Adrian Lester
@AdrianLester
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I get paid when I'm not myself. https://t.co/pPZHr366iX instagram - Adrian_Lester Mgt: https://t.co/3RYQ2sC5Ai
Joined July 2009
Okay. I give up. I’m going to retrain. As a Track and Trace consultant. 💰💰💰🦠📈.
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I find all this “retrain” talk incredibly insulting. Art is a career. We work hard, we are the caretakers of our culture and have been so successful that the treasury and the country have enjoyed the fruits of that success for for a very long time. 😡.
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This is what kids TV looked like when I was growing up. The special effects are amazing.
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How can anyone old enough to know what happened to Diana believe a word that parts of our media has peddled about these two.
I’ve never seen this before and it makes the hounding of them by the British tabloids even more grotesque
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I remember having these discussions with people who voted for Brexit myself. I remember being told I was short sighted for believing there would be any barriers in trade or that businesses would find it difficult to import goods.
The UK has NEVER voted to leave the Single Market. Every Brexit campaigner promised we would keep all the trade benefits of the Single Market. The majority in 2017 & 2019 voted for Single Market parties. The Tories are just CHOOSING to make people poorer during a recession!
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😳watch this U-turn. It’s so fast it’ll give you whiplash watching it.
OMG! Fastest U-Turn EVER!. Guy Opperman: The 419-page report says our new coal plant is carbon neutral. Maybe YOU should read it! 😎. Fiona Bruce: But that doesn't include actually burning the coal. @GuyOpperman: I can't be expected to read a 419-page report! God Fiona!🙄.#bbcqt
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I’m not going to celebrate the New Year, I’m going to celebrate the end of this one. 🥂🍾.
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Am I the only person who WANTS #Trump escorted from the #WhiteHouse by the military? . Y’know, just before he’s arrested?.
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Just caught up with #Rosa 👏🏾💥👍🏾.I’ve been watching #DoctorWho since Tom Baker played the role. An episode like this when I was young would have made a massive difference to my experiences as a kid growing up in Birmingham. Thank you @malorieblackman @bbcdoctorwho.
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It was great to talk to @DavidHarewood for his documentary on #blackface along with @DavidOlusoga and many others. It is a a fantastic, disturbing and informative documentary. Still available to watch on @BBCiPlayer
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Heh heh. Why thank you. But the young person Who, is about to fill the Doctor’s shoes is a huge talent and will be excellent.
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It’s funny how ALL of our attention has been shifted to the Royal Family by a media machine that has absolved itself of any wrong doing. H&M didn’t leave Britain cos of their family, they left because of the press, because Harry was afraid that ‘history would repeat itself’. 😡.
Hearing Prince William say "We are very much not a racist family"😟.That brotherly relationship is in for a very tough time. I hate that we don't know. Will could be the one who said the skin colour thing OR he could have condemned it privately years ago.
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My daughter Jasmine singing in the kitchen. She’s 15 and would only let me post it if the camera was pointed at the ceiling. 🎶
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Oh man! What do have to do to be on that list. I’m going to aim for next year. 😁.
In the hope that it helps me get onto next years list can I just point out the lack of diversity in this year's Daily Mail Woke List.
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Lots of Racist comments being shared on social media following yesterday’s game. Talk of retribution for the loss. Brothers and sisters stay safe out there today. Watch your back. #englandfans #EuroFinal.
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#BlackAriel #Disney #LittleMermaidliveaction #NotMyAriel All the white people who have a problem with @chloexhalle playing a mermaid should learn to do what my kids did when they were 3 years old. Enjoy the story no matter what colour the lead character is. 🤷🏾♂️.
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When it’s time to show the acting class the ‘Animal’ you’ve been working on.
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We can’t afford to let our west end hit Broadway prices! How are we supposed to be inclusive of everyone if these prices become the norm.
The West End has officially lost its mind. I just looked up ticket prices for @DoubtfireUK, now in previews at @Shaftesbury1911: tickets this week are up to £159.50 — with the cheapest seats at £50 in the rear upper circle.
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What a fantastic day! Received the Pragnell Shakespeare Award in the company of some incredibly talented women. My Thanks to @TheRSC #pragnelljewellery @davidbenett @behrmanphotography
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Sorry but due to government guidelines your milkshake may only bring 6 boys to the yard.
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Why have 15,000 people been wrongly classified as illegal immigrants? #justice4windrush .Watch and share the #justice4windrush short film.Sign the open letter on Follow @J4windrush.#justice4windrush #SeenHeardHealed #windrushscandal
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Yes I was. How you found those shots I’ll never know. Sam called me personally to apologise for having to cut me out of the final edit. He said the film was running at just over 3 hours! A lot had to be cut, not just my stuff.
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This. Right. Here. 👇🏾.
What is white privilege? . We asked @JohnAmaechi, psychologist, best-selling author and former NBA basketball player to explain it for us. 👉
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Being part of this Incredible list is what makes it an honour. Congratulations all.
Congratulations to Mary Berry @MarcusRashford @thebodycoach @DrHilaryJones @reallorraine @MicaParisSoul @DizzeeRascal @KreptandKonan @ArmatradingJoan @gareththomas14 @kellyhoppen @Judy_Craymer @AdrianLester David Suchet, Tommy Steele, Maureen Lipman, Jeff Lynne,Sally Wainwright. .
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Our girls watched #hymn last night streamed from @AlmeidaTheatre on their computers. @Lolitachakra and I got home to this review of the play. #luckyparents
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If you have ever used the NHS in your life! Even at birth. Please follow and RT. While they are under threat. Let’s get @NHSMillion and @999CallforNHS the followers that they are due.
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So sad to hear about Helen McCrory. Gone far too soon. Sending love and sympathy to Damien and the family.
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Can we give this woman a medal. Please? 🙏🏾.
I don't know who this lady is but damn girl you hit the nail right on the head!
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“What’s going on?”. Sunday 9pm on @ITV and @itvhub @Vicky_McClure @AdrianLester @jed_mercurio @HTMTelevision #TriggerPoint
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So… glad all that Tractor stuff is over. Er…. #SueGrayReport anyone? Investigation into lying? #Partygate #lockdown Just wondering where it is. The distraction machine has been working hard.
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Like many actors I try to do my best for the environment. All my reactions are recycled.
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Sad news. The man was a giant in our field. Asking bold questions and rigorously refusing to settle for mediocrity. His influence changed everything about western theatre, even the design of some of our buildings. RIP Peter. Rest well, sir.
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RIP Chadwick Boseman. Working through all that pain. A real fighter.
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To all professionals in the film, television, theatre, entertainment, and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of you in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a pic. #SaveTheArts
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Truth. Plain and simple.
The #Jamaica50 flight left this morning. It is an outrage that the government deports people who arrived in the UK as children to countries they do not know. We must not give up this fight.
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We’re just coming out of our third lockdown, people’s finances are at breaking point. why so many betting adverts?.
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Considering the crap we’ve been through, there really couldn’t be a better time to celebrate spring, love and renewal. Happy (socially distanced) Holi 💜💙💚💛❤️🤎
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Cast and crew are fantastic! I’m grateful to part of this! 💥.
Adrian Lester joins Vicky McClure in ITV’s six-part thriller series, Trigger Point. Details - @Vicky_McClure @AdrianLester @jed_mercurio @HTMTelevision @ITV #DanielBrierley #TriggerPoint
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@NotKrumpy @WowTerrifying With the music and second vid reaction… the tragedy and human suffering is made less important than the notion that this is some kind of entertainment. Sad in so many ways.
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Why is it that whenever You see someone delivering a speech full of thoughtful insights displaying the social skills that got them elected, the house is almost always nearly empty. 🤷🏾♂️ . Fantastic @jessphillips.
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#JamesBond Should be a code name for the highest ranking field operative in the British secret service. The Rank of #007 could therefore go to anyone who is qualified. Then the job wouldn’t be about playing the man, it would be about playing the position.
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The only people who should be considered for #Toryleadership are those who resigned over 6 months ago… Anyone else is a back stabbing invertebrate who only found their morals when it was safe to do so.
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In order to keep the money coming in and chase this career, I’ve worked as a cleaner in a care home, a bar tender and a waiter.
During school summer holidays, I worked as a catering assistant, in Littlewoods & BHS on the shop floor & as a receptionist. While a writer, I worked as a computer programmer to pay my bills. There is zero shame in working an honest job to pay bills. Zero.
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Lawd a mercy! 🤭.
Before starring as big-time con artist Michael Stone on Hustle, @AdrianLester was treading the boards. In 1993, he played Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd at the National Theatre, a performance that gained him an Olivier nomination.
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Started training 27 years ago. This means a hell of a lot to me right now. Thank you to @EWTaeKwonDo .#blackbelt #Taekwondo #4thDan
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Thank you so much! That means a lot as it was your building, the Birmingham youth theatre and your commitment to access for children that got me started.
From all of us at MAC we would like to wish a huge congratulations to @AdrianLester on your CBE. So very well deserved 💛👏.
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Why…. why…… WHY do people have conversations on their phones on loudspeaker?!! .I don’t want to hear details about your personal life! Why are you forcing me to hear about your personal life?!! . (Btw, she should deffo dump him. Just sayin’).
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I watched that episode, so I taped over it.
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This takes me back. I remember every word.
'Oh, curse of marriage' 😐. @AdrianLester is Othello in Shakespeare’s timeless tale of envy and brutal revenge.
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This is how my Grandfather and his friends could afford to buy houses for themselves and the families they brought over once they’d accepted Britain’s plea to come work here after the war. #Windrush75 #Jamaican #BANK .
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I watched the #AmyCooper video. It made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Touched a deep fear I had felt since I was a teenager. I couldn’t finish watching #GeorgeFloyd being slowly murdered, it made me sick. So glad this guy spoke out. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.
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RIP Ian Holm. A true gent and a quiet, incredibly focused, giant on screen. You will be missed.
Ian Holm, star of Lord of the Rings, Alien and Chariots of Fire, dies aged 88
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Loving the fact that this woman is fearless, talented and Jamaican-Indian. ‘Blindian’ as my daughter likes to say. ( or Blasian. 🤷🏾♂️) .🥂👏🏾💥.
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Please RT.
What’s striking about this moment is that when you look at the protests it’s black and white, young people, old people, all kinds of people. All saying enough is enough.
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😂 Oh M G so funny it hurts…!! 😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💥.
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Already got my copy. V Powerful reading about your experiences as a child.
There's a book that accompanies the series Black and British, with all the stories we didn't have time to tell on TV.
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This man is a legend.
I've decided that at the age of 95, I'll be in London for #armistice100 to protest the hypocrisy of today's leaders selling arms to Saudi Arabia & other thug states while speaking in honeyed tones about the sacrifices the dead from other wars made to preserve peace and democracy.
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Ten young men from south london running to raise money for @kinsellatrust and @SickleCellUK please give ‘em a few quid and RT!.
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WTF?
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I’m going to light a candle and put it in my window this evening at 8pm – to remember all those who were murdered for who they were. 🕯.Stand against hatred and prejudice in the world today. #HolocaustMemorialDay #LightTheDarkness @HMD_UK’
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It’s like he’s summing up all the shit that has happened under the conservatives watch. Then asking us to vote for them again. 🤷🏾♂️.
"I remain confident that my party can prevail, not because of our record alone…” is he having a fucking laugh?.
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Passionate and bloody honest. 👏🏾👏🏾.
Blame us. Blame Westminster. Do not blame Brussels for our own country's mistakes and do not be angry at us for telling you the truth. Be angry at the chancers who sold you a lie. In full: Why I'm voting against Brexit today and calling for a #PeoplesVote.
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So, this is next. @LehmanTrilogyUS Done a week of solo rehearsals already with the @NationalTheatre team. So many lines!!!! It’ll run on #Broadway at the Nederlander theatre this autumn.
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Looking forward to going back to my home city and working @BirminghamRep Making plans, making plans.
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This. Should. Be. Trending. Please RT.
Just now and again you hear a voice of knowledge and understanding and realise the world could easily be in a better place
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What a pleasure it was to chat to @MeeraSyal She’s a bloody gifted artist. You can listen to her articulate the connections between stories, class, career and belonging in our full #lifeinsrages conversation for the @NationalTheatre .Here’s 2 mins worth.
"It's only through stories that you can stand in my shoes and I can stand in yours.". @MeeraSyal and @AdrianLester talk about facing other people's perceptions in their #LifeInStages. Join us on Thursday at 7pm BST on YouTube:
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A shout out for @mentalhealth on #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Help raise our awareness of people who suffer with bad mental health. You can get a badge here:
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Unflinching. An extract from @DavidHarewood’s book traces the effects of racial bigotry to a young boy growing up in 1970’s #Birmingham.Brave and incredibly honest. Got so much respect for this man. 👏🏾👊🏾🖤.
'I came close to death’: David Harewood on racism and psychosis
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👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.
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Looks like the con is back on. Someone, somewhere is making money from this.
Just received this from a parent in Blackpool - this food parcel is supposed to feed their kids for a week. @BorisJohnson @RishiSunak and @GavinWilliamson do you think this is accceptable or enough to feed a hungry child for a week? This is a disgrace and must be fixed today.
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Why is he giving a statement at no 10? He’s not a representative of any constituency or any gov department. He’s in that position because he’s Johnson’s mate.
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