“At the moment, I’m at the Bush. A place which I have only known recently, but a place where I don’t want to leave when my time comes. Where I am filled with so much serotonin afterwards I sleep like a baby at night”
The Bush Theatre’s first ever Young Company wants to introduce themselves to you. Back Up! is a story of young Londoners, people from here and elsewhere, who now call this place home. A story of where they’ve been and where they’re going. It’s a declaration of intent. You better listen up.
The Young Company’s high-octane, witty first show is a sharing of things that matter to them and a celebration of their first year together. It’s the start of something, rather than the end.
Join us to welcome the Bush Young Company to our main stage for the first time.
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Georgia Wilmot: After graduating with a degree in Interior Design from Liverpool John Moores University Georgia worked on Misfits S3 (Channel 4), and as a costume trainee on Monroe (ITV) before deciding that Set Design was something to be explored.
Georgia’s set and costume credits include: Covered (New Heritage Theatre at Paddington Arts Centre), Superdrug’s YouTube channel Christmas campaign 2017, I knew you (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), days of significance (Questors Theatre). In 2018 Georgia had the opportunity to create concept designs and illustrations for Designer Tim McQuillen-Wright for Secret Cinemas Blade Runner.
Writing and illustration: Georgia illustrated the first children’s book from The adventures of series, as well as working as a digital design content creator for My Trauma, My healing with Simone Powderly. For the last year, Georgia has been working on writing and illustrating her first children’s book and creating work for Ealing BEAT.
Katie Greenall (she/they) is a facilitator, director and writer working with Young People and Communities. Since graduating from East 15 Acting School with a degree in Acting and Community Theatre, she has been delivering projects and making work with organisations such as the Old Vic, National Youth Theatre of GB and the National Theatre. Katie is also Young Company Co-ordinator at the Bush Theatre.
Katie was a member of the Poetry Collective at the Roundhouse, as well as reaching the final of the Roundhouse Poetry Slam in 2018. She was a Resident Artist at the Roundhouse 2018-2019, part of the Soho Theatre Writer’s Lab programme and longlisted for this year’s Channel 4 Screenwriting Course. This year she was runner up in Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund for theatre making and she has appeared on several podcasts, including The Guilty Feminist, as well as writing for the Metro Online, Refinery 29 & Bustle.
Katie is currently performing FATTY FAT FAT, her solo show about living in a fat body. It won the VAULTS Origins Award for Outstanding New Work in 2019 and following this completed a sold-out 5* run at Edinburgh Fringe. In Spring 2020 FFF was due to head out on a tour of England & Wales and is supported by Arts Council England, and in September 2020 FFF was published by Salamander Street.
Lois trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Credits include: Benidorm Live (UK tour), Oliver! (Aberystwyth Arts Centre) Mr Stink (Chickenshed), HMS Pinafore (Opera Della Luna) and Cinderella (Paul Holman)
The Pappy Show was formed in 2013 by Kane Husbands to bring people together to move, dance, create moments of radical joy, share stories and take time just to PLAY!
That is still their mission but their identity has become clearer. They exist as a social enterprise – working across performance and platforming the marginalised identities that they believe society could do better with.
The Pappy Show is run by a core team of 10 friends. Their physical training is central to the company and we offer this for everybody and every body, no matter your previous experience. By moving, playing, talking and listening, they create rooms (physical or digital) that are full of heart and where you can just be you.
Diverse and collaborative, their productions explore identities that are rooted in the lived experience of their performers and span from the stage to the screen. Their productions BOYS and GIRLS were critically acclaimed for their vibrant, revelatory and expectation-defying explorations of contemporary masculinity and femininity. Their upcoming shows What Do You See and Black Girl Magic will delve even deeper into exploring and elevating the underrepresented identities that they want to see on stage.
