Amy Cudden

Actor, East London, in the wilds of parenthood. Currently touring in After Miss Julie, Theatre Royal Bath Productions.

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

Here's a piece of literature by me, suitable for seventeen-year-olds in Alberta schools, unlike -- we are told -- The Handmaid's Tale. (Sorry, kids; your Minister of Education thinks you are stupid babies.)

John and Mary were both very, very good children. They never picked their noses or had bowel movements or zits. They grew up and married each other, and produced five perfect children without ever having sex. Although they claimed to be Christian, they paid no attention to what Jesus actually said about the poor and the Good Samaritan and forgiving your enemies and such; instead, they practised selfish rapacious capitalism, because they worshipped Ayn Rand. (Though they ignored the scene in The Fountainhead where “welcomed rape” is advocated, because who wants to dwell, and also that would have involved sex and would de facto be pornographic. Well, it kind of is, eh?) Oh, and they never died, because who wants to dwell on, you know, death and corpses and yuk? So they lived happily ever after. But while they were doing that The Handmaid’s Tale came true and Danielle Smith found herself with a nice new blue dress but no job. The end.

[Dr. Frank Leon Roberts @DrFrankRoberts]

“The point is to get your work done, and your work is to change the world.”
-James Baldwin

[OffWestEnd | The Offies @OffWestEndCom]

#Offies #NewNoms for “Cinderella” at the Theatre Royal Stratford East @stratfordeast: SUPPORTING PERF IN A MUSICAL Kathryn Bond @KathrynBond – congratulations! 🎉 Congratulate them by adding a comment on our website:

#Offies #NewNoms for “Cinderella” at… https://t.co/HnxOU6C2QA

[Amy Cudden @AmyCudden]

Hi followers. The NHS is short of beds while private hospitals charge for them. I've just signed an urgent petition to get all private hospitals to make those beds free. It could really make the difference during this pandemic -- add your name now: https://t.co/ESbdPiTz4X

[Sally McManus @sallymcmanus]

Neoliberalism dictates we keep giving our wealth to people who don’t need it and already have too much

[NSTheatres @NSTheatres]

Yes @pipsnix! Our #LydiaBewley, one of our #WomeninPower has her 4 mth baby in rehearsals as she needs, support finding family friendly digs, sole use of dressing room to create a nursery and help finding babysitter for shows. Because this should be the bare minimum. #workingmum

[Amy Cudden @AmyCudden]

@AnneliePowell BwahahahaHAAA!

[Culture Calling @CultureCalling]

Witness Anne Boleyn’s final moments with Michael Fentiman’s The Last Days of Anne Boleyn. #BoleynIsBack https://t.co/oshoziJXyH

[Jacqui Lee @Jacqui7flower]

The Tower of London has the excellent play #BoleynIsBack --a must watch sitting in the sun-- thinking wow this happened and you are now watching in the same spot. Powerful --xooxoxxo

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Let’s get this straight, the Tories have just sneaked out a consultation to cut a whopping 17 operations from the NHS & that’s just the start! We’re witnessing the beginning of the end of comprehensive state healthcare. Let’s make sure everyone knows the TRUTH! RT!

[Billy Bragg @billybragg]

Some perspective on the threat that Americans face from Muslims in the US. Maybe Trump should ban something else?

[Marcus Chown @marcuschown]

Is anyone still deluding themselves Trump won't be as bad as feared? They said it about Hitler. Trump must be opposed in every way possible

[Amy Cudden @AmyCudden]

Please sign & RT this petition, it means a lot to me: https://t.co/KGdQzYMJnl via @38_degrees

[Gideon Resnick @GideonResnick]

This cuts to the heart of why that video is so utterly awful. It's the best representation of who he is. https://t.co/DXU9rSlWAf

[Yvonne Morley @monmorley]

John McCain retracts Trump support after 'sexual assault boasts' https://t.co/KOrf6q2YjV via @BBCNews

[Marcus Chown @marcuschown]

Pound within whisker of beating Argentinian peso to be worst performing global currency of 2016. Don't you just love "taking back control"?

[Otto English @Otto_English]

If you create an atmosphere of hatred, hate crimes will inevitably follow. #TheSun #Harlow

[AstonishingSod @AstonishingSod]

Can anyone make sense of this?