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Collaborating on The Cord: Dr Jess Heron & Bijan Sheibani

15 hours ago | Our Plays, The Bigger Picture

Dr Jess Heron, founder and CEO of National perinatal mental health charity, Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP), and acclaimed writer and director, Bijan Sheibani, collaborated on research for his new play The Cord, that follows a family struggling to navigate the postpartum period. “APP, which began as a research panel, now supports women and families…

BUSHCYLING: How we’re improving our sustainability, one stage set at a time

Thu 23 Nov 2023 | Our Plays, The Bigger Picture

When you watch a new show at the Bush, you’re seeing a brand new set every time… or are you?  Putting on a production can use a lot of resources: from energy for lights to purchasing costumes and furniture to the timber needed to build sets and scenery, so we try to reuse materials as…

“I keep coming back to sex and death – but, you know, in a fun way.” Meet Marcelo Dos Santos

Thu 02 Nov 2023 | Our People, Playwriting

With a day to go until Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen bursts onto our stage, we caught up with writer Marcelo Dos Santos to get the inside scoop on his inspirations for the play and how it feels to, as he says, “put it all out there”. “I’m inspired by…

BushGreen Loves

Fri 20 Mar 2015 | The Bigger Picture

BushGreen can’t wait to visit Mr Elbank’s Beard Exhibition at Somerset House this month, to mark the launch of Beard Season.

We especially love the portrait of Harnaam Kaur, the inspirational British woman who decided to grow her beard after being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome to challenge society’s ideas of normality.

Read more about the exhibition in the Guardian article HERE.

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