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@bushtheatre @LynetteLinton @DanielLBailey Big news! Amazing what you've achieved and will continue to. Best of luck in next chapter! 🌱💚

@LucyADavies Wonderful news! Congratulations Lucy

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Applications for the BBC Writers Open Call opportunity will open from 12 noon on Tuesday 5th November 2024 until 12 noon on Tuesday 3rd December 2024. Time to get polishing those scripts!   You can find the terms and conditions of entry on our website, and make sure to have a read through before applying. Best of luck writers🤞   #TVWriters #TVWriting #Screenwriting #NewWriting #Scripts #TVDrama #WritingOpportunity

Can you help guide the vision of #LibertyLDN festival? Needed: people with experience and knowledge of commissioning D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent-led arts and culture to steer the future of this joyful, radically inclusive festival. Apply now👇🏽 london.gov.uk/programmes-str…

This week's PBS e-newsletter celebrates Odubanjo Gboyega's debut collection ADAM which published posthumously this week, and his powerful legacy. mailchi.mp/poetrybooksoci…

Wanna find out more? Come along to an online Q&A or Taster Session - more info below 👇 sohotheatre.com/project/writer…

ANNOUNCEMENT KLAXON - Writer's Lab applications are open 📣 Our 9 month programme will take you from an idea to a finished piece, giving you all the tools and confidence you need to write Hit the link below to find out more or join a taster session✏️ sohotheatre.com/project/writer…

📢 @focitupcomedy are hosting a meet-up THIS Sunday June 9th, 2-5pm at @sohotheatre bar! It's for POC in the comedy industry (both performers and non-performers!) who are not cis men. Entry is FREE but you must RSVP. More details and tickets here👇🏼 tickettailor.com/events/focitup…

Next week on 23 May we're hosting a Q&A all about the Serious Business of Comedy & Cabaret with the amazing @Glamrou @sikisacomedy, Jet Vevers & @studlygriff If you wanna 👉become a producer/writer 👉build an hour but don't know how, this is for you 👇 #performances" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sohotheatre.com/events/the-ser…

@thenitinsawhney 🙏🏽🌈

Just to let you all know… I had my third and final heart operation today and it went very well :) I’m tired but feeling good… 7 weeks since my heart attack and it’s been a little journey… Because of wonderful care and the hard work of some great doctors and nurses, I was able to tour and after a little rest I’ll be back to my old self. Cheers (Don’t have a heart attack by the way. Not fun. Especially if you black out and collapse onto a glass ornament that shatters in your face… ) 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💫

Come and join us! Some gawgeous jobs @sohotheatre 😍 inc Creative Learning Producer. It's a JOY working with such a bunch of talented artists, freelancers and team GET APPLYING! 👇🏽

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Last week our Creative Associate & Waltham Forest resident @Alessandro_Babs was at @leytonorientfc , chatting with young people about performing & what it’s like to work at Soho Theatre. We look forward to seeing you at Soho Theatre Walthamstow! Huge thanks for having us.

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@thenitinsawhney So pleased first ops have gone well Niten. All the best for the next 🌱🙏🏽. Love the plugs!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT :) After much reflection, I’ve decided to explain myself regarding the post below… A few days ago, out of nowhere, I had a heart attack. Nuts… I was rushed to hospital and the NHS put a stent in one of the arteries leading to my heart, after which I was kept in to await a similar operation (which I was referring to in my quoted post) on another artery. Both ops have gone well and the NHS were fantastic. I will need a third, bigger operation next month but one day at a time I reckon… I weight train 3-4 times a week, regularly kick-box, eat healthily and had no history of heart disease. When I spoke to the doctor, he said it was probably a genetic predisposition… Basically, as a British Asian I have a significantly higher likelihood of cardiovascular disease or heart attacks. My dad had a triple heart bypass, my mum has had two attacks and three of my uncles had heart attacks with one dying on the spot. It’s a terrifying feeling. Your chest feels like someone is sitting on your chest holding a 200kg weight and your head feels like it’s spinning out of control as you struggle to remain conscious. In my case, I completely blacked out, falling onto a glass ornament from a standing position, smashing the coffee table with my face as I collapsed into a pool of blood and broken shards, penetrating both cheeks, my nose and the area just beneath my eyes. Later a plastic surgeon had to carefully remove pieces of glass from my face with tweezers after 4 injections to my face. I’m ok… and (quick plug) we’ll still be touring the UK in April (Glasgow, Birmingham, Brighton and London between the 7-11 aegpresents.co.uk/event/nitin-sa…). Obviously we had to defer playing @WOMADelaide until next year. We also have to defer my performance with @the_halle on May 4th to later in the year as that will be soon after my third heart operation. On a positive, I’m also proud to say I (plug 2) produced three tracks on the current U.K. number one album of @rodstewart and #joolsholland Ok. Self promotion over 😂 The point is there has been an alarming rise in fatalities from heart disease recently.. particularly amongst British Asians. So… if you are Asian or, to be honest, in any vulnerable group… get your heart health checked out. It could save your life. You might not see something like this coming… I didn’t. 🙏🏾

In case you needed some motivation to finish your play - the Verity Bargate Award is back ✏️ Submissions for our flagship new writing competition, sponsored by @CharacterSeven, open Thu 11 Apr (UK and Ireland) 🧵👇 sohotheatre.com/news/verity-ba… #VerityBargateAward #VBA

See you there! #WalthamForest #wfculture 🌱✏️

Great news . Caught early version in Croydon - bold, staggering , created with care - SO GOOD! Can't wait

🚨WE'RE HIRING: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT🚨 We've got a new & exciting entry-level opportunity to join our team, supporting the Executive Assistant & working with our Executive and Creative Heads Teams Sound like you? Apply below 👇 sohotheatre.com/job/administra… Deadline: 9am 19 Feb

Cracking start to #SohoRising this evening 🥳 We're in for a treat this fortnight! Don't miss out on these hotter than hot cakes tix sohotheatre.com/soho-rising-20…