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Shepherd’s Bush Comedy Festival 2018

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Shepherd’s Bush Comedy Festival 2018

Shepherd's Bush Comedy Festival returns for another year of fantastic, surprising and hot-to-trot comedy.

Discover a mix of new names and returning faces for two weeks of storytelling, laughter, comedy and poetry.

This year’s shows include, but aren’t limited to the outstanding James Acaster, Tim Key, Jessie Cave, Mark Watson and Nina Conti. More exciting names to be announced soon.

20-29 July 2018

Presented by PBJ Management and Hammersmith and Fulham Council in partnership with the Bush Theatre.

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wow, RUN don't walk to catch the last nights of #StrangeFruit @bushtheatre. not even gonna try to explain it but it… https://t.co/nGL7izAOsb
Laetitia B.
@laebutler
22 Jul
Still time to catch the incredible #StrangeFruit at @bushtheatre which I reviewed on my blog: https://t.co/9EM2Z2QAgm
Kim 🌈👊🏾 🏳️‍🌈Theatre Revews
@Kim_Provise
22 Jul
When you think about a play a few days after you’ve seen it and have a deeper understanding of a particular scene… https://t.co/luA6imYdW2
Selina Armoudon
@SelinaArmoudon1
22 Jul
I saw a show on a whim two years ago called Lands and really loved it, then saw it again last year at @bushtheatre.… https://t.co/yc3HrG36WZ
Daniella
@daniella_ann28
21 Jul
@cdaly72 @bushtheatre It really is something quite special, a powerful story performed by a truly tremendous cast, I loved it! 😀
Karen
@MrsOsmond_
21 Jul
FOH fun @bushtheatre #StrangeFruit Our group found it relatable, honest and moving calling it ‘the most accurate… https://t.co/QBEQYdVsAm
Young Theatre Makers
@bubble_YTM
19 Jul

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Cast announced for Chiaroscuro by Jackie Kay
18 Jul

“so many women have been lost at seaso many stories have been swept away” Meet the cast of Chiaroscuro, an explosive gig-theatre event that breathes new life into Scottish National Poet Jackie Kay’s masterpiece. Aisha, Yomi, Beth and Opal couldn’t be more different, but when Aisha hosts a dinner party, the friends soon discover that…

Work Experience Diary| Hana: “I’m incredibly lucky to have had an insight into this world”
05 Jul

Our work experience student Hana tells us about her time at the Bush Theatre. It sounds a little cliché, but I can honestly say I’ve had a wonderful week of work experience at the Bush Theatre. Obviously when we think of theatre we tend to focus on what happens on stage, in front of an…

Caryl Phillips’ Strange Fruit Preface: “My generation had become even more vocal and uncompromising”
25 Jun

Caryl Phillips, writer of Strange Fruit, describes the context of his debut play in the Preface to the playtext published by Oberon Books. It’s available from our online book shop. I wrote ‘Strange Fruit’ during the autumn of 1979. I had graduated from university in June of the same year with a desire to write, but this was long before the…