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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…

Writer and star of Elephant | Meet Anoushka Lucas

Thu 21 Sep 2023 | Bush Artists

Opening this October, Olivier Award nominee Anoushka Lucas returns to the Bush Theatre with a brand new production of her debut play, Elephant. Here is everything you need to know about the incredibly talented writer and performer behind the production.  She never planned to be an actor… or a playwright. Anoushka is a multi-talented artist:…

Cast announced for Parliament Square

Thu 14 Sep 2017 | Our Plays

Casting is announced for Parliament Square at the Royal Exchange and Bush Theatre.

Esther Smith has been cast in new play Parliament Square by James Fritz (Ross and Rachel). She originated the role of Delphi Diggory in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and has starred in Cuckoo (BBC Three) and Uncle (BBC Three). The cast also includes Damola Adelaja, Seraphina Beh, Lois Chimimba, Kelly Hotten, Joanne Howarth and Jamie Zubairi.

Selected for a Judges Award in the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2015, Parliament Square asks where the line falls between complete commitment and dangerous obsession.

Parliament Square is a co-production between the Royal Exchange and the Bush Theatre. It will premiere in Manchester, at the Royal Exchange, in October, before transferring to the Bush Theatre. It is directed by Jude Christian and designed by Fly Davis.

Parliament Square plays at the Bush Theatre 30 Nov – 6 Jan. Find out more and book tickets for Parliament Square here.