Ben phillips

Hi here’s the tour dates for this autumn’s run of The Long Way Home. @HGtheatre tonight and then onto the holbeck with @SlungLow

To my colleagues in the UK media – You may not agree with Palestine Action’s tactics, messaging, or political objectives. You may think protestors in general are noisy, irritating, and uncouth. Indeed, you may think the same of me! But all of us who work in UK journalism, in any capacity, should be horrified by the government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group. It goes far beyond holding a protest group criminally liable for their activities. It makes it illegal to express support for them, in any capacity, under the threat of up to 14 years imprisonment. Our work as journalists is built on the bedrock of legally protected free expression. But there’s no journalistic exemption to the Terrorism Act 2000. Let’s imagine that one of your colleagues, after this week, writes an opinion piece arguing that Palestine Action are brave and heroic, that they were part of a long tradition of non-violent direct action that includes the Suffragettes and the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp. You may disagree with the points they make. That’s fine – since when did everyone in the media get along? But do you think they should be arrested? Do you think their house should be raided, work devices seized, that they should face prosecution and jail time? Because that is what the law allows for. Perhaps you think this is unlikely. But already, journalists have been investigated under the Terrorism Act. One journalist reporting on Palestine had his home raided by police despite never being arrested or charged with an offence. He was targeted with sweeping warrants that granted police access to journalistic and legally privileged material, which were later ruled unlawful by the court. If one journalist can have their home raided by police under counter-terror powers, so can any of us. I don’t think that free expression is a privilege that belongs solely to the media class. I don’t think that a teenager wearing a Palestine Action t-shirt should face arrest either. I don’t think someone conveying positive sentiments about the group to their friends should have to worry about prosecution. And I think that, when many ordinary people choose not to comply with the state’s restrictions on expressing support for Palestine Action after it’s proscribed, it is our moral obligation as journalists and media workers to back them up any way we can. It doesn’t matter if you work for The Guardian or The Sun, Novara Media or The Telegraph, the BBC or GB News. The proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group is an unprecedented infringement on free expression. Every single one of us in the media, no matter our political affiliations, must stand firmly in opposition to it.

@bryanadams hi my sister in law had a stroke a few years ago and is planning to come to the Liverpool gig this evening. Will there be any strobe lighting? , as this would mean she has to cancel

@Darwinn99 Sigue con resilencia y con calma. Situaciones dificiles siempre hay. No seas duro contigo mismo. Disfruta lo que queda de la campana. 😎

🚨🇬🇧 Keir Starmer Confronted by furious Woman in Liverpool Look at the shame on his face - he knows what he’s doing.

Hey @bryanadams how about a shout out for my lovely girlfriend Karen in Llangollen tomorrow. She’s already been to see you in Sheffield and can’t wait for tomorrow. She’s just turned fifty and is a massive fan of yours. Could you play One Night Love Affair. It’s her favourite.

@bryanadams my partner Is ComIng to see you tomorrow night. Any chance you could play one night love affair for KarenSwanston and give her a shout out and maybe a kiss!

There are defining moments in your life as a Member of Parliament & today’s vote on a ceasefire in Gaza is one of them. I will be voting to support a ceasefire. Decisions like this live with you for the rest of your life. It’s always best to follow your own conscience.

Still a few places on the 2 day November Chekhov workshop! £100 for 2 days. 👉 'Atmospheres in Chekhov's Work' - 15th & 16th of November Email benphillips012@gmail.com to book❗️ #chekhov #chekhovworkshops #chekhovtechnique #theatreworkshop #actortraining #chekhovtraining

So excited to be leading the first Chekhov acting workshop at 24 Hope Street, this Wednesday and Thursday. benphillipstheatre.com/coaching/ There's still a few places available, if you're interested email me at benphillips012@gmail.com to book a place @24HopeStreet @TmesisTheatre

@jazaminsinclair @LampScientists @LukeMooreMusic @moxie_uk @jazaminsinclair well friggin done on getting your music out there. It sounds great xx

‘Goodbye’ - my debut single - will be released on all platforms on 08.11.23 Vocals & Guitar - Jazamin Backing Vocals - @LampScientists Cello - @LukeMooreMusic Recording, Mixing & Production - Emilio Pinchi jazamin.co.uk/music #music #musicrelease #debutsingle #liverpool

V. excited to be giving a series of 2 day Michael Chekhov acting workshops at 24 Hope Street, L1 9BX. ( dates below). The cost will be £100 per two day workshop. If interested email me at benphillips012@gmail.com to reserve your places to one or all of the workshops. #theatre

@LexiePenhaligon Well done Lexie

@conordonovan_ Well done Conor

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee we did it !!

After 2 weeks of rehearsals we’ve moved into the gorgeous royal court. Bring on the Greasy Spoon chaos. @RoyalCourtLiv

@TaP_Third_Years @The_Lowry @ArdenSchool Amazing to work with these students on the festival. Anyone interested in the future of contemporary theatre should get themselves to @The_Lowry this Friday and Saturday, there’s some great work on offer

Tickets for the UnTaPped Festival 2023 are now LIVE!! click the link in our bio to purchase yours now 🎟️ we are so excited and hope to see you all there. More exciting news coming tomorrow…

If David Beckham is an ally of the LGBTQ+ community and doing public relations for a regime that imprisons its LGBT citizens and submits them to forced conversion therapy , imagine what he’d do if he really didn’t like the LGBTQ+ community…. #DavidBeckham

Phil technician supreme is ready to kick ass! The Long Way Home comes home to Liverpool

Wo hey 3 days to go till Performing The Long Way Home in Liverpool. If you’re planning on coming please get your tickets beforehand ticketquarter.co.uk/Online/default…. #theatre #physicaltheatre

Still tickets left for Thursday’s Liverpool show. Which is now at the cornerstone theatre at Hope University. Snap those tickets up while you can! ticketquarter.co.uk/Online/default…