Conversations, dispatches and ideas from the Bush Theatre.

New Artistic Director Announced: Taio Lawson

Thu 06 Mar 2025 | Our People

The Bush Theatre trustees have appointed Taio Lawson as the theatre’s new Artistic Director and Co-CEO. Taio joins the company in Summer 2025 and he will oversee the final season of plays programmed by Lynette Linton, who leaves in March 2025. Taio’s first season of work will launch in early 2026. Taio will lead the…

Charles Holloway OBE: From West London to the West End

Thu 31 Oct 2024 | Our People

Benedict Lombe’s play Shifters transferring from the Bush Theatre to the West End was a milestone moment: for the artists involved, the audiences they engaged, and the future of British theatre it will inspire. It offers a glimpse of what commercial theatre in this country could be. And as Bush audience members and supporters know,…

Shifting the Narrative: Radical Love Commissions

Wed 28 Aug 2024 | Our Plays, Playwriting

A new initiative, inviting eight Global Majority artists to write short-form responses to the West End production of Benedict Lombe’s hit play Shifters, which is at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, until 12 October. We’re delighted to be launching this new opportunity, alongside ATG Entertainment West End Creative Learning and the Producers of Shifters.…

Save Lyn Gardner’s Theatre Blog

Mon 13 Mar 2017 | The Bigger Picture

As of 1 Apr 2017, Lyn Gardner’s contract to write 150 blogs a year will end due to Guardian cuts. The theatre blog is respected for national reach, support for rural, small-scale and touring theatre, alternative performance artforms, and a forward looking perspective. Lyn will continue to write reviews and 28,000 words of features.

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