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Daniel Rigby

1 year

Borderline delirious that Accidental Death of an Anarchist is falling into the West End this summer! Come to the Theatre Royal Haymarket and see the sandals of a lifetime. for tickets.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

Only took the two weeks to learn this bastard.

Baby Cow Productions

@babycowLtd

2 years

The Witchfinder | Episode 3 | TONIGHT on @BBCTwo at 10pm

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

7 years

"Could be a big day tomorrow guys."

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

8 years

The only thing making this easier is imagining Trump is a loaf of bread that came to life and is on an adventure.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

7 years

Just stumbled across an EDL march. Looked like the queue for the toilet at a Roy Chubby Brown gig.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

5 months

I’ve had to have this moustache since November.

National Theatre

@NationalTheatre

5 months

Meet the charming Mr. Stringer 😆 #TheWitches is playing in the #OlivierTheatre until 27 January.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

8 months

Chuffed to the hilt! Thank you everyone who was involved with making the show. @sdavidjoseph @Tonygardner Jordan Metcalfe, Howard Ward, Ruby Thomas! @AnnieMayF @annareid_design @Jai_Morjaria @danieltnraggett Tom Basden. Everyone @crucibletheatre and @LyricHammer . Legends all.

UK Theatre

@uk_theatre

8 months

The winner of the UK Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Play is @danielrigby for Accidental Death Of An Anarchist, a #SheffieldTheatres and @LyricHammer co-production in association with @Playfulprods . #UKTAwards

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@danielrigby

4 years

I nominated true great Victoria Wood for Great Lives on @BBCRadio4 and it’s on at 4pm. Have a listen and be reminded of her brilliance. Also, listen to a man in the corner of his bedroom yammering remotely trying not to cry. Something for everyone.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

An apology in advance. If you’re ever eating near me, and I can hear anything that’s happening in your mouth, I’m thinking about smashing your face in until you’re dead.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

Witchfinder is on tonight 10pm BBC Two and in full on the iPlayer. @timkeyperson Daisy May Cooper Jessica Hynes @ReeceShearsmith among the comedy luminaries involved. I play all the members of ABBA who have somehow become genetically fused and sent back in time. #witchfinder

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

1 year

I’m in this! I can’t wait.

National Theatre

@NationalTheatre

1 year

THE WITCHES in the Olivier/ Nov 2023 A new musical version of Roald Dahl’s tale. Directed by Lyndsey Turner, this show is filled with wit, daring and heart. Book and lyrics by Lucy Kirkwood. Music and lyrics by Dave Malloy. A co-production with @roald_dahl

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

3 years

I wrote a book for your ears! I smashed together genres I love and made a comedy sci-fi mystery space romp that is very, very daft indeed. Would love you to give it a go.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

3 years

Landscapers is on @HBO tonight if you’re one of those over that way and @skytv tomorrow night if you’re one of these over this way. True crime, but not as we know it. Starring two actors who really seem to know what they’re doing. #LandscapersHBO @sisterglobal

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

9 months

Holy moly. This is well nice. Thanks to @uk_theatre @crucibletheatre @LyricHammer

UK Theatre

@uk_theatre

9 months

Nominated for Best Performance in a Play: Peter Forbes, On The Beach #SheffieldTheatres @siobhni , Happy Days @LandmarkIreland @BirminghamRep @danielrigby , Accidental Death Of An Anarchist @LyricHammer Wiliam Young, Of Mice & Men @BirminghamRep @LeedsPlayhouse @FieryAngelHQ

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

Final Flowers tonight. If you’ve been watching, thank you a million. We’ve had some extraordinary messages. It means an awful lot. This is us on set working hard while @soafdimartino takes the absolute piss. #C4Flowers @FlowersOnTV

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

Sister Sister, talk about a two-way twister, shaking up the family tree with sibling synchronicity. Freshly cut Flowers tonight and all week if you fancy them. 10pm on channel 4. #C4Flowers

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

I’m playing The Maniac in Accidental Death of an Anarchist at Sheffield Crucible from 23rd Sept-15th Oct. It’s a new version by mega brain Tom Basden and it would really make me happy if you turned up.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

11 months

Eric and Ernie is repeated tonight at 9pm on BBC Four in case you fancied it. Extraordinary work from @pbowker7 @bryandick @JamesMoir10 @CampbellJonny1 Victoria Wood and everyone.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

First glance at this I thought they’d finally got @mrmikewozniak but no, still at large.

The New York Times

@nytimes

2 years

At the center of a proposed swap for Brittney Griner is Viktor Bout, likely the highest profile Russian in U.S. custody. He has been called "one of the world’s most prolific arms dealers," and Russian officials have been pressing for his release since 2011.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

5 years

Is it morally right for 5 year old children to learn that there are trees? And water? And a sky?

BBC Question Time

@bbcquestiontime

5 years

Our final question is about learning about relationships at school. #bbcqt

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

So is this the roaring twenties then?

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

Episode 3 of Flowers is on Channel 4 tonight at 10. To celebrate, here’s a candid, behind-the-scenes shot of myself and Julian Barratt having a natural, relaxed conversation in his portable Indian restaurant. #C4Flowers @FlowersOnTV

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

5 years

Just taking a moment this lunchtime to think of the absolute fucking hammering the word “clear” has taken over the past three years. #letmebeclear #veryclear #iamveryclear #iamclear

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

Thank you for the lovely comments about the Eric and Ernie repeat. Unbelievable set of people led by Victoria Wood, Peter Bowker, @CampbellJonny1 , @JamesMoir10 . And when it came to @bryandick and Ern you couldn’t see the join.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

Did some oversharing on this with beautiful old friend Brett Goldstein. #badtherapists #film #isaacsteele

Brett Goldstein

@brettgoldstein

2 years

The @danielrigby episode is in your ether and it’s a smasher! Contains scenes of weird horror, bad therapists and becoming the Karate Kid. Subscribe, RT and please be excellent to each other. #bafta #comedy #audible

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

4 years

This starts in half an hour. Something to do isn’t it? See you in there.

The Arts Shelf

@TheArtsShelf

4 years

'NATIONAL THEATRE AT HOME' launches tonight with #OneManTwoGuvnors ! 👉 #TheatreForEveryone #NT #NTLive #NationalTheatre #NationalTheatreAtHome #JamesCorden #NationalTheatreLive

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

4 years

Come and share in the Yuletide spirit @NoisesOffPlay . Two weeks left.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

9 months

Good times

WhatsOnStage

@WhatsOnStage

9 months

Full cast announced for The Witches musical at the National Theatre

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

3 years

The “and your smiles” was a real shame wasn’t it at the end there? A little step back for your two steps forward. #USOpen

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

Episode 4 of Flowers tonight at 10 on Channel 4. Here’s a behind-the-scenes shot of me keeping Olivia Colman’s spirits up on the way into work.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

#turnthepage

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

7 years

Please guys remember to get out and vote in the next general election in a few weeks time.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

To mark episode 5 of Flowers tonight here’s a behind-the-scenes shot of me relaxing off set getting ready to send some people some messages. #C4Flowers @FlowersOnTV

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

I’ve seen Ocean at the End of the Lane twice now and both times it’s blown my arse off. In a good way. Beg, steal or borrow a ticket. Mostly buy them, actually. Incredible show. Duke of York’s Theatre. @OceanWestEnd @NationalTheatre

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

7 years

Please tune in to this and celebrate a true one-off. Starts tomorrow night on BBC One. #OurFriendVictoria

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

8 years

They spelt my name wrong but watch Flowers at 10pm on channel 4. And the other episodes. Not in that order.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

1 year

Pleased that we made the Stage’s top 50 shows of 2022. Excited to do it again @LyricHammer in March. Aroused to wear those sandals once more. #Sandals

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

5 years

Comedy is pain. Last day of @NoisesOffPlay at @LyricHammer today. It’s been amazing, agonising fun. Looking forward to doing it in the West End later this year and hopefully not losing an eye or something.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

4 years

Here’s the link for it please thanks.

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Victoria Wood

Victoria Wood, creator of Dinnerladies, Acorn Antiques and As Seen on TV

www.bbc.co.uk

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

3 years

Important to remember when you swallow a croissant whole and it gets stuck: patience is key. DO NOT force the croissant from the neck flap it’s snagged on. Even on day 3 when the croissant has made you look old. An important and timely illustration.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

8 years

A slow sincere clap for the person before me in Argos who also managed to freeze the screen.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

11 months

Hero and legend.

Kath 💙🙀🇪🇺✊🏾

@KathyBurke

11 months

Home from matinee of @anarchistplayuk Seen a few productions over the years but this was undoubtedly THE BEST. Superb adaptation and direction and a perfect cast brilliantly led by @danielrigby Cried with laughter all the way through then sobered up with the TRUTH.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

I have made a complete twat of myself laughing at this in public.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

8 months

Couldn’t fit it in one! Big thanks to Holly Reiss and everyone @playfulprods as well.

UK Theatre

@uk_theatre

8 months

The winner of the UK Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Play is @danielrigby for Accidental Death Of An Anarchist, a #SheffieldTheatres and @LyricHammer co-production in association with @Playfulprods . #UKTAwards

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

5 years

Am I OK? First thing I did was put a Calippo up my arse.

MirrorHealth

@MirrorHealth

5 years

Women warned not to put ice lollies in their vagina to cool off during heatwave #hottestdayoftheyear

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@danielrigby

5 years

Oddie bringing some sorely needed duckling realness.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

7 years

Having a great night.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

I’m afraid this might be the straw that breaks Britain’s back and sees us descend into a lawless, bloodthirsty wasteland. Erect your Thunderdomes now.

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

2 years

Hobnobs maker warns biscuit prices could soar

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

4 years

I recommended @ruleofthreepod on Great Lives @BBCRadio4 earlier and said @mrchrisaddison was talking about dinnerladies when it was As Seen On TV. I’m so sorry. I’m just so so sorry. What I said about it all still stands. Top notch stuff.

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@danielrigby

6 months

🥳

Time Out Theatre

@TimeOutTheatre

6 months

@DonmarWarehouse @NationalTheatre number six is Accidental Death of an Anarchist, at the Lyric Hammersmith and West End

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@danielrigby

2 years

Ready for Rishi.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

Got an email today listing Isaac Steele and the Forever Man as a “gem I might have missed.” I personally didn’t miss it as it came out of my brain hole, but if you did, here’s what they said. #Audible #sciencefiction

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

Please come along to this, no pressure.

BroadwayWorld UK

@BroadwayWorldUK

6 years

'Music and magic are interwoven in this production': @danielrigby talks A Midsummer Night's Dream @crucibletheatre #midsummerdream @DanGSells

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

4 years

A dear friend lost his sister to Covid-19 and has started this in her name. Please have a look and consider donating if you have the time and inclination. #forkarina

For Karina

To transform the sensory garden of Roy Kinnear House, a home for 6 young adults with severe disabilities, where my sister so happily lived.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

7 years

Delightful bit of compare and contrast from Twitter.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

3 years

This is out in December and will be top drawer! I play a furious moustache in it. #Landscapers

Sky TV

@skytv

3 years

It's true when they say ‘nothing is ever as it seems’ #Landscapers . Starring #OliviaColman and #DavidThewlis

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

Early gift to self arrived just in time for the festives. Looking forward to it if I’m honest about the situation. ⁦ @timkeyperson ⁩

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

Holy shit.

Graham Linehan

@Glinner

6 years

‘Pope Ted—The Father Ted Musical’ written by Arthur Mathews and myself, music by Neil Hannon, is almost written. I just thought you’d like to know. THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

5 years

Thank you to the folk who’ve said nice things about @NTLive #OneManTwoGuvnors last night. 8 years ago now, HAHAHAHAHA I’M FINE. I’m dicking about in @NoisesOffPlay until January 4th if you fancy it.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

3 years

If you’re one of the people who’s listened to Isaac Steele and the Forever Man then thank you with all my legs! Also, if you’re one of the people who’s left a lovely review. If you’re not and you like SPACE MURDER and LISTENING then give it a whirl!

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

Landscapers episode 3 tonight ⁦ @skytv ⁩ 9pm. What will you be wearing? #landscapers

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@danielrigby

3 years

Had to use my inhaler quite a lot tonight for someone on his sofa. Supreme. #EmmaRaducanu

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

6 years

Can we have the Benny Hill theme as our national anthem on Wednesday? #StrongAndStable

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

Powerful and utterly damning.

Rory Kinnear: On the day of No 10’s lockdown party, I buried my sister

Pain like ours was tearing through families the world over. It felt like we were all in it together, says actor and playwright Rory Kinnear

www.theguardian.com

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

5 years

Celebrating a first day pain-free since a slapstick injury put me in A and E 3 weeks ago. (Sorry @SundayBrunchC4 .) I fell and my arsecheek went into spasm which, it turns out, is the kind of agony no one can take seriously. Even doctors are all, “hahaha your bum.”

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

2 years

Looking forward to the family playing fun Christmas games this year like seeing who can give themselves the quickest lateral flow.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

8 years

@rxtheatre is a very very special place. Two weeks of Breaking The Code left. Come see a man wearing seven layers of wool for your pleasure.

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

7 years

Chuffed to mint balls to have been gonged @MTAwards and congrats to everyone involved @rxtheatre in Breaking The Code for gongage too. Bang!

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Daniel Rigby

@danielrigby

5 years

This will be fun times.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

@LyricHammer

5 years

Full #NoisesOff cast: @LoisChimimba , Jonathan Cullen, @debrajgillett , Amy Morgan, @EnyiOkoronkwo , Lloyd Owen, @danielrigby , Simon Rouse and @MeeraSyal .

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@danielrigby

2 years

Another fun festive game - Who Said That? Guess who the messages are from: a team of epidemiologists working at the WHO, or my family on WhatsApp.

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@danielrigby

7 years

My parents right now. I swear to God this generation.

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@danielrigby

9 months

Bella @BKelaidi is the absolute best. It’s all about the crew and we’re bloody lucky on @anarchistplayuk to have such diamonds in ours.

John Johnson

@MrJohnsonDrama

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Great to see an ex-pupil working on such an amazing show.. Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a triumph and @danielrigby is incredible.. but it’s all about the crew.. @BKelaidi so proud of everything you continue to achieve post @CHSchoolHorsham #theatre #accidentaldeath #proud

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@danielrigby

9 years

A really aggressive cockney taunts the deaf. http://t.co/maiXgtQCTA

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@danielrigby

8 years

My cousin @tomogden93 and @BlossomsBand are about to perform on @BBCLater with Iggy cocking Pop. I mean, effing hell. Fire up your tubes.

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@danielrigby

8 years

Michael Gove clearly heavily influenced by think tank made up of three women he met in the woods.

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@danielrigby

7 years

Because I'm INCREDIBLE AT THIS I've not mentioned that I'm in Twelfth Night @NationalTheatre . On until May if you like. #publicity

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@danielrigby

2 years

Enormously chuffed with this nod from @lizkingsman who really thoroughly knows her onions. Give Isaac Steele a listen on Audible!

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@danielrigby

3 years

When I was 18 someone had to take me aside and tell me that maybe drinking two litres of Coke a day wasn’t a good idea. #USOpen

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@danielrigby

6 years

Oh no look...

Channel 4

@Channel4

6 years

Flowers Season 2 coming soon.

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@danielrigby

2 years

The most disgusting and enduring lie the film and tv industry has sold to the public is how many shoulder rubs to expect from family and friends.

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@danielrigby

6 years

I’m being sick in my own mouth and I’m crying. #ENG

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@danielrigby

4 years

Thinking of having my dinner in the shower.

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@danielrigby

5 years

Me and my serious floaty head will be on @SundayBrunchC4 this week talking about Noises Off @LyricHammer .

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@danielrigby

3 years

This is going to be wonderful. And I get my tits out in it for about seven and a half seconds.

StudiocanalUK

@StudiocanalUK

3 years

Beauty is, after all, in the eye of the beholder. 🎨✨ Celebrating the film’s debut at #TellurideFilmFestival , here's the first clip from Will Sharpe’s #TheElectricalLifeOfLouisWain , starring the magnificent Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy – coming to cinemas soon.

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6 years

What a bunch of arseholes.

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@danielrigby

6 years

Oh gosh they’re going to try and get May out and there’s going to be another side serving of shit alongside this absolute platter of dogshit. #BrexitShambles #omnishit

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@danielrigby

5 years

Thanks for letting me know. That’s real nice.

RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)

@RADA_London

5 years

Congratulations to our graduates @AdrianLester , Hiran Abeysekera, @twhiddleston , Juliet Stevenson, @danielrigby , @takis_DESIGN and Rufus Norris who have all been shortlisted for @BroadwayWorldUK Awards. #BWWAwards

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@danielrigby

7 years

My heart bleeding for the homeland. I wish there was less of the killer's face about.

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

7 years

Remembering the 22 people killed in the #Manchester terror attack #WeStandTogether

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@danielrigby

8 years

A big look in your eyes and firm handshake if you came to see Breaking The Code. Apart from the people on their phones. You guys are dicks.

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@danielrigby

2 years

Have a listen to this if you want. Includes my own improved version of Nike’s famous catchphrase.

BestsellerExperiment

@bestsellerxp

2 years

*NEW EPISODE KLAXON!* BAFTA-award winning actor @DanielRigby tells us about his Audible original debut Isaac Steele and the Forever Man and how his background in comedy helped create his protagonist and his extraordinary world. LISTEN NOW: LISTEN NOW:

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@danielrigby

8 years

Watch this guys please please yes!

'You don't shoot family!': watch the first trailer for dysfunctional comedy Flowers – video

Starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt, Flowers is about an eccentric family struggling to hold their lives together. The six-episode series will run Monday-Friday for one week from 25 April

www.theguardian.com

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@danielrigby

7 years

Last couple of times I'll get this bellend out. #ntTwelfthNight #haveyoubeeninanaccidentatwork

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@danielrigby

5 years

Have they started shitting in their hands and throwing it at each other yet? #brexit

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@danielrigby

7 years

It's Blair.

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@danielrigby

9 months

Report goes on to say that at that moment a raven fluttered down to a nearby window and tapped the glass with its beak, startling Truss.

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@danielrigby

6 years

According to last night’s dream, you’re my dream girl if you have a fridge for a head and baguette hands.

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@danielrigby

2 years

An absolute truckload of oversharing from me here if you fancy it. Very grateful to Stu @ComComPod for the time and such a ringing endorsement of Isaac Steele and the Forever Man. Link to the audiobook in bio. #overshare #scifi #comedy

Stuart Goldsmith

@ComComPod

2 years

Ep 402 w @danielrigby out now! We talk about the BAFTA-winning actor's return to standup, his superb #scifi audiobook "Isaac Steele and The Forever Man", and how completely mad he is...