Luke Holbrook

Creative Producer & Dramaturg ⬥ Senior Producer @FuelTheatre ⬥ Producer @_disaster_plan ⬥ Trustee @tortoiseinanut

[Fuel @FuelTheatre]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Theatre Reviews North
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @northwestenduk
"Abdalla has created something tremendously
powerful." @mancunianmatters

Last chance to see @khalidabdalla in Nowhere @HOME_mcr
Final performances on 26 October.
🎫https://t.co/ek4MOCb0RA
📸 @helenmurraypix

[Muslim Arts & Culture Festival @MACFESTUK]

Today, the @MACFESTUK team was invited by @FuelTheatre to watch an amazing performance by @khalidabdalla he explored 9/11, 2011 Egyptian revolution, 7 Oct in Israel & Gaza we enjoyed the highstandard show "Nowhere"
@HOMe_mcr looking for more @QaisraShahraz

[Fuel @FuelTheatre]

Opening tomorrow @HOME_mcr, Nowhere brings you a powerful weaving of the personal and political.

On the 23rd Nowhere will be BSL interpreted.

📅 22-26 October
📍 @HOME_mcr, Manchester
🎟️ Tickets via https://t.co/9KE4DBcqrH
📸 @helenmurraypix

[BatterseaArtsCentre @battersea_arts]

Massive congratulations to @khalidabdalla and @FuelTheatre on their sell-out run of Nowhere this month! 🎉

If you missed this brilliant production in London, don't miss the chance to catch them at @HOME_mcr in Manchester later this month. 🕊️

[HOME @HOME_mcr]

"Radical and urgent - an audacious solo show that feels like more than theatre" The Guardian

We can't wait to welcome Nowhere, new play presented by @FuelTheatre, directed by Omar Elerian and written and performed by @khalidabdalla.

Tue 22 - Sat 26 Oct
🎟️https://t.co/XMvoYqjnJ6

[Khalid Abdalla @khalidabdalla]

I never imagined this. In fact that whole time, I imagined the exact opposite. We just have to keep going, all of us, carried by our hearts, however hard it is, in fact particularly when it’s hard.

The darkness of the world is our cue to find each other and insist on a future worth living for.

Thank you @FuelTheatre . Thank you @omar_elerian. Thank you @battersea_arts. Thank you to all my collaborators. And thank you to all the audiences who have been so far, and those I look forward to meeting during Nowhere’s journey ahead. Next stop @HOME_mcr

[All That Dazzles @ATDazzles]

Uncomfortable truths are met with strong, impassioned writing as @FuelTheatre's bold new play 'Nowhere' wows at @battersea_arts.
Read @BethBowden's ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review here: https://t.co/sNKEUnPAkd

[Luke Holbrook @LukeHolbrook1]

Congrats to the FLIP! team on a well deserved nomination @racheal_ofori, @emilyaboudetc and team @FuelTheatre

[UK Theatre @uk_theatre]

The nominees for Best Show for Children & Young People are:

Beauty And The Beast at Stephen Joseph Theatre

Flip! at Soho Upstairs at Soho Theatre

Starchitects Save Santa! at Midlands Arts Centre

#UKTAwards

[Luke Holbrook @LukeHolbrook1]

Lovely interview with Khalid Abdalla in the FT discussing Nowhere opening next week at @battersea_arts next week

[Fuel @FuelTheatre]

"I aim to spark a soulful, humane curiosity through vulnerability.” - @khalidabdalla spoke with JN Benjamin about Nowhere, his debut play on at @battersea_arts & @HOME_mcr in October. Check it out in the @FT https://t.co/Hg3RYsPw1Z

[The Stage @TheStage]

“Everyone has a right to participate in cultural life"

In this week’s Big Interview, @FuelTheatre’s @1KateMcGrath looks back at 20 years of the pioneering company and why pushing the boundaries of form and scale will always be at its heart👇 https://t.co/tey0P6ndm7

[Equity @EquityUK]

✂️Cut back fight back ✂️

Huge turnout from Equity members, arts campaigners & @ScottishTUC today at Holyrood.

We’re taking our message direct to politicians: Stop the cuts!

We WILL hold the Scottish Government to its promise to spend £100m on the arts over next 5 years.

[ScotSocPlaywrights @ssp_playwrights]

The creative unions rally at Holyrood will proceed tomorrow, 12:30.

While we are happy to hear @ScotGov say they will work to reinstate @CreativeScots Open Fund for Individuals, this is the third time the money has been promised this sitting of parliament. They must now deliver.

[Campaign for the Arts @_CFTA]

🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨

@scotgovculture reinstates £6.6m in investment for @creativescots, including £3m for the Open Fund.

Despite this, significant sums of funding pledged for 2024-5 remain cut or unconfirmed.

Scotland's cultural sector is still critically at risk.

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[Gareth Nicholls @gaznicholls]

I’d love as many folk as possible to apply for this. A £12k fellowship to write a brand new play with full dramaturgical support from @traversetheatre inc practical development, an office over looking the meadows & access to all the brilliant minds @IASH_Edinburgh. Check it out.

[TheatreinSchScot @tiss_scotland]

Meet the 24-25 Programme!
Ginger tells the tale of a misshapen gingerbread person, discarded & marked for the bin. Follow our biscuity hero as they inspire a picture-perfect kitchen to come alive in a cacophony of chaos.
Book for Nov 2024, Jan-Feb 2025.
https://t.co/Uelr6Bf8Bf

[Playwrights' Studio, Scotland @Pwrightsstudio]

Playwrights can be less visible than some creatives in our industry, but we should be clear: new plays spring from the minds of writers.

Join us on Tuesday 27th August/ Wednesday 28th August to organise, to share information, and to make the voice of playwrights heard.

[Campaign for the Arts @_CFTA]

On Wednesday we launched an emergency petition, urging the Scottish Government to keep their promises and deliver crucial support for the arts and culture.

Over 10,000 people have signed already! 🙌
Have you?

#DefendArtsAccess 👇
https://t.co/p7dIaoMWm8

[Equity @EquityUK]

📢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Urgent rally: Stop the cuts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📢

Join us to protest the new funding cuts announced by the Scottish Government!

When: 12.30pm, Thursday 5 September
Where: Outside the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood
What: Speeches, banners, chants!

All the info: https://t.co/u5sPgfB4hG

[ScotSocPlaywrights @ssp_playwrights]

Members: write to your MSPs about the closure of the Open Fund for Individuals. A template letter (thank you, @Lynda Radley) has been circulated, which you should feel free to use/adapt.

[Imaginate UK @ImaginateUK]

We've joined over 80 Scottish orgs in an open letter to express our grave concern over @scotgov failure to provide certainty over the £6.6m Grant in Aid budget for @CreativeScots, resulting in the abrupt closure of the Open Fund for Individuals. Letter👉🏽https://t.co/JZnOuk2NzN