts too, esp. this time of year

The spirit of The Coliseum thrives! I'm in Oldham tonight for The Wedding Party 🥳

Great stuff from an amazing creative team at Interplay in Leeds today. Take your families along before the week's out if you can!

Whether you're studying it, creating it, seeing and experiencing it or just trying to make sense of it, this from @modernistpunk.com is really worth a purchase!

Took a bit of a gamble programming it for Valentine's Night in Harrogate but I think it paid off!

Mariposa from De Nada dance was awesome tonight. Literally moved to tears. Didn't know a piece of dance could contain this amount of brutality and tenderness. Kudos to Carlos Pons Guerra and DeNada Dance and Spin Arts - catch it in London at The Place or Leeds at Northern Ballet.