“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.
Looking for show guidance and content warnings?
Read our Back Up! pre-show information or email [email protected] if you have specific concerns or questions.
Lois Sime (she/her) trained in Stage Management as Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Previous credits include: The Last Word (Marylebone); For Tonight (Adelphi); Brassed Off (Aberystwyth Arts Centre); You Bury Me (Paines Plough); Mother Goose (Hackney Empire).
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.
