Conversations, dispatches and ideas from the Bush Theatre.

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:…

City Guide: Dublin

Fri 13 Nov 2015 | The Bigger Picture

RADAR artists are coming from across the UK and beyond to be part of the festival.

**We’ve been asking them to write little city guides for theatre-lovers. Here Maeve O’Neill, production manager for No More Worries, shows us around the Irish capital.**

Best place to see new plays, new work and why…

I love Project Arts Centre Dublin, in Temple Bar for new work. They have an exhibtion space with installations and host a varied programme. I have a standout memory of watching CoisCeim (Irish Dance Company) perform there. Also the Fringe and Theatre Festivals (both held in the Autumn) are great.

Best place to have a coffee and write…

The Winding Stair bookshop and cafe just north of the River Liffey

The playwriting/theatre/artistic community in Dublin is…

Everywhere from pubs and cafes to theatre’s and the street. Walking through the streets (especially down Thomas Street) is like stepping into a play.

The Liberties Market, Dublin | Photo by James Horan

Where to go to get inspired…

Take the Dart North to Howth or South to Greystones, watch and listen. Stroll through the city centre and down by the banks of the Liffey.

New plays from Dublin are…

If by Enda Walsh they are mind-boggling and wonderful.

New productions from Druid are awesome.

Three essentials…

1. A slow pace to soak it all in
2. A decent pair of shoes to walk in
3. Don’t take yourself too seriously

Writers to read…

Samual Beckett, Mark O’Rowe, Brian Friel, John B Keane

An image that represents city for you.

Trinity College, cobbled streets, the East Coastline…

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