I CAUGHT CRABS IN WALBERSWICK

It only takes 24 hours to change a lifetime.

Best mates Fitz and Wheeler are fishing for crabs on a bridge in Walberswick when they are ambushed by Dani, the fittest girl on the beach. So begins a crazy 24 hours that will change the lives of the three sixteen-year-olds forever. All three are looking for some action. After hooking up with Dani and taking a rekless road trip up the Suffolk coast, will Fitz and Wheeler's friendship survive?

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Andrew Barron
Harry Hepple
Gemma Soul
Rosie Thomson
Aaron Foy

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New Artistic Director Announced: Taio Lawson

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

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Shifting the Narrative: Radical Love Commissions

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.…