Giles Croft

Please dear friends spread the word far and wide for 18-22 year old singers to come and try and become a Luxon Amit Singing Bursary recipient 25/26 April this year..

How prolific is my friend the writer Jane Upton. She is fire at the moment with another play opening soon. nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/events/scenes-… * come to think about it, I used to live in Long Eaton, so maybe, surely not, whew, the play is about people young in 1987, I was old by then

MIA - originally co- produced by Nottingham Playhouse and the Thalia Theater in Hamburg has just started a school’s tour with TheaterInKempten. Toi! Toi! Toi!

This is great 😂😂 🎥 : Credit to the Owner

Calling all playwrights! Our friends at @sohotheatre are now accepting submissions to the Verity Bargate Award! The award returns with its biggest prize yet supported by @CharacterSeven. 📝✍️🎯Apply by: 13th April, 11am sohotheatre.com/project/verity…

Merry Christmas to one and all xxx

We are looking for a Technical Operations Manager to join our team! See more information on the role and how to apply here: omnibus-clapham.org/get-involved/j… #artsjobs

Always loved Cher That now just moved up a level 🤣🤣

UPDATE: The hero of Bondi has been named. He is Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 year old fruit shop owner who grabbed the gun off one of the terrorists, he was subsequently shot in the leg and shoulder by another terrorist. Praying that his surgery goes well. He is currently in hospital.

I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you’re dead. — Tom Stoppard

@GylesB1 @CrazyCoqs Lovely to have you and Michèle with me! Sxx

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Next London outing for me: Sunday 2nd November 5pm.Stefan Bednarczyk: BEFORE I FORGET…… | Crazy Coqs | Zédel, Soho A pre- 65th birthday reminiscence… please join me ! brasseriezedel.com/events/stefan-…

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻 In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year. Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it. ***** "I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude. My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found. At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me. At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul. At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being. At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible. Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever. I’m writing this to tell you something simple: Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again. Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS. You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless. You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours. With love and gentleness, Patricia Routledge ***** Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

@NottmPlayhouse with Channeling Jabez on the 10th & 11th October. See you there

We are looking for a Learning & Participation Facilitator and a Box Office Assistant to join our team! See more information on the role and how to apply here: omnibus-clapham.org/get-involved/j… #artsjobs

@NottmPlayhouse Channeling Jabez is coming to you soon.

What unutterable rubbish. Clearly someone who spends no time in London or the UK. Dear oh dear.

@AmyTrigg How lovely. Congratulations x

Mr and Mrs Benjamin 🧡🩷 20.09.25