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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:…

The Invisible | Legal Aid Fact #2

Tue 30 Jun 2015 | Our Plays, The Bigger Picture

Inspired by The Invisible, our upcoming production about the human impact of cuts to legal aid, here’s the next Legal Aid Fact in our series of stats about what cuts to the legal aid system really mean. Check out the first fact here.

In 2013-2014, 1500 people applied for exceptional case funding, just 69 were successful.

Exceptional case funding was intended as a safety net to try to ensure that people who really need it still get legal assistance in non-criminal cases. It can provide civil legal aid in cases that mightn’t otherwise qualify, but where denying it would be a breach of someone’s human or EU law rights.

When it was introduced the Government estimated that around 5000 applications would be granted per year. 1500 people applied in 2013-2014. Only 69 people were granted assistance. That’s under 5%. The rate of successful applications has been increasing in every quarter since the scheme began.

*From Full Fact data.

The world premiere production of The Invisible by Rebecca Lenkiewicz runs from 3 July – 15 August here at the Bush, find out more about the play here.