Simon MacDonald
@simonmacdonald.bsky.social
Writer, performer, theatre-maker | often bleak; sometimes funny
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Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.
September 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.
@liveveryplay.bsky.social thanks to Tommo for his encouragement, generosity and advice today - much appreciated. Check them out - up to good things. X
September 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
@liveveryplay.bsky.social thanks to Tommo for his encouragement, generosity and advice today - much appreciated. Check them out - up to good things. X
Trump’s naming/renaming/shaming of things can be found and understood better in and through the prescient work of Brian Friel’s ‘Translations’
August 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Trump’s naming/renaming/shaming of things can be found and understood better in and through the prescient work of Brian Friel’s ‘Translations’
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July 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
@tottenhamhotspur.com any thoughts on how the season has gone? You seem to have been thinking about it for quite some time. Any conclusions? I’d be interested to hear. Sure some others would too. We’re here for you @tottenhamhotspur.com X
May 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
@tottenhamhotspur.com any thoughts on how the season has gone? You seem to have been thinking about it for quite some time. Any conclusions? I’d be interested to hear. Sure some others would too. We’re here for you @tottenhamhotspur.com X
Ooh, hold up…what’s this?
May 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Ooh, hold up…what’s this?
Ffs we’re doomed
May 19, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Ffs we’re doomed
@gregjenner.bsky.social Toni Kinsky: he’s a keeper #TKMAX
May 11, 2026 at 10:54 PM
@gregjenner.bsky.social Toni Kinsky: he’s a keeper #TKMAX
@gregjenner.bsky.social and here’s the full set - we move! Haha!
May 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
@gregjenner.bsky.social and here’s the full set - we move! Haha!
@gregjenner.bsky.social If you’re not a follower or fan of @noscoredraws.com , you’re welcome…haha! Enjoy MotD!
May 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
@gregjenner.bsky.social If you’re not a follower or fan of @noscoredraws.com , you’re welcome…haha! Enjoy MotD!
Considered this a seminal text when I wrote about fascism in 80s Tottenham in my play - The New Playground Near the Three Big Houses. Go see this if you can. X
🚨 Five days to go until our fiftieth anniversary reading of David Edgar's 'Destiny' at The Cockpit.
The iconic 1976 play shows us how fascism feeds on discontent – and explains why we still live under its long shadow.
Limited tickets left: thecockpit.org.uk/show/david_e...
The iconic 1976 play shows us how fascism feeds on discontent – and explains why we still live under its long shadow.
Limited tickets left: thecockpit.org.uk/show/david_e...
April 29, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Considered this a seminal text when I wrote about fascism in 80s Tottenham in my play - The New Playground Near the Three Big Houses. Go see this if you can. X
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Fifty years on, David Edgar’s vision about the far right is becoming our destiny
The extreme views of neo-Nazis in the playwright’s 1976 drama Destiny have since moved into the mainstream
Come to our reading of the play at the Cockpit Theatre 3 May
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
The extreme views of neo-Nazis in the playwright’s 1976 drama Destiny have since moved into the mainstream
Come to our reading of the play at the Cockpit Theatre 3 May
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Fifty years on, David Edgar’s vision about the far right ...
The extreme views of neo-Nazis in the playwright’s 1976 drama Destiny have since moved into the mainstream
observer.co.uk
April 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Fifty years on, David Edgar’s vision about the far right is becoming our destiny
The extreme views of neo-Nazis in the playwright’s 1976 drama Destiny have since moved into the mainstream
Come to our reading of the play at the Cockpit Theatre 3 May
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
The extreme views of neo-Nazis in the playwright’s 1976 drama Destiny have since moved into the mainstream
Come to our reading of the play at the Cockpit Theatre 3 May
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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David Edgar's 1976 play 'Destiny' – informed by the rise of Enoch Powell and the National Front – is alarmingly relevant today.
Join us for a special 50th anniversary reading at The Cockpit on May 3rd, followed by a discussion with the playwright
Tickets: www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/david_e...
Join us for a special 50th anniversary reading at The Cockpit on May 3rd, followed by a discussion with the playwright
Tickets: www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/david_e...
April 14, 2026 at 9:27 AM
David Edgar's 1976 play 'Destiny' – informed by the rise of Enoch Powell and the National Front – is alarmingly relevant today.
Join us for a special 50th anniversary reading at The Cockpit on May 3rd, followed by a discussion with the playwright
Tickets: www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/david_e...
Join us for a special 50th anniversary reading at The Cockpit on May 3rd, followed by a discussion with the playwright
Tickets: www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/david_e...
What De Zerbi’s comments about Mason Greenwood tell us about male violence | Chris Paouros - yes, this. Good words that neatly and clearly sum up the valid argument yet allow for reflection and change. Goodness knows we all need it.
April 10, 2026 at 11:15 PM
What De Zerbi’s comments about Mason Greenwood tell us about male violence | Chris Paouros - yes, this. Good words that neatly and clearly sum up the valid argument yet allow for reflection and change. Goodness knows we all need it.
Delighted with this coincidence…
March 21, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Delighted with this coincidence…
So did Nige actually say that he doesn’t listen to public opinion? Did he?
March 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
So did Nige actually say that he doesn’t listen to public opinion? Did he?
Have you listened yet? Let me know. X
March 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Have you listened yet? Let me know. X
Such an important watch
One of the most important films of the decade.
Tonight, Ch4. Don't miss it.
www.channel4.com/programmes/m...
Tonight, Ch4. Don't miss it.
www.channel4.com/programmes/m...
March 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Such an important watch
Then put either You Sexy Thing OR Every 1’s a Winner on straight after.
Report back here. Thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc. I’ll be here. Night, loves. X
Report back here. Thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc. I’ll be here. Night, loves. X
March 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Then put either You Sexy Thing OR Every 1’s a Winner on straight after.
Report back here. Thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc. I’ll be here. Night, loves. X
Report back here. Thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc. I’ll be here. Night, loves. X
I’m going to ask you now to go and listen to Armed Forces if you still have a copy. Or if you have never heard it before, go seek it out online. Have a listen. To as much as you want or, even better, the whole thing. Don’t stop until you’ve heard the whole thing. As intended. Side 1 then Side 2.
March 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I’m going to ask you now to go and listen to Armed Forces if you still have a copy. Or if you have never heard it before, go seek it out online. Have a listen. To as much as you want or, even better, the whole thing. Don’t stop until you’ve heard the whole thing. As intended. Side 1 then Side 2.
Edgy they were.
March 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Edgy they were.
Nah, me neither. But…
March 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Nah, me neither. But…