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Black History Month: Artist Inspirations

October 18, 2019 | Our People

Continuing our Black History Month celebrations we asked some of the wonderful artists that we work with to tell us about the Black artists that inspire their work.  Casey Bailey: Poet, Rapper, Educator Gil Scott-Heron has massively inspired my work as a poet, theatre maker and writer in general. There is a quote of his…

Black History Month: A spotlight on Bush Theatre Staff

October 4, 2019 | Our People

As part of our Black History Month celebrations, we asked some of the Bush team how they got into theatre. At the Bush Theatre we pride ourselves on working with so many talented black artists and theatre makers, but the roles in theatre go beyond acting, writing and directing. We wanted to celebrate a few…

“I have thought about it every day since”: Our Young Writers review Chiaroscuro

September 27, 2019 | Our People, Our Plays

We invited our Young Writers 2019 cohort to review Chiaroscuro, our latest production celebrating queer women of colour across generations.  Our young writers are aged 14-17 and meet weekly to build on their writing skills, with the opportunity to write and stage a play in our Studio space. Here’s what they thought: Honor I can honestly say…

Advice for playwrights | Tanya Ronder

18 Aug 2015 | Our Plays, Playwriting

‘My top advice to young budding playwrights would be to collaborate.

‘Seek out others, talk to others, work with others; get people to read your words, hear it, see how much you can take away.

‘It’s such a process of putting things down, weeding the garden, taking stuff out and seeing if there’s something there. Personally, I couldn’t do it on my own.  I know some writers do but I’d say to young writers: team up.’

 

F*ck the Polar Bears, by Tanya Ronder, premieres at the Bush Theatre from 11 September 2015.

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