jugularmalloy

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[–] jugularmalloy 1 points 7 months ago

Some actors worth checking out some of whom don't get the opportunity to speak a lot about their craft:

Daniel Kuluuya

Letitia Wright

Joe Gilgun

Susan Wokoma

Gina McGee

Alison Brie

Paapa Esieedu

Ian Hart

Mark Rylance

[–] jugularmalloy 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I noticed a big disparity in the diversity of artists I like and the diversity of artists who actually get to speak a little more about their craft and share their knowledge.

Here are some my fave playwrights:

Jeremy O. Harris

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti

Ryan Calais Cameron

Conor McPherson

Jackie Sibblies Drury

David Ireland

Franca Rame

Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

Anne Washburn

Jasmine Lee Jones

Andrea Dunbar

Brian Friel

[–] jugularmalloy 1 points 7 months ago

Getting hold of plays and watching plays:

Abe Books for cheap second hand books

For Informational Purposes Only This Is A Website That Exists

You can watch any play in the National Theatre Archive by appointment for free at their building next to the Old Vic Theatre. Search their archive here

Every play that plays downstairs at the Royal Court in Sloane Square (London UK) has 8 standing tickets available for 10p. Just turn up and ask.

[–] jugularmalloy 1 points 7 months ago

lol that's great. I love it that threatening to eat him works just like that.

If you're a member of the London crew then we started sharing our writing on a private riseup pad instead because formatting here was a nightmare. The link for that is in the new Signal group.

If you're just an internet person then hello and thank you! I think we're gonna use this community to just share resources now and maybe have some open discussions about relevant topics. xx

[–] jugularmalloy 1 points 7 months ago

Heads up everyone, because formatting is a nightmare on here we've started sharing our writing on a riseup pad instead. The link is in the Signal group. xxx

[–] jugularmalloy 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've given up trying to sort out the formatting blip below. "he's a very mad man" can be replaced with "she's a very mad mam" if ya want.


JADED rummages through the pockets of his huge coat, before finding his VAPE PEN AND JUICE, amongst the various bits of rubbish and lint, is a small, portion-control-sized pot of jam.

SHERBOURNE: Why have you got a tiny pot of jam?

JADED: Oh… it’s er, it’s for the bees.

OFFALY: It’s for what?

JADED: It’s for the bees.

ARFUR: What bees?

JADED: Well exactly, you barely see them at all now, and when you do, they’re always struggling, and sometimes all they need is a little bit of sugar and they’re off on their way

Pause

SHERBOURNE: singing, quietly and slowly at first He’s a very mad man

OFFALY: He carries around a pot of jam

ARFUR: He told me that it’s for the bees

SHERBOURNE: But I saw him rub it on his knees!

OFFALY/ARFUR/SHERBOURNE: starting to dance around JADED
He’s a very mad man

					He carries around a pot of jam

					He told me that it’s for the bees 

					But I saw him rub it on his knees

					
					*dancing with increased fervour*
					He’s a very mad man		
					He carries around a pot of jam
					He told us that it’s for the bees 
					But we saw him rub it on his knees

OFFALY/ARFUR/SHERBOURNE: dancing with increased fervour still He’s a very mad man He carries around a pot of jam He told us that it’s for the bees But we saw him rub it on his knees

OFFALY/ARFUR/SHERBOURNE: dancing with increased fervour still HE’S A VERY MAD MAN HE CARRIES AROUND A POT OF JAM HE TOLD US THAT IT’S FOR THE BEES BUT WE SAW HIM RUB IT ON HIS KNEES

OFFALY/ARFUR/SHERBOURNE: dancing with increased fervour still HE’S A VERY MAD MAN HE CARRIES AROUND A POT OF JAM HE TOLD US THAT IT’S FOR THE BEES BUT WE SAW HIM RUB IT ON HIS KNEES

JADED: I’M A VERY MAD MAN! (pulls his trousers down) I CARRY AROUND A POT OF JAM I TOLD ‘EM THAT IT’S FOR THE BEES (rubs jam on his knees) BUT I REALLY RUB IT ON ME KNEES!

OFFALY/ARFUR/SHERBOURNE: muffled, licking the jam off JADED’s knees, alongside CHEESECAKE HE’S A VERY MAD MAN HE CARRIES AROUND A POT OF JAM HE TOLD US THAT IT’S FOR THE BEES (releasing their mouths from JADED’s knees) THE PALS: But he reaaaaaaally rubs it on his kneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

							Lights down.
[–] jugularmalloy 1 points 8 months ago

ARFUR is picking their nose

SHERBOURNE: aw, Jesus Arf

ARFUR: what?

SHERBOURNE: come on that’s disgusting

ARFUR eats the bogey

SHERBOURNE: ewwwwww!! JADED: arrrrrr!!! OFFALY: smiling Arf…

ARFUR: I like picking my nose. I like picking my nose. It’s satisfying. And it’s tasty. And it helps you breathe. The only reason not to pick your nose is the fear of being judged. So, when you pick your nose… (really starting to enjoy themselves now), when one picks one’s nose, one gets the satisfaction of peeling a gnarly globule out of a fleshy cavity, a tasty little salty snack, clear airways, and, liberation from shame.

OFFALY: Nose-shame in that.

JADED: weyyyyyyy ARFUR: weyyyyyyy SHERBOURNE: weyyyyyyy

ARFUR: Nose-shaming (pleased with this term) Is a white supremecist colonial construct.

JADED: Designed to keep our airways blocked

ARFUR: Stop us breathing!

JADED: Keeping us anxious

ARFUR: Dulling our sense of smell!

OFFALY: So we can’t smell out the rat!

SHERBOURNE: Ah now guys, leave the ratties out of it. to ARFUR Do you feel like this about scabs?

ARFUR: …Alright I kinda feel the same about scabs.

SHERBOURNE: Okay but scabs, there are good sound medical reasons not to pick your scabs, so…

ARFUR: Well, speaking as a Trade Unionist

SHERBOURNE: Former trade unionist

JADED: Woah

OFFALY: Yeah what was that?

SHERBOURNE: Sorry sorry, dunno where that came from

ARFUR: It’s calm. Speaking as a former trade unionist, I know that the best way to deal with scabs…

JADED: Here we go

ARFUR: Is to just picket.

JADED: weyyyyyyy OFFALY: weyyyyyyy SHERBOURNE: weyyyyyyy

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by jugularmalloy to c/thersc
 

*2043, Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court (a well established subsidised "new writing" theatre in Sloane Square). It has been frugally adapted for living. There might be a compost toilet in the back, something for cooking. Three elderly squatters surround a heat source, eating Pigeon On A Stick, reminiscing. *

ARF: Prawn Mayo sandwiches!

		SHERBOURNE and OFFALY recoil in disgust

SHERBOURNE: We were vegans.

ARF: So was I... CORNETTOS!

OFFALY: They’re back now.

ARF: What?

OFFALY: They’re back now.

ARF: But- not with sugar and cocoa

OFFALY: Yeah, with sugar and cocoa.

SHERBOURNE: Yeah, but it’s Cadbury’s now, coz they were Quakers. So, like, socialist ice cream.

ARF: how. where did they get the sugar and cocoa from?

OFFALY: South America. It fell like two months ago.

ARF: South. South America... The whole of South America? Or just former Brazil?

SHERBOURNE: The whole of South America Arf. Fuck, I’m so sorry, we thought you knew

ARF: I NEVER FUCKING GO OUT DO I?!

OFFALY: I’m sorry.

ARF: Tell me what happened.

OFFALY: The SRUSA&C took it from the air. Fucking dropped robots from helicopters. Cleared people out, put them to work.

ARF: What was the justification?

		(pause)

SHERBOURNE: The American people wanted ice cream.

OFFALY: Fully Automated Luxury Communism

ARF: Fully automated luxury fucking communism.

 

Hello,

So if any writers want a writing prompt, please take this one for our ice breaker exercise. The point of this exercise is to get us relaxed and playful and comfortable with each other by deliberately trying to make something as bad as possible.

If you post your writing here, it should be easy for the performers to read it on their devices while we're in the session, but bear in mind this is a public forum.

I am quite overwhelmed right now trying to get things set up so not in a creative mindset but I have one line to contribute:

Pete the Punk: PUSH OVER THE QUEEN!!!!

[–] jugularmalloy 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna transcribe the exercise here:

**The imaginary machine: Chicano recycle/reuse environmental initiative **

Chicanos have always been de facto resourceful environmentalists, recycling old cars and using walls instead of canvass. We have taken this tradition of using huge junkyards into the performance realm. During long workshops, this exercise can help the group shift creative modes and engage in a sculptural installation. The exercise goes like this: spend a few hours visiting local junkyards, thrift shops, and friends' backyards. Each person individually compiles bits and pieces of broken machines, cars, useless technological gadgets and old tools. We reconvene at the space and lay out all our findings on the floor. We spend a few hours creating a single (useless) elaborate machine which can operate as an "apocalyptic altar to the end of Western Civilisation" or a "third world robot". Try lighting it in interesting ways. A few people may wish to insert themselves into the image."

[–] jugularmalloy 2 points 8 months ago

Amazin will have a proper look later

[–] jugularmalloy 2 points 9 months ago

Context makes a difference, for example as I understand it in the US people working in hospitality are not entitled to minimum wage because of the expectation that they will make up their wages with tips. In this context suggesting that you're stealing labour by not tipping is completely fair.

In the UK all legal workers are entitled to Minimum Wage, but because of the decades long housing crisis most hospitality workers are not making a living wage. Often people struggle to get the hours. If folk are getting enough hours to make a living wage, then they're probably not regularly getting the bare minimum of two consecutive days off that we need to recover from work.

In large corporate fast food restaurants like McDonalds and KFC, workers are banned from accepting tips. There are other contexts where maybe because the workers are considered low status tipping is not banned but it just doesn't happen. Have you ever tried to tip in a Wetherspoons pub? It's really hard, you put your hand in your pocket and dude's already on the next customer; they're just not expecting it.

I didn't grow up with a tipping culture. The kinds of places where people do that were not the kinds of places we went to. They were posh. I didn't grow up going to cafes, restaurants, taking cabs. So when I moved to the city and started eating out, I didn't really think about tipping, especially as I was struggling to make the bill anyway.

Then I started working in a coin operated laundry. It was interesting because you had local working class people coming in and doing their own laundry, and rich tourists and gentrifiers coming in and asking for Service Washes. A lot of the local working class people were South Asian, and I noticed that these folks would tip me even if they'd done everything themselves, just as a kindness and a sign of solidarity "get yourself a drink" they'd say. Conversely, when the American tourists came in with a big bag of washing and an even bigger list of demands, I'd work hard for them expecting a big tip, and I'd get nothing. This happened again and again. A few times a working class person who normally did their own would be short on time and ask me for a service wash, and they would regularly tip me basically 100%.

After this I started tipping way more. What I learned is that tipping is not a reward for good service, but a gesture of solidarity. It says "I know things are tough, I appreciate what you do, here is a token of that." When you tip someone, you see them, and you share a little of what you have. I love to tip people when they're in a bad mood, because it makes it abundantly clear that you are tipping someone to make their day better, not to reward them for good service, because the service probably wasn't that good!

My approach to tipping:

-Always tip cash, if not possible ask the worker discreetly if their boss gives them the digital tips. -Tip indiscriminately and regardless of service -Tip more if the workplace is particularly known for treating workers badly (e.g. Wetherspoons) -Try and tip in places like Chicken Shops where people aren't used to being tipped.

  • If you can't tip, you can donate to unions.*

*Hospitality workers often organise themselves in small radical grassroots industrial unions, where they have much more democratic control over their struggles compared to traditional trade unions.

International examples: International Workers of the World (IWW), International Workers Association (AIT-IWA) UK examples: IWGB (can't remember what it stands for), United Voices of the World (UVW).

 

Heya,

I'm starting to get interested in foraging, mushroom picking in particular although the season doesn't start for a few months here. I know there's subreddits but would much rather get involved here on slrpnk.net, which would seem to be the natural home of such activities. Can't have a solar punk future without developing an understanding of our wild natural resources can we?

I just scanned this community for posts and it seems to be more about cooking than gathering?

Would anyone be up for a dedicated foraging community? Or maybe one exists elsewhere on Lemmy? Or maybe that's something people would be keen to discuss on this community?

One problem might be how foraging differs depending on your habitat, I think it would be good to have some kind of rule where people state the relevant region and season to the foraging they're discussing.

I've found biomes useful to think about:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biome

[–] jugularmalloy 7 points 10 months ago

We might need a community meeting at the start of each work week so that we can update each other on everything and make any decisions that need to be made. So that could be pretty groany. Probably dependent on the quality of the snacks. Which will depend on the season, your local ecology, and whether you have some good snack-makers in your tribe.

tl;dr: snacks.

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