What do Ruk Da Rapper Abi Zakarian Աբի Զաքարյան nicola werenowska Ryan Leder Nathan sarah joy middleton Siddons all have in common? Oh yeah they’ve been commissioned by Derby Theatre in the last year. Just because it’s not happening in London doesn’t mean it’s not happening….

Huge thank you to all the brilliant actors we met today for Abi Zakarian Աբի Զաքարյան #Welfare Exciting to hear it off the page. More to see end of the week. Actors are remarkable- thank you. Great to spend time with Laura Ryder as our fab assistant director and of course Stuart Allen

Lots of thoughts on all of this; like so many other playwrights who don't automatically get offers or the option to 'turn to TV'. What I will say is that Sarah Brigham & Derby Theatre have been nothing but hugely supportive & committed to new writing. ps. come see my play ❤️

Hello The Stage Pls come and see new play by Abi Zakarian Աբի Զաքարյան on our main stage. Last season we had a new play by Ruk Da Rapper which you missed and one by Nathan which you also missed. Regional theatre is supporting new writing when we can. Pls support us when we do.

Queen Sinope, Ruler of Armenia, from the Amberley Panels, ‘Heroines of Antiquity’, Lambert Barnard 1526

Meanwhile
120k+ Armenians endure a conflict littered with war crimes.
120k+ Armenians illegally blockaded for 10 months. 120k+ Armenians ethnically cleansed.

Don't talk to me of silence.

Winter looms for Nagorno-Karabakh’s (already forgotten) refugees: thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2…

Just putting it out there that 2 of the most talented, professional & absolutely lovely actors I've *ever* been lucky enough to work with are Lilly Driscoll & Jessie Bedrossian. Both unique & both flying flags for sorely underrepresented communities. Hire them for all the things.💥

Sometimes absolutely the most deserving person gets the thing they absolutely deserve. A DYCP for the brilliant, fearless & tireless Lilly Driscoll is exactly this. Abris! ❤️💥

A month ago 120k Armenians were ethnically cleansed from their homes in Artsakh. For 10 months they were illegally blockaded & deprived of basic supplies for living. 3 years ago thousands were killed during a war none of you know about. No one cared then. Maybe you can care now.

Really thrilled that my play Worthy Women has made the The Women’s Prize for Playwriting longlist this year. x

From a rainy Deptford mud lark. Clay pipes from 15th to 19th c. Lots of 19th c. willow pattern pieces & interesting makers mark shards. Plus a few Tudor pins & three 18th c. boat tacks; 1 with elusive ‘broad arrow’ stamp given to 3 in every 100 tack bags to deter theft of them.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! for Burnt at The Stake Shakespeare’s Globe - a lovely and thoughtful review from Mia Hassan

Armenian genocide. Find out more.

Numerous bodies, including civilians, have been transported from Artsakh to Armenia, showing signs of torture and injuries. Among them, there are children and women, as reported by the Human Rights Ombudsperson of Armenia Anahit Manasyan in a conversation with journalists.

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Please find a few moments to read this. Global outrage, international support and the rush to give opinion falls so very very short of these lands and their people.

WE HEAR EVERYTHING by @___SAMO
Directed by Kathleen O'Dougherty
Performed by Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo
Mia takes a swim in a nearby river. As she drags her body onto the riverbank,she hauls out a conspiracy, questions for her family & something that shouldn't still be breathing.