Conversations, dispatches and ideas from the Bush Theatre.
Our Emerging Writers’ Group (EWG) is in its eighth year with a new intake of six writers. Meet Valerie, Temi, Jasmin, Ted, Coral and Zak. There’s so much to say about our new Emerging Writers’ Group that we’ve asked them to introduce themselves along with their favourite piece of writing. Valerie Isaiah Sadoh is a playwright…
For our Green Week 2022, Bush Young Company Member Maryam Garad gives us a rundown of some simple ways we can all become more conscious consumers. Anyone with a conscience cares about the environment. We’ve all seen the facts, we’re all regularly inundated with pictures of overflowing landfills, and the threat of countries going underwater…
Our upcoming Studio show, The Kola Nut Does Not Speak English, explores connecting with heritage and ancestry through the language of plants. The central character, Tasha, attempts to find connection with a legacy of green-fingered women through her house plants – which she struggles to keep alive. To kick off #BushGreenWeek22, we asked actor, writer,…
Writer and star Waleed Akhtar sat down with TV personality and cultural producer Ryan Lanji to talk representation, politics and the incredible response to The P Word. Ryan Lanji is a Cultural Producer and TV personality, who is currently appearing in BBC Three’s Proud Party Agency, and won Netflix’s Big Flower Fight. He also…
I arrived, ready to start my work experience with little idea of what to expect. My knowledge of working in the arts and theatre is very limited. I was keen to get work experience in a theatre because I couldn’t find many resources to fully understand what it is like to have a role ‘behind…
A theatre, more than any other work space, is one where creatives in every field come together to achieve the social vision of political change. What I have always loved about the Bush is their focus on youth participation, and the way in which their plays breathe fresh air into the canon of British theatre.…
