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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:…

Sophia Griffin

Mon 21 Sep 2020 |

Sophia Griffin is a theatre maker, writer and performance poet based in Birmingham. She uses art as a tool to connect to herself and connect to others and is particularly interested in exploring themes of family, identity and the impact of absence. Last year, with support from the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Sophia wrote and performed in her first solo show, Fathers, Families and F*ckboys and has since worked on projects with The British Council and Warwick Arts Centre. Recently, Sophia has been working on a new digital series, SeaView as part of a West Midlands writers room, in collaboration with The Belgrade Theatre and Strictly Arts Theatre Company.