Conversations, dispatches and ideas from the Bush Theatre.
Following the reports and allegations of the last two weeks, first in America and, more recently, closer to home, we have come together to make clear that there can be no place for sexual harassment or abuse of power in our industry. We salute the bravery of everyone who calls out this abusive behaviour. We support a theatre culture that empowers people to speak up: a…
Writer Chris Thompson and director Rob Hastie chat through new play Of Kith and Kin about a couple called Daniel and Oliver who are about to have their first baby with their friend Priya acting as surrogate. Everyone knows you can choose your friends. What happens when you can choose your family too? RH: I think…
Sophie Wu has done some pretty great movies and shows as an actress, from Wild Child to Kiss Ass and Fresh Meat to The Fades. But did you know she’s a playwright too? Coming to the Bush Theatre in Sep 2017 is her bittersweet new play about the gravity of young love Ramona Tells Jim.…
The Bush has opened invitations to a workshop on dramatic monologues, designed to help emerging playwrights develop their stories for the stage. You’ll need to bring a monologue you’ve been working on – no more than 3-5 pages. When: Tue 12 Sep 2017, 3-6pm Where: Reading Room, Bush Theatre How much: Free (but book a…
Before coming to the Bush, I had only been immersed in the artistic side of theatre. I was simply given a script, told to learn my lines and did whatever the director wanted me to do until opening night. After my most recent production, I took a step back and got a much needed perspective…
- Artistic Director Madani Younis on this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe Javaad Alipoor’s The Believers Are But Brothers, Inua Ellams’ An Evening With An Immigrant, Selina Thompson’s salt Fuck me. Is something finally shifting? I’ve been going up to Edinburgh each August for nine years. And for all of its come one come all, the Edinburgh Festival…
Choose from a diverse selection of contemporary plays for some holiday reading or to salve your post-Edinburgh blues. Beautiful New Writing On Offer To celebrate August – one of the busiest months for new writing – we’re offering a number of amazing plays from our back catalogue for £2. This one off, Summer special is for…
Casting has been announced for Of Kith and Kin at Sheffield Theatres and the Bush Theatre as part of our Autumn Winter season. Cast includes: Joanna Bacon (Lydia and Carrie), Donna Berlin (Arabelle), James Lance (Daniel), Chetna Pandya (Priya) and Joshua Silver (Oliver). Daniel and Oliver are about to have their first baby. With their…
Casting has been announced for Sophie Wu’s new play Ramona Tells Jim as part of the Bush Theatre’s Autumn Winter season. Scotland. One wet, midge-riddled field trip. Ramona is 15 and she’s totally cool. Honestly. She’s completely cool. In 1998, Ramona, of Englandshire, has a penchant for Enya and hates bananas. On her geography field…
Bush Associate Company – Milk Presents – give us their essential queer reads to inspire, educate and enjoy. Queer destabilises everything around it, laughs until all that is set becomes disrupted. It is a political force, an identity, a blurring of fixed lines, of ideals, of hierarchies – a way of seeing the world and…
We’ve announced a season of six plays for Autumn Winter 2017 at the Bush Theatre. A retrospective of work by internationally acclaimed Iranian theatre-maker Nassim Soleimanpour, featuring three previous works and a brand-new play commissioned by the Bush Theatre. A season of international stories, featuring over 10 new works, from Muslim women both at home…
A story of the Hir design from concept to realisation through initial drawings, scale models, the final model box, set build and finished set. Design and early photographs by Ben Stones. Production pictures by Ellie Kurttz. Ready Set Action Hir by Taylor Mac and directed by Nadia Fall is at the Bush Theatre till 22…
