Geoff Barton

Saw this tonight courtesy of @RealGeoffBarton Absolutely superb. Powerful, moving story, magnificently staged, with wonderful singing, dancing, acting & puppetry. KS3 students would love it (and their teachers)!

A brilliant evening last night with fellow educationalists at the magical retelling of #TheBoyWhoHarnessedTheWind @sohoplacelondon. Hilarious, moving, occasionally heartbreaking, it’s an amazing story of human endeavour. Honoured to meet @wkamkwamba and @bryanmealer in person.

Helpful and timely: “New report by @ucl researchers links participating in arts and culture to longer, healthier lives” sbbresearch.org/new-report-by-…

Yeah democracy, says Molly B #dogsatpollingstations

Impressive initiative to be chaired by @Peterhyman21 and a stellar group of commissioners … menandboys.org.uk/boys-education…

A gem:

Lovely anecdote about language change in @davcr's new book, 'William Tyndale and the English Language'

Just finished this astonishingly poignant book by Greg Doran, a heartbreaking tribute to the late great actor (and Greg’s long-standing partner) Antony Sher. #BartonBookshelf

Love this. How political leadership needs to focus on the long-term …

An era ends … theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

'Palin on Plays': 76 years ago today, the person who subsequently trained me to teach, Bryan Palin, saw his first Shakespeare play. I talked to him today about his @TheRSC '80s memories and presented him with a memento: soundcloud.com/user-605501880…

Extraordinary ...

The power of the arts to create a sense of belonging: a brilliant, analytical, and uplifting speech at @TheStage's Future of Theatre conference, by the RSC's executive director @andrewleveson and co-artistic directors @tamaracharvey & @DanielGwynEvans: rsc.org.uk/news/future-of…

I'm delighted that @Jeremy_Miles has been appointed to this role - principled, pragmatic and rooted in a moral purpose to improve the life-chances of children & young people: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/news/jeremy-mi…

@johnsweeneyroar @Nigel_Farage @Markgatiss @RSC And long may that gasp continue, John ...

Researching my book on @Nigel_Farage, I went to see @Markgatiss in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the @RSC Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon on Wednesday night. After the final line: "The bitch that bore this bastard is in heat again" the audience gasped. An echo from history, and an utterly chilling one at that.

Wow. In these troubled times, the physical and artistic achievements of human beings have never felt more important …

@vicgoddard Quite. Frustrating, Vic, it still has to be explained.

What isn’t being understood from the ‘well that’ll solve the funding issue if there are less children’ folk is that unless you have whole class reductions you still need the same number of teachers. If a 2 form has 45 children it costs the same as having 60 but income ⬇️

The view from here: proud to be part of @TheRSC team at today’s wonderful Shakespeare birthday cake-cutting ceremony and the subsequent town parade. A pleasure to connect with friends old and new

On this weekend of Shakespeare’s birthday, a privilege at tonight’s @TheRSC dinner to celebrate the achievements of former headteacher / youth theatre guru @leighwol with two of his students; and to connect again with that brilliant alumnus of @HuntingtonYork: @Paul_Edmondson

It is both the birthday and deathday of William Shakespeare today, so give yourself a real treat and watch the magnificent Judi Dench recite his Sonnet 29 🤌🏼✨️