Ruth Saxton

Aw… Malcolm 💔 #malcolmjamalwarner #muppetmagazine 86

BBC Comedy Short Films - Rocket Fuel On a Bradford estate, Lenny and Mullet find an abandoned car and turn it into a DIY spaceship.

Get on this, mush!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Andrew, Susan, Brendan and Ruth + Poppy the dog 3 - ? - 90 John Major elected PM Leeds Utd 5th in division 1 England beaten on penalties in semi-final of World Cup in Italy by W Germany GAZZA

David Batty is the fittest person in the world pencilled in a heart on a stripped wall.

35 years ago we wrote on my mum and dad’s back room wall.
Historical facts sealed in time:
“John Major elected PM”
“Leeds 5th in division 1”
“David Batty is the fittest person in the world!”
Vital insights for future generations.
#lufc

Red Ladder x Wrongsemble casting call

A PROPER MERRY CHRISTMESS / A TOWN CALLED CHRISTMAS Directed by Cheryl Martin / Elvi Piper Written by Leon Fleming & Seeta Wrightson / Elvi Piper with original music by Bay Bryan and Claire O'Connor Northern based actors preferably West Yorkshire Auditions: Mon 2 June 2025 10am - 2pm and Fri 6 June 2025 11am - 8pm at Yorkshire Dance, 3 St Peter's Square, Leeds LS9 8AH Please select your preferred date and approximate time and we will endeavour to match up Please apply via Spotlight or send CV and Spotlight link or show reel to cheryl@redladder.co.uk Deadline – midday Thursday 29 May 2025 You will hear from us by midday Friday 30 May 2025. If you don’t hear from us then, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. Rehearsals in Leeds from 20 October 2025 Tour 24 November – 31 December 2025 A Town Called Christmas – originally co-commissioned with Gala, Durham and Wrongsemble Red Ladder is an ITC Ethical Manager, issuing ITC contracts.

And here is the casting call for northern based actors 🎉
Head to our website for all the details
www.redladder.co.uk/red-ladder-w...
#christmess

LOP/Northern Star 727 (19 March 1992) headline: football and bananas...

...LOP/Northern Star 727 (19 March 1992) cont.

Continuing the theme of the excellent Voice of the Fans exhibition from @leedslibraries.bsky.social and @britishlibrary.bsky.social, here's a piece from LOP/Northern Star about anti-racist activities at Elland Road in 1992.
#LUFC #ALAW

How perdy is my writing space @sunnybankmills.bsky.social 🤩Well it’s not mine, it’s borrowed. But I love it!
Everyone has made me feel ten feet tall, and like an artist. Which is half the battle when you’re still convincing yourself.
Be kind 🥰 #yorkshire #writers

Eveyone & their brother is using ChatGPT to avoid doing the reading/homework & we’re all going to suffer bc of it.

Chris Thorpe is sat crossed leg at a table, in a coffee shop, looking directly at the camera, whilst holding a white teacup. On the table is a yellow teapot, with the lid off and a white mushroom cloud escaping. Behind him are several illustrated prints on the wall.

First up for our newest Red Ladder Local season
Talking About The Fire.

St. Bartholomew's Church, Armley - Tuesday 20th May 2025

A show about a new nuclear weapons treaty. Be part of the conversation.
Pay What You Decide
#theatre #Leeds #Armley
www.redladder.co.uk/whatson/talk...

Paper in a typewriter with caption: writing for emerging playwrights with Cheryl Martin

Plush theatre seats with caption: directing with Cheryl Martin

A stage with red curtains and caption: acting with Cheryl Martin

📢 Did you miss out on our FREE #acting, #directing and #writing courses last year?
Fear not, we're repeating them again this summer and BOOKING IS OPEN NOW! Places went in 24 hours last time so be quick!!
www.redladder.co.uk/participate/...

I know lots of you like to keep the paper when important historical events with global significance occur. And some of you just want to see your boat race in the paper. Link to get one, below.

#lufc

yep-leeds.eventbrite.co.uk

Un-Leeds.
Unreal.
Unforgettable.
#lufc

Anyone else got this 🙏 in their most frequently used today? #lufc

Playwright Chris O'Connor on new show, Through It All Together, the incredible power of love to overcome, and how becoming a dad has changed his writing process - Red Ladder Theatre Company Can you talk about the idea behind Through It All Together? Through It All Together came about when two separate ideas I’d been sitting on began to merge. I’d wanted to write about dementia for a whil...

The brilliant @cpoconnor87.bsky.social talked to us about new play Through It All Together, a love letter to #MarceloBielsa, the beautiful game and the bond that unites families and fans.
#theatre #lufc
@thesquareball.net
www.redladder.co.uk/playwright-c...

But then we don’t get the memories like 1990 and 1992. Or grey hairs.

Would be amazing not to do a Leeds 😂

Are you drunk? This never happens!! 🤣But I’m with you!

Every day, right? 🤣

Is this you?
Join these absolute beauts! 🫶

A school visitor badge in a lanyard showing my face, Ruth Saxton, Red Ladder and a bar code

Mock interviews this morning with Year Nine pupils from Carlton Bolling College for @redladder.bsky.social
Impressive young people!

Donation doubled, impact doubled, magic made!

An incredible charity doing incredible work. We all talk about supporting new talent in the arts and creative industries. Here is a practical way you can do that RIGHT NOW.

Hey lovely artists 👋
We've been putting our heads together about how we can support you.
Here are the commitments we've made👇
#ArtistDevelopment #theatre
www.redladder.co.uk/about/artist...

Every conversation heard in Aldi was about the footie and people getting back for it. Great when more people can watch #lufc

🚨 M621 Closure

A graphic square with a red background. The text in white font says Mural artist call out. There is a square around the text box. Inset is a colour image of a hand with a paintbrush painting an orange line as part of a floral Mural.

📢 ARTIST CALL OUT. Leeds Museums and Galleries are looking for an artist to co-create one public mural and one piece of digital artwork.

The subject will be Doris Storey (1919 - 2005), an Olympic swimmer from Leeds.

Submission deadline is Monday 10 March.

Contact: catherine.robins@leeds.gov.uk

I don’t often feel rage. That said, I’ve been getting pretty damn close, watching one of the few truly warrior like heroes in the world of leadership…Zelensky…being rat fucked by two of the biggest pieces of shit on the planet.

Check your fallacy...

Our brand-new festival finally launches today. The first planning meeting was way back in April!

Huge thanks to Wrongsemble and Leeds Libraries for everything they've done 🙏🏻

Booked!