Conversations, dispatches and ideas from the Bush Theatre.

Bush Staff Recommends: LGBT+ Books

February 12, 2020 | The Bigger Picture

Happy LGBT+ History Month! In the midst of LGBT+ history month we wanted to focus on our favourite pieces of literature that we believe diversify the perspective from which stories are told. So we asked our staff to pull out their best recommendations for books written by LGBT+ authors and/or including gay characters. It’s time…

There must be magic in the atmosphere By Benedict Lombe

January 17, 2020 | Our People

Benedict Lombe from our Emerging Writers Group writes about diasporic experience. It’s 3am. I’m sitting in my room wolfing down a pack of Doritos and thinking about the night I just had. I’m also thinking – quite intensely – about who decided we needed more than one flavour of Doritos? Bro, you hit the jackpot…

Rachael Merry: The BSL access is ‘rooted in the telling of the story’

January 10, 2020 | Our Plays

Zia Ahmed’s tender, funny, lyrical play about finding love and holding onto it with everything you have is keen to cross boundaries. Vital to the three-hander is Rachael Merry, who uses BSL interpretation to convey the poetic beauty of Ahmed’s language . Rachael talks to us about the show, language, and the role of accessibility…