Work Experience Diary| Hana: “I’m incredibly lucky to have had an insight into this world”

July 5, 2019 | Our People

Our work experience student Hana tells us about her time at the Bush Theatre. It sounds a little cliché, but I can honestly say I’ve had a wonderful week of work experience at the Bush Theatre. Obviously when we think of theatre we tend to focus on what happens on stage, in front of an…

Caryl Phillips’ Strange Fruit Preface: “My generation had become even more vocal and uncompromising”

June 25, 2019 | Our Plays

Caryl Phillips, writer of Strange Fruit, describes the context of his debut play in the Preface to the playtext published by Oberon Books. It’s available from our online book shop. I wrote ‘Strange Fruit’ during the autumn of 1979. I had graduated from university in June of the same year with a desire to write, but this was long before the…

New Voices – Bold Visions

June 17, 2019 | Our Plays

Lynette Linton Announces Her First Season As Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre   This season at the Bush Theatre UK debuts by British and Irish writers will fill our stages. You’ll find extraordinary stories of lived experiences that speak to all corners of our city. I believe in the Bush’s power to write narratives…