nicola mccartney

she/ her. Playwright, director, dramaturg. Reader in Writing for Performance at University of Edinburgh. Follower of Jesus - it's the love of ALL people thing.

[nicola mccartney @nmccplaywright]

My provocation for this year's Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.
https://t.co/5R1vLT5ala

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Nigel Farage, "We have to address issues like uncontrolled mass immigration, division of our communities"

Tom Swarbrick, "I don't know what any of that has got to do with Southport"

NF, "I'm looking for a long term solution"

TS, "I don't know what any of that has got to do with Southport"

NF, "Don't you?"

TS, "No"

NF, "You know what?"

TS, "The man charged was born in Cardiff"

NF, "Do you know what, you want to get out more"

TS, "Thank you"

NF, "You want to get out more"

TS, "The man charged was born in Cardiff"

NF, "Why didn't they tell people that? Maybe the riots would not have been that bad"

TS, "You jumped to conclusions"

NF, "They did not tell people"

TS, "You came to conclusions based on looking at Andrew Tate's twitter feed of what happened"

NF, "They did not tell people before those riots sparked, who he was and where they came from. If they had done that this would have been far less serious"

TS, "You could have said in those circumstances: we dont know yet who this person is so lets not jump to conclusions, let's wait and see and condemn how awful the attack was"

NF, "Or I could have said tell us the truth and maybe this will calm down, which is what I did"

[Fishamble: The New Play Company @Fishamble]

The #NotBeckett festival website is now live! 🙌

Visit to find out about the international theatre festival, writers @JBarclayWriter @olwenfouere @FELISPEAKS @nmccplaywright @hannykha & our other partner organisations https://t.co/2febQuNTGr

[nicola mccartney @nmccplaywright]

Now is the time to leave this platform as @elonmusk shows he's perfectly willing to stoke the flames of racism and the violence which flows from it for profit. An enabler. I

[Arts Council England @ace_national]

NEW: Our Chair Sir Nick Serota writes in today’s Observer -
“I want to propose a set of missions for the future of the arts: five areas in which I believe the cultural sector could collaborate with government to achieve genuine renewal” #LetsCreate

https://t.co/LChdYv7OSY

[Matt Haig @matthaig1]

The Green Party have as many seats as Reform so let's hope they get the same coverage as Farage going forward.

[Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm]

Watch this it’s fascinating - I asked James Timpson what he’d do about prisons and sentencing if he was in charge. He believes only a third of prisoners in jail should definitely be there. He’s now in charge of prisons (but not sentencing).

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Four new MPS for Greens inc my new MP Carla Denyer in Bristol Central

She told me a yr ago, over a coffee round the corner, that she was going to stand 💚

All of our 14 councillors in the constituency are @TheGreenParty

They’ve built rapidly in Bristol

You give me hope🙏🏼

[Mhairi Black 🏳️‍🌈 @MhairiBlack]

With the Greens now having the same number of seats as Reform, the UK media should provide them the same platform and level of coverage as Farage’s ilk. Will it happen though? #GE24

[Sophie Jacome @sophthegreat]

Best night of the year ✨ love love love all the great new writing happening at pre view this eve @Pwrightsstudio @EdinburghUni @nmccplaywright

[Armando Iannucci @Aiannucci]

Full disclosure: I got my facts wrong in this clip when I say business fraud is ten times higher than benefit fraud. It’s actually 30 times higher!

[BBC Writers @bbcwritersroom]

‘Don’t get in your own way’ - Tony Schumacher gives his top tip for new writers looking to write their next script in this week’s midweek inspiration from our Be Inspired archive ✏️

Watch the full interview with Tony Schumacher on the Be Inspired section of our website, where he talks about writing The Responder, gives advice on networking, and talks about self-confidence as a writer. 📖

#BBCWriters #NewWriting #Screenwriting #MidweekInspiration #TheResponder #WritingInspiration

[The Writers' Guild @TheWritersGuild]

Our manifesto ‘Putting writers at the heart of the story’ calls on whoever forms the next Government to nurture, protect + support UK #writers by taking action around fair pay, fair treatment, a sustainable sector, copyright + AI

Find out more:

https://t.co/YFtkN53F2o

[The Stage @TheStage]

. @FuelTheatre co-founder @1KateMcGrath has warned that making work has become "incomparably harder" compared with 20 years ago, as the independent producing house launches a season to celebrate two decades in existence

Read more below 👇
https://t.co/x49TTis9yi

[Trumpton @Trump_ton]

If only my parents had cancelled Sky TV - they too could have afforded the £3030 per month Winchester College fees ...

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Rishi Sunak’s idea of sacrifice: not having Sky TV.

One of the pillars of inequality is the privileged refusing to understand how privileged they are.

This self-pity of the rich underpins the Conservative project

[David @Zero_4]

“Don’t talk to me about sacrifice. I went without Sky TV”

#bbcbreakfast #kayburley #Tonight

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

“Sky TV? Luxury! When I were a lad, five of us were all crammed into nowt but a 6-bedroom 'ouse. No workin'-class friends, and we 'ad to pay t'public school nigh on £25,000 every yeer, for t'elite private education. Aye, I 'ad it rough! And if you tell t'electorate that today, they won't believe you!”

[nicola mccartney @nmccplaywright]

Delighted to be part of this.

[Jermyn Street Theatre @JSTheatre]

Not Beckett | Thurs 17 Oct, 3.00pm
Inspired by Beckett, 5 newly commissioned plays premiere as part of an international rolling premiere to create a new canon, challenging and expanding ideas of Irishness. ☘️
🎟 https://t.co/GQfsXOvho1
📷 François-Marie Banier

[Anton Muscatelli @AntonMuscatelli]

These costings of £2,000 in tax are nonsense. When political advisers ask civil servants for selective info it doesn’t yield ‘independent analysis’. As a former senior Treasury official said, what you get is “garbage in, garbage out”. We need better debate on tax and spending.