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Collaborating on The Cord: Dr Jess Heron & Bijan Sheibani

Thu 25 Apr 2024 | Our Plays, The Bigger Picture

Dr Jess Heron, founder and CEO of National perinatal mental health charity, Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP), and acclaimed writer and director, Bijan Sheibani, collaborated on research for his new play The Cord, that follows a family struggling to navigate the postpartum period. “APP, which began as a research panel, now supports women and families…

BUSHCYLING: How we’re improving our sustainability, one stage set at a time

Thu 23 Nov 2023 | Our Plays, The Bigger Picture

When you watch a new show at the Bush, you’re seeing a brand new set every time… or are you?  Putting on a production can use a lot of resources: from energy for lights to purchasing costumes and furniture to the timber needed to build sets and scenery, so we try to reuse materials as…

“I keep coming back to sex and death – but, you know, in a fun way.” Meet Marcelo Dos Santos

Thu 02 Nov 2023 | Our People, Playwriting

With a day to go until Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen bursts onto our stage, we caught up with writer Marcelo Dos Santos to get the inside scoop on his inspirations for the play and how it feels to, as he says, “put it all out there”. “I’m inspired by…

The Law Society urges the government to retain the Human Rights Act

Mon 11 May 2015 | Our Plays, The Bigger Picture

As you may have seen in the news, David Cameron is moving fast to capitalise on his general election victory by introducing the scrapping of the Human Rights Act. This will be overseen by newly appointed Justice Secretary Michael Gove.

The Law Society, sponsors of our upcoming production The Invisible, have issued a statement urging the government to retain the Human Rights Act arguing that it is “a fundamental safeguard of many of our basic rights and freedoms”.

‘To no one will we sell, to no one deny… justice’ Clause 40 of Magna Carta

They are also calling on the government to review the impact of increased court fees and legal aid changes. “Ordinary people and small businesses trying to recover money owed to them are being priced out of the courts”, they argue, “further changes to the way legal aid is provided in criminal cases risk denying those accused of wrongdoing the right to fair representation. This could lead to miscarriages of justice.”

It is the human impact of the government’s cuts to legal aid that Rebecca Lenkiewicz explores in The Invisible which will premiere here at the Bush in July.

Please help us to spread the word about this vitally important issue by telling your followers and friends about the play on Twitter and Facebook.