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The #DepartureLounge2025 Digital Brochure is here! Explore the full line-up for this year’s bold and brilliant festival — packed with thrilling performances, interactive experiences, panel events, and much, much more. Dive in, plan your visit, and get ready to PLAY: 🔗 — isu.pub/0Pfz03f From experimental theatre to powerful conversations, this summer is all about creativity without limits.

@DennyTWright @TiceRichard There was literally a huge outdoor festival at the weekend sofestival.org

In Skegness over weekend businesses raging over Labour NIC increases Jobs carnage, hotels quiet, people not spending Labour are bankrupting Britain….

Get ready to PLAY! This summer, #DepartureLounge2025 returns for its 13th thrilling year — and it’s bolder, braver, and bursting with creativity. Join #InGoodCompany & #DerbyTheatre for two unforgettable days of fresh, boundary-breaking performance, daring new theatre, and conversations that challenge and inspire. 📅 Thu 10 – Fri 11 July 2025 🎟 Find out more + book now: bit.ly/43vzEvK Whether you’re a performer, maker, or theatre-lover — this is your invitation to connect, create, and celebrate live performance at its boldest. #FringeFestival #DerbyEvents #TheatreFestival #IGC2025 #LivePerformance #DepartureLounge

We are delighted to announce our 2025-26 New Associates: Stevie Cairns, @leahchillery, Tom Heath, @daljinderjohal, @mcgee_annis, @ameliarebeccaxo, @sneyarajani, Anna Sharpe-Jones, Ioney Smallhorne, Noor Sobka, Ione Vaughan, @benweatherill, @CJwilkies   bit.ly/4myhRMX

@Keir_Starmer Sick of labour fighting this invisible wave of "immigrants" to what end? Go after the billionaires and super corporations not paying tax, stop attacking vulnerable people! Houses costs the highest they've ever done, foods expensive, no stable jobs sort that out mate

If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense. So we’re raising English language requirements across every main immigration route.

Every news article that keeps highlighting reforms "MAJOR WIN" is conveniently not pointing out that it's literally just Tory voters shifting to another party. Making it seem like this huge wave of win when it's still conservative just in a different voice.

@PolitlcsUK Literally not though as the recent council votes had one of the lowest turn outs? Diabolically low from young voters. Every right wing shift prediction lovingly comes from a polling of only like 2k people

🚨 NEW: Reform UK would be the largest party if a General Election were held tomorrow based on the swing from last summer to the BBC's projected national vote share Out of 543 constituencies in England, the results would be: ➡️ REF: 213 seats 🔴 LAB: 126 seats 🔵 CON: 113 seats 🟠 LIB: 72 seats ⚪️ IND: 14 seats 🟢 GRE: 5 seats 👇 See the map politicsuk.com/mapped-reform-…

@Keir_Starmer Can you make rent not cost over half of my paycheck, and figure out why nipping to the shops costs almost double than it did five years ago? That'd be really nice but no, please do buy a fleet of drones instead, cheers good one

This is a message to the fly-tippers blighting our towns and villages: For too long, your actions have gone unpunished. That ends now. We'll use drones and new tech to identify your vehicle. Then we'll crush it.

Sure they think it's a win to get a "definition" but practically, how do you know? Without making women have to prove themselves again and again. Masculine cis women, or women who don't fit the ideals of womanhood are about to see an uptick in discrimination

To claim a space can only be used by biological women infers the demand to show your genitals to gain entry (and even to cut you open and view your insides I suppose)

Calling all artists & creative facilitators! 🎨✨ Join us TOMORROW at #DerbyTheatre for an informal networking event! Meet our Learning Team, explore collaboration opportunities, and connect with fellow creatives. 📍 Venue: Derby Theatre, Community Hub 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM ☕ Tea & Coffee Provided! Sign up for a 10-minute chat with project leads & discover how your skills can align with our exciting initiatives. Book your slot & bring your CV/portfolio! - bit.ly/4iQ6ZHX We can’t wait to meet you! 👋

Been years of going into your stores and always being misled by bad labels and lack of stock. I have zero issue in other charity shops or thrift stores, it just kind of seems you don't like sizes above 10.

Seeing that your store stands behind calling anything size 10 a large is maddening!

@WhiteRoseShop why, every time I go into one of your shops the sizing is awful? I went in today and at least three XLs were actually size eights? There are barley any large sizes, and I know they're being donated. The damage you must be doing to young girls who see these sizing

I've literally never nor know anyone who has been polled by YouGov. Also why are they polling during a non election year? What are we all voting on 'vibes' and tweets? It's so fishy that Reform are getting this big push in the media

@justsophiejane You can hire me(free) to come round and scrap dressed as a Victorian henchman

Question is : can you do a late payment fee for a late payment fee 🤣

The Departure Lounge Call Out is open! We're looking for fresh, exciting work that explores this year's theme of Play. Head to our website to find out more and how to submit your work 🔗ingoodcompany.uk/news/departure…

@MrsJayneW I really loved how standing on sky's edge did time, with same set but different actors wearing very distinct clothing from time periods. I think I always love when one scene ends and the other begins underneath it, like we see the ghosts of previous years (if possible)

Theatre Twitter...if you're still here. What works well (and what doesn't work well) with plays that go back and forth in time? Not looking for specific plays necessarily if you don't want to name them, more thoughts on pros and cons of time shifts.

Nothing confirms the greed of TV executives that a show like squid games can run alongside a real life version of the games. The show is literally about the hell of debt and poverty and yet they make a show doing the exact thing squid games stands against

This is about the couple say next to me who are kissing so loud I can hear it and they should be shot

I think if you're publically necking it on an empty train sat opposite me you should be shot