Alan Lane

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Artistic Director, Slung Low. Dad to Davidbaby. Gentlemen Chicken Farmer. Left.
Alan LaneMay 6, 2023

RT @culturaltutor
Westminster Abbey isn't actually an abbey... and it hasn't been for 464 years.

It also has a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. and is home to Britain's oldest door.

So here's a brief history of this very peculiar place — and what its real name is...

Alan LaneMay 5, 2023
The radical political thinkers that are the Imaginative Intelligence Warriors from IngramRoadPrimarySchool created a shortlist for their King&Queen. Then the pupils voted
now crowning them in a huge ceremony. Magnificently mad from the most creative kids I know
Alan LaneMay 4, 2023
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Alan LaneMay 4, 2023
Top kids.
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RT @SlungLow
Those chuffin’ kind & useful children from @KidzKlubLeeds have been at it again; check out the brilliant new planters they’ve built, filled with growing veggies…and generously gifted to us & their #Holbeck community🤩🔨🪚🪴💙
https://twitter.com/SlungLow/status/1654242087972356100
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“Those chuffin’ kind & useful children from @KidzKlubLeeds have been at it again; check out the brilliant new planters they’ve built, filled with growing veggies…and generously gifted to us & their #Holbeck community🤩🔨🪚🪴💙”

Twitter
Alan LaneMay 4, 2023
Took Davidbaby to the polling station this morning which is our tradition. He wanted to vote for the Mayor. I explained she wasn’t up for election and he couldn’t vote.
“Why am I here?” exclaimed the Noel Coward of the Holme Valley.
Didn’t take pic but here he is puddle fishing
Alan LaneMay 4, 2023
This outdoors in Holbeck? Cannot wait!
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RT @SlungLow
The Gods The Gods The Gods is coming to Slung Low at Temple! 4th June. Tickets here https://www.slunglow.org/shows/
How good does this show look?!
https://twitter.com/SlungLow/status/1654056995677167617
Alan LaneMay 1, 2023
First time anyone has ever done this. 300 women & non-binary people raised a barn in 24 hours
Brilliant metaphor
JudeKelly back in the city, KullyThiarai leading Leeds2023 & the Mayor of West Yorkshire absolutely understanding the transformative nature of culture 💥💥
Alan LaneApr 30, 2023
“The follow up”😂 loves it
Club Tales: Infinity War.
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RT @SlungLow
Thrilled to announce the mighty @Soc_of_Authors have awarded a grant to Alan to write the follow up to TheClubontheEdgeofTown. Such vital support makes it possible to keep telling stories of #Holbeck
You can get #TheClubOnTheEdgeofTown here
https://salamanderstreet.com/product/a-memoir-2/ or on Audible
https://twitter.com/SlungLow/status/1652335415586611202
The Club on the Edge of Town by Alan Lane (paperback) | Salamander Street

This is the vivid story of the cost of trying to do good in a divided world. The Club on the Edge of Town shares tales from a culture war in the first months of Brexit, of a community struggling through a health catastrophe and what a theatre company can do offstage and on.

Salamander Street
Alan LaneApr 30, 2023
My boy is dancing today in a show. I always get him flowers.
He does lots of groups, but this one is the one where they all smile. The kids. Grinning as they do mini ballet. They’re not any better, nor any worse, than the other clubs technically. The joy makes all the difference
Alan LaneApr 30, 2023
RT @HVMRT
This weekend @HVMRT decommissioned our @LandRover_UK 110 #Defender “Mobile 1” which has been in service for years. Thanks to Jake, our vehicle officer, and a team of personnel who stripped the vehicle of all radios, aerials, @MountainResqUK decals and blues & twos. 1/5