{"id":1382,"date":"2019-05-12T10:26:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T09:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2019-05-12T10:33:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T09:33:41","slug":"three-great-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/2019\/05\/three-great-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Great Announcements!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a very exciting time!!<\/p>\n<p>Announcement Number One&#8230;..drumroll&#8230;&#8230;.:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1384\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1384\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9F2EE609-18E1-4EEE-92E0-31CB63E9C4B8-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9F2EE609-18E1-4EEE-92E0-31CB63E9C4B8-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9F2EE609-18E1-4EEE-92E0-31CB63E9C4B8-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9F2EE609-18E1-4EEE-92E0-31CB63E9C4B8-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9F2EE609-18E1-4EEE-92E0-31CB63E9C4B8-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9F2EE609-18E1-4EEE-92E0-31CB63E9C4B8-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9F2EE609-18E1-4EEE-92E0-31CB63E9C4B8.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stanley Grimshaw is at the Bridewell.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week my play Stanley Grimshaw Has Left The Building is being staged by Melabeau Productions in the Lunchbox slot at the Bridewell Theatre, London EC4. \u00a0How good is that? \u00a0We are all buzzing about it and if you\u2019re in London at lunchtime please bring your sandwiches or sushi and come and have a laugh at our one-act black\u00a0comedy. Tickets available on the door at the moment or ring the theatre box office &#8211; 020 7353 3331 or online &#8211; www.sbf.org.uk<\/p>\n<p>Announcement Number Two&#8230;..another drumroll&#8230;.. The cover reveal for my latest book Singles, Set and Match is happening on 21st May! \u00a0And it is published on 1st July &#8211; just in time for your holidays!! \u00a0It\u2019s the fifth and final book in the Singles\u2019 Series. \u00a0So you\u2019ve got time to read the first four if you haven\u2019t already before No 5 comes out. \u00a0And here\u2019s the link so that you can do that: \u00a0https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?k=Elaine+Spires&amp;rh=n%3A341689031&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss<\/p>\n<p>My thanks to the wonderful Rachel Gilbey at Rachel\u2019s Random Reads for all her efforts and support. \u00a0So &#8211; keep an eye out on 21st May! \u00a0Yay!<\/p>\n<p>And yet another drumroll for Announcement Number Three &#8211; Only the Lonely, the short film I co-wrote with Veronique Christie won the Groucho Club Award for Best Short Film!!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1385\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1385\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D26391AB-DC28-4997-9331-1747CB986357-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D26391AB-DC28-4997-9331-1747CB986357-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D26391AB-DC28-4997-9331-1747CB986357-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D26391AB-DC28-4997-9331-1747CB986357.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R Director Clare Holman and lead actors Souad Faress and Anna Calder Marshall on location filming Only the Lonely<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are all over the moon as you can probably imagine.\u00a0So &#8211; it\u2019s all happening. \u00a0Loads more to say but will end this post. \u00a0And many apologies for the weeks of silence; a lot has gone on. 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Announcement Number One&#8230;..drumroll&#8230;&#8230;.: This week my play Stanley Grimshaw Has Left The Building is being staged by Melabeau Productions in the Lunchbox slot at the Bridewell Theatre, London EC4. \u00a0How good is that? \u00a0We are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/2019\/05\/three-great-announcements\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[802,840,838,772,844,841,243,839,770,842,843,709,826,803,837,771],"class_list":["post-1382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anna-calder-marshall","tag-black-comedy","tag-bridewell-theatre","tag-clare-holman","tag-groucho-club-short-film-award","tag-lunchbox","tag-melabeau-productions","tag-one-act-play","tag-only-the-lonely","tag-rachel-gilbey","tag-rachels-random-reads","tag-singles-series","tag-singles-set-and-match","tag-souad-faress","tag-stanley-grimshaw-has-left-the-building","tag-veronique-christie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1388,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}