A Bit Lit

@a_bit_lit

Films, events, courses & podcasts celebrating ideas & creativity. An open conversation begun in lockdown. @andykesson @emmawhipday @callanjd @straymoose101

ABitLitContact@gmail.com abitlit.co Joined March 2020

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A Bit Lit @a_bit_lit Feb 1, 2022

Announcement from @FENews: A Bit Lit follows its launch event with its first course, How to Make an Elizabethan Theatre, exploring Shakespeare's theatres in their full diversity. Starts 14 February.

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You can book tickets here:

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www.fenews.co.uk Online learning platform A Bit Lit follows launch with course on Elizabethan Theatres | FE News | Online learning platform A Bit Lit follows launch with course on Elizabethan Theatres

A Bit Lit @a_bit_lit Feb 23, 2023

The Monster is Coming...

We're excited to announce the world premiere of @elbfrankland's Galatea with @WILD_WORKS, @marlboroughprod & @andykesson, commissioned by & part of @brightfest, 5-21 May 2023.

Trailer: youtu.be/U6VKrDWkNaQ
More info: galateaproject.org

Image by Rosie Powell Freelance featuring Antonia Kemi Coker and Femi Tiwo

Photograph: Two Black performers stand in the middle of a big empty room with atmospheric white and blue lighting. They are both looking defiantly at the camera, one of them facing directly towards the camera and the other facing away but looking over their shoulder. The performer facing the camera has a shaved head and is wearing a long dark waistcoat over a dark top that exposes one of their shoulders and a layered skirt with a mixture of dark and metallic materials with some shoes whose soles are lit up one in red and one in blue. They are draped in chains and wear a bejewelled head covering with a gold chain that lies across their face over the bridge of their nose. The other performer has short and spiky red-tipped dark locs and is wearing a red, white and black striped sports jersey and black and white tye-dye trousers. Over their shoulders sits a string of bones and they have some chainmail draped down t

A Bit Lit @a_bit_lit Sep 28, 2022

In our latest film, we hear from @TracyBorman about The Gunpowder Plot (@GunpowderImrsv), an immersive experience at the @TowerOfLondon. As ever, you can hear the conversation on our website, YouTube channel and wherever you get your podcasts.

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A Bit Lit @a_bit_lit Aug 10, 2022

In our latest film, @hbachrach talks to @callanjd about his new book, What is a Playhouse. If you look closely, you can see one answer to that question lurking behind them.

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A Bit Lit @a_bit_lit Apr 13, 2022

In our latest film, the brilliant Thomas Dabbs tells us about teaching and researching English literature in Japan, and his wonderful YouTube series Speaking of Shakespeare, featuring @OldFortunatus @dnmcinnis @Heather1576 and many more.

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