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๐Ÿ’ฅ We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our incredible Ella Maisy Purvis, has been nominated for the Breakthrough Award (On-screen and Off-screen) at the 2024 RTS Northern Ireland Television Awards for โ€˜A Kind of Sparkโ€™, produced by @9StoryMG for BBC | @ellamaisypurvis ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ
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๐ŸŽ‚ Happy Birthday, DTG! ๐Ÿงก Weโ€™re into our fourth year of putting neurodivergent talent first and thriving in an industry that wasnโ€™t built for us. To celebrate, weโ€™re gifting you (and ourselves) our new Divergent Manifesto, handwritten by our founder. โœจ
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐ˆ๐“ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐†๐„๐๐“? ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž) ๐–๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž (๐ข) ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž (๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐ˆ๐) (๐ข๐ข) ๐‚๐€๐‘๐„, ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐€๐†๐„, ๐‚๐”๐‘๐ˆ๐Ž๐’๐ˆ๐“๐˜, ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“๐Œ๐„๐๐“ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ - ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ - ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ - ๐๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž.

ALT ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐ˆ๐“ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐†๐„๐๐“? ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž) ๐–๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž (๐ข) ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž (๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐ˆ๐) (๐ข๐ข) ๐‚๐€๐‘๐„, ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐€๐†๐„, ๐‚๐”๐‘๐ˆ๐Ž๐’๐ˆ๐“๐˜, ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“๐Œ๐„๐๐“ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ - ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ - ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ - ๐๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž.

๐–๐„ ๐€๐’๐’๐”๐Œ๐„ ๐๐Ž๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐๐† ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐–๐ž ๐š๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž. ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐„๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ฅ. (๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ.) ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐†๐„๐๐“. ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ!

ALT ๐–๐„ ๐€๐’๐’๐”๐Œ๐„ ๐๐Ž๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐๐† ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐–๐ž ๐š๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž. ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐„๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ฅ. (๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ.) ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐†๐„๐๐“. ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ!

๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: โ€œ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐žโ€ ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฌ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ.

ALT ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: โ€œ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐žโ€ ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฌ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ.

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Up in Edinburgh tomorrow until 1pm Tuesday 20th - please send ur top recs thank you.x
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๐Ÿ”ฅ@__lewyy @Slick_Films
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๐ŸŽฌ โ€œRyan Canโ€™t Read.โ€ co-written by and starring the incredibly talented @__lewyy will have its world premiere at the Academy qualifying Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in Tokyo! ๐ŸŒŸ โ€œ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น.โ€ Ken Loach
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ALT The image shows a man with curly brown hair and a full beard, wearing a purple and black sweatshirt. He appears to be concentrating, looking downward. In front of him is a professional camera setup, indicating that he is involved in a video or film production. A large microphone on a boom arm is positioned above his head. The background is blurred, but there is a window letting in some natural light. The overall scene suggests a behind-the-scenes look at a filming process.

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Laura Fraser & Ella Maisy Purvis Team For Cop Drama Series 'Patience' From Eagle Eye, PBS & Beta Film deadline.com/2024/02/laura-fโ€ฆ

Laura Fraser & Ella Maisy Purvis Team For Cop Drama Series โ€˜Patienceโ€™ From Eagle Eye, PBS & Beta...

Breaking Bad star Laura Fraser and Maisy Purvis will play star in drama series Patience from Eagle Eye Drama, PBS Distribution and Beta Film.

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Meet The British Agents Paving The Way For The Next Generation Of Disabled Talent deadline.com/2024/01/uk-tv-aโ€ฆ

Meet The British Agents Paving The Way For The Next Generation Of Disabled Talent

UK TV agents: Reps talk Ruth Madeley, Liz Carr, Cerrie Burnell, disability and Casarotto & Ramsay.

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๐Ÿ“ข We are incredibly lucky to announce that Ali Wilson has joined the DTG team as a junior agent. @aliwil267 will build a list of neurodivergent dramaturgs, movement directors, access coordinators and comics. If this sounds like you, contact: [email protected]
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The Stage Awards 2024 showcased theatremakers embracing risk and delivering to their communities despite huge challenges. Imagine what they could do with increased support, says editor @smithalistair ๐Ÿ‘‡ thestage.co.uk/opinion/the-sโ€ฆ

Editor's View: The Stage Awards shows how theatre has responded to trying times with hope

The Stage Awards 2024 showcased theatremakers embracing risk and delivering to their communities despite huge challenges. Imagine what they could do with increased support

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Iโ€™d LOVE to hear from multi-disciplinary artists / multi-hyphenates who identity as neurodivergent. Our books are currently closed, but Iโ€™m especially keen to connect with you if are considering representation across all of you practice(s) ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ ๐ŸŽญ ๐ŸŽฅ [email protected]
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Adam Welsh, the founder of the Divergent Talent Group, reveals how his own experiences led him to work towards improving accessibility in the television business and explains what the industry can do to support neurodivergent artists... dramaquarterly.com/divergentโ€ฆ

Divergent divulgence

Adam Welsh, the founder of the Divergent Talent Group, reveals how his own experiences led him to work towards improving accessibility in the television business and explains what the industry can do...

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Black British Theatre Awards@theBBTAs29 Oct 2023
Best Sound Design Recognition Awardโ  goes to XANA!! Video content created by @BlackApronEnt #BBTAsWinner2023 @NationalTheatre
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๐ŸŽญ The sheer amount of times Iโ€™ve been told by theatre producers that โ€œall the other agents were ok with thisโ€ is hilarious ๐Ÿ˜‚ - and frankly, it is starting to Tick. Me. Off. ๐Ÿ’ƒ
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Theatre is hard. Itโ€™s a lot of work. Sure. But you donโ€™t need to be martyrs guys. If you ainโ€™t got enough money to do it proper. Donโ€™t do it. No one will mind! I PROMISE XX
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you are putting on a play. ๐ŸŽญ Thatโ€™s cute! ๐Ÿฅฐ However, I wonโ€™t be gaslit anymore. Letโ€™s be real friends, theatre is fiiiiine- theatre is lovelyyyyy - but what it is not? It is not worth compromising talented and kind folks well-being and mental health for. โ›ณ๏ธ
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The facts = theatre artists are not being paid well enough - the pay is disgusting ๐Ÿ‘Ž Your consistent response = โ€œeveryone else acceptedโ€ โ€œitโ€™s really tough at the momentโ€ โ€œbut itโ€™s a really special pieceโ€ โ€œthey should be grateful for the chance to SHINEโ€ ๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽคโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿ’ฉ
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๐Ÿ“ฏalso facts: disabled and neurodivergent artists incur a personal, emotional and financial cost that is way beyond their neurotypical and pre-disabled peers in delivering exactly the same job. ๐Ÿซ  ๐Ÿฆ„ response โ€œI donโ€™t see the need for this, besides we havenโ€™t budgeted for itโ€๐Ÿค‘
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Ok locking this shit up for a minute. If youโ€™re already in, welcome- I like you, your safe. It might get ugly in here - so forgive me - but you can at least be assured that this isnโ€™t about you. *makes account private, might delete laterโ€ฆ. get cosy*
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Literally me running round North London right now โ€œDoctors in England told not to start new patients on ADHD drugs due to shortage.โ€ amp.theguardian.com/society/โ€ฆ
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