Sarah Murray

General Manager & Producer at The Orange Tree Theatre 🍊🌳she/her

[The Stage @TheStage]

Congratulations to our second brilliant winner of the Theatre of the Year Award sponsored by @HarlequinFloors — @OrangeTreeThtr ⭐

#TheStageAwards are presented in association with Tysers Live

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

Ah!

[The Stage @TheStage]

Introducing this year's Theatre of the Year shortlist, sponsored by @HarlequinFloors:

⭐ @sohoplacelondon
⭐ @CurveLeicester
⭐ @NottmPlayhouse
⭐ @OrangeTreeThtr
⭐ Regent's Park @OpenAirTheatre
⭐ @ShermanTheatre

Read more about these outstanding theatres here: https://t.co/A4GPv5aUlz

#TheStageAwards

[The Stage @TheStage]

Introducing this year's Theatre of the Year shortlist, sponsored by @HarlequinFloors:

⭐ @sohoplacelondon
⭐ @CurveLeicester
⭐ @NottmPlayhouse
⭐ @OrangeTreeThtr
⭐ Regent's Park @OpenAirTheatre
⭐ @ShermanTheatre

Read more about these outstanding theatres here: https://t.co/A4GPv5aUlz

#TheStageAwards

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://t.co/82Le9wvLkx 🙌🏽

[Sarah Griffiths @Sarah_Tippett_]

Twelfth Night @OrangeTreeThtr is utterly utterly brilliant. Phenomenal performances from all involved. Simply a perfect night at the theatre. Huge congratulations to all involved.🍊 🌳 ❤️

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

@cosRobPerkins @NationalTheatre I smiled when I saw your name in the program. It’s a truly special show xx

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

Ballet Shoes @NationalTheatre is the best show I have seen for decades. It’s everything I wanted it to be (and expectations were high, nay huge). Massive congratulations to the cast, creative team & crew - instant hit 🩰 will definitely be booking again. Perfect theatre magic ✨

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

When I say ace I mean as in: this is an ace job... not Arts Council England.

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

Yes, I am still on this god forsaken platform but also on the blue sky thing as well with the same username. BUT for now we have this ACE and rare job going - if you want to have a chat on the phone about it let me know:
https://t.co/nQRuMAJQH8 deadline Friday 💥💥

[flora wilson brown @flora_wb]

a madness but unbelievably delighted that my play ‘The Beautiful Future Is Coming’ is heading to @BristolOldVic next year, directed by the incredible Nancy Medina @isthedirector

Bricking it but please come I think it will be beautiful(!)

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

@flora_wb @BristolOldVic @isthedirector Flora this is absolutely wonderful news. Massive Congratulations 🩷

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

I have just been on this one day intensive producing course & I would encourage anyone who wants to learn more about producing to do it. @ChescMood was so patient, detailed and informed. https://t.co/RkOoe5aqLp book it as a treat to yourself and your professional development ✨

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

I would rarely comment on religious ‘stuff’ as I so feel so disconnected from it but this analysis is bang on. It’s wrong that he has had to resign this. Other forces have been at work for this resignation to have happened.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Nothing I have seen or heard about the Smyth case has changed my view that @JustinWelby is a good man with a good heart, strong values and a commitment to public service. He was assured the police and other authorities were properly on the case. Yes, as he admits, he could have been more curious and checked in with exactly what was being done. He has apologised and I think many reasonable people will accept that. However he has chosen what all too few public figures do these days which is accept institutional responsibility. Ps for some reason I am getting calls from journalists who have been told I am handling his PR. I am not. I suspect that is being put around by those ultra conservative forces who have long wanted him gone, and who are aware that I see him from time to time.

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

We're thrilled to announce the full casting for Howard Brenton's CHURCHILL IN MOSCOW. This new historical thriller explores the meetings between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin in 1942.

3 Feb - 8 Mar
Book here: https://t.co/nZfsjDihSE

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

The worst news - he has won

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

And that, as they say, is the ballgame. Donald Trump is now - de facto - the 47th president of the United States

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

@Scaramucci is TOTALLY right Trump is a fascist - the arguments against this is unbelievable. Like what more does he need to do??? The guy is a fascist

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

IMPORTANT PLS SHARE. It's rumoured the English £9,250 tuition fee cap may be raised this pm for the 1st time in 8yrs, as University's finances are strained. As student finance misunderstandings abound, I've bashed out a few notes to help...

1. Higher tuition fees WON'T change what most pay each year. For most, they're paid for you by the student loans company and you repay afterwards only if you earn over the threshold. The amount you repay each year (9% over the threshold) solely depends on what you earn not on what you borrow.

2. Increasing tuition fees will only see those who clear the loan in full over the 40yrs pay more. That is generally mid-high to higher earning university leavers only, so the cost of increasing them will generally be born by the more affluent. Most lower and middle earning university leavers will simply pay 9% extra tax above the threshold for 40yrs (and higher tuition fees won't change that)

3. The rise is tuition fees is likely to be trivial compared to the changes the last govt made for 2023 starters. 2023 starters had their repayment thresholds dropped to £25,000 (from £27,295/yr) and had the time they had to keep repaying for (unless cleared) extended to 40years from 30years.

So these higher annual repayments for longer, increased by over 50% the amount many graduates will eventually have to pay back for going to university. Yet they were almost stealth changes because people can't intuitively feel the seismic impact.

Changing tuition fees is a more obvious rise, but in reality has far less of an impact on the amount most will repay (though combined with the 2023 changes it does certainly up the cost).

4. The biggest practical problem for students isnt tution fees (even if raised) its the fact maintenace loans aren't big enough. English maintenance loans have not kept pace with inflation. I'd urge the govt to couple the tuition fee loans with bigger living loans - if not it is a real risk to social mobility, with those from the poorest backgrounds likely to be worse affected.

I could write more, but will stop here, hopefully this gives an idea the issues are less straightforward than many feel.

[Richmond Nub News @RichmondNubNews]

Guards at the Taj Review: Beauty is dying at the hands of conformity ✍️

@OrangeTreeThtr

READ MORE ⬇️
https://t.co/DwUKQfMOMf

[Orange Tree Theatre @OrangeTreeThtr]

Here's a taste of the "mini-marvel" and "treat to the soul" that is GUARDS AT THE TAJ. Don't miss this one.

🎟️at the link in our bio

#guardsatthetaj #rajivjoseph #theatre

[Sarah Murray @Coops23]

This will be me except tea 🥰

[Maximilian 🥰 @MaxMaaxMaaax]

I have friends asking me election night plans wanting to have a little party or go to a bar and I'm just here like "I will probably be in my apartment with MSNBC on the TV and multiple election websites on my laptop as I scroll Twitter on my phone and clutch a glass of whiskey trying to get through the night"