BushGreen Live is a series of events to enhance and complement the company’s core programming. Taking a variety of formats, including late-night events and post-show debates, BushGreen Live events will be incorporated into the programme over the coming year, with the intention of offering a range of opportunities for writers, directors, creatives and interested audiences… Continue reading Bush Theatre launches BushGreen Live
Interview with Nuzo Onoh
Coventry-based, African horror writer Nuzo Onoh is breaking new ground with her intriguing novel The Reluctant Dead. Steeped in the Igbo tradition, Onoh is championing the genre and believes it’s time for female horror writers to be recognised more widely. Born in Enugu, in the Eastern part of Nigeria (formerly known as The Republic Biafra),… Continue reading Interview with Nuzo Onoh
Perseverance Drive
Finding redemption: Leo Wringer (Eli Gillard) and Clint Dyer (Josh Gillard). Picture credit: Richard Davenport Play: Perseverance Drive Theatre: Bush Theatre Playwright: Robin Soans Director: Madani Younis Review by Natalie Gormally Perseverance Drive is an absorbing play about a fragmented West Indian Pentecostal family, brought together by death and torn apart by conflicting attitudes towards… Continue reading Perseverance Drive
SI Leeds Literary prize longlist
Chair of the judging panel, the award-winning author of Pao, Kerry Young. The SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women has announced its 12 strong longlist from promising and accomplished writers, covering a wide range of genres and subjects. They longlisted authors are: • Red Is For Later and Other… Continue reading SI Leeds Literary prize longlist
Shutters
Women in the spotlight: Joanna Kirkland and Yolanda Kettle. Photo credit: Skirmantas Petraitis Play: Shutters Theatre: Park Theatre Playwrights: Brooke Allen, Philip Dawkins and Susan Glaspell Director: Jack Thorpe Baker Review by Maria Teresa Sette A kaleidoscope of women’s lives as they grapple with intricate family dynamics, social prejudices, love and grief is at the… Continue reading Shutters
Intimate Apparel
Love in denial: Tanya Moodie (Esther) and Ilan Goodman (Mr Marks). Photo credit: Simon Annand Play: Intimate Apparel Theatre: Park Theatre Playwright: Lynn Nottage Director: Laurence Boswell Review by Joy Francis Acclaimed African American playwright Lynn Nottage’s innate ability to weave history, fiction and drama into a tantalising whole is present in her play Intimate… Continue reading Intimate Apparel
From Zero to Hero: Writing with confidence seminar
How many of you have great ideas you’d like to write about – but have yet to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard? How often do you read a book or a blog and wonder – I’d like to do that, yet never follow through? How many stories about your life would you… Continue reading From Zero to Hero: Writing with confidence seminar
Writing for TV: Soap Operas
Soap operas are our guilty pleasure. The ability to write compelling storylines that become water cooler moments, which touch you emotionally as well as entertain, is an art. So what is the secret to writing a great soap plot, Christmas special or dastardly villain? How do you make a black or Asian family feel contemporary… Continue reading Writing for TV: Soap Operas
Revolution at the Royal Court
The Royal Court’s innovative artistic director Vicky Featherstone usually creates a stir when she announces a new season. The one for Septemper 2014 to May 2015 is no exception with revolution in the air, says playwright Maxine Quintyne-Kolaru.
The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sibling rivalry: Isabella Calthorpe (India), Charlotte Parry (Gemma), Alice Sanders (Mouse), Patricia Potter (Garden), Claire Forlani (Willow). Photo credit: Mark Douet Play: The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Theatre: Tricycle Theatre Playwright: Adam Bock Director: Trip Cullman Review by Natalie Gormally Canadian-born writer Adam Bock reunites (for the fifth time) with director Trip Cullman to… Continue reading The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania