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So I& #39;m doing a thing.
Each day of lockdown, I& #39;m going to do a thread about someone on here that I love, in the various meanings of the word. Just gonna fill the next month with some positivity and warmth, because I think we all need it.
Lockdown Legends Day 3: @lukeybarnesy
Each day of lockdown, I& #39;m going to do a thread about someone on here that I love, in the various meanings of the word. Just gonna fill the next month with some positivity and warmth, because I think we all need it.
Lockdown Legends Day 3: @lukeybarnesy
I first saw Luke in Game of Thrones, as an actor, and was later really intrigued when I found out he was a playwright as well. I saw his production of Bottleneck, a devastating one-man show about the Hillsborough tragedy that has stayed with me for years, and not long after...
...that I met him and had pleasure of giving him the news that his producer Steve was also (less obviously) from Liverpool. We& #39;ve not met since then but I& #39;ve seen more stuff he& #39;s written and got to know him, or a version of him I suppose, through his online presence here. Luke...
...is the epitome of a heart-on-your-sleeve kind of guy; he always says exactly what he& #39;s feeling and speaks from the heart and all those things that sounds cliched but it doesn& #39;t matter because they& #39;re just true in his case. I don& #39;t think I& #39;ve ever seen a writer with such...
... generosity of spirit - Luke has such infectious enthusiasm for theatre specifically but the arts in general. He& #39;s always so incredibly supportive of other people& #39;s work and refreshingly frank and open and honest about his own insecurities and his own projects. He seems to...
...genuinely want people to do well, and I wish that was more common in our field. He& #39;s also a political animal, one of those Scousers who just seems to have been born with anti-Tory understanding in his bones, something which I& #39;m sure drives his writing and his thinking in...
...the right direction. He reminds me of a young Willy Russell, or Jimmy McGovern. But I think what I love most about Luke is his complete vulnerability on here. He somehow manages to come across as both sensitive and uncertain and yet also tough as nails and committed to...
...seeing the change in our industry we all want to see in wider society. He& #39;s a top bloke basically, witty and wise and capable of spinning on a sixpence between being achingly sad about the state of the world and inspiringly hopeful about what we can do to change it. I wish...
