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Collaborating on The Cord: Dr Jess Heron & Bijan Sheibani

3 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…

The Invisible | Legal Aid Fact #3

Wed 01 Jul 2015 | Our Plays, The Bigger Picture

Next up in our series of stats about what cuts to the legal aid system really mean…

88% of GPs agree that patients not being able to get legal or specialist advice about their problems would have a negative impact on their health Either to a great extent or to some extent.

Research conducted by the Legal Action Group (LAG) and ComRes in 2014, and supported by the Law Society found that a vast majority of doctors believed that the number of their patients who would have benefited from legal or specialist advice has increased in the past year.

Issues with benefits led the way with two thirds of GPs (67 per cent) reporting the number of patients who would have benefited from legal advice in this area had increased in the last year. This was followed closely by debts/financial problems and issues at work, both at 65 per cent of GPs reporting an increase. Just over half (54 per cent) of GPs reported the number of patients with housing problems who would have benefited from legal advice had increased and a similar proportion (55 per cent) reported the same regarding community care. The lowest proportion was for advice on immigration law, at 30 per cent.

Do the cuts to legal aid make you feel sick to the stomach? Book in for The Invisible, 3 July – 15 August here at the Bush.