- FULL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED FOR THIS PLACE WE KNOW
- SIX NEW PLAYS IN BORROWED SPACES ALONG UXBRIDGE ROAD
- TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Tickets are now available for the Bush Theatre’s full programme of This Place We Know, six new, commissioned plays which will be playing in various venues on the Uxbridge Road in September and October this year. Following the previous announcement of the season’s playwrights, the Bush Theatre today reveals full details of the plays, creative teams and venues.
In the week of 26 September the Bush Theatre’s Artistic Director, Madani Younis will direct Gbolahan Obisesan’s play Zaida and Aadam at a centre for African and Caribbean elderly people – Nubian Life Resource Centre – whilst Nancy Harris’ One Cold Dark Nightwill be directed by Associate Director, Omar Elerian and performed at the Defector’s Weld pub.
During the second week of the production The Rest of Your Life by Barney Norris andTerrorism by Kenny Emson will both open. The Rest of Your Life will play at local karaoke haunt Bar FM and will be directed by Miranda Cromwell (ADF partnership) whilst Terrorismtakes up residency at Room 56, Dorsett – the old Shepherd’s Bush Palladium and a former cinema – under direction from Eleanor Rhode.
The final week will see Joe Murphy direct Battleface by Sabrina Mahfouz in St Stephen’s CE Primary School and Ailin Conant (ADF partnership) will bring April De Angelis’sNobody’s Listening to life at the neighbouring St Stephen’s Church.
Press night will be held on 5 October 2016.
Madani Younis said, “It has never seemed more important or fitting to present a season that mirrors the diversity and cultural heritage of our immediate community. From the protagonists of the stories we’re telling, to the playwrights and directors, This Place We Know is a direct result of the gamut of communities in W12. This year sees the Bush Theatre step outside of our building and conventional theatre setting and into the heart of Shepherd’s Bush, continuing our commitment to speaking up for, and with, our neighbours”
Thanks to a partnership with Artistic Directors of the Future (ADF), This Place We Knowwill include two directors who successfully applied to be a part of the season following a call out to ADF’s core network. The Bush Theatre will work alongside Miranda Cromwell and Ailin Conant as they direct productions as part of this season.
The Uxbridge Road is one of the longest and most diverse roads in Europe and has been the Bush Theatre’s home for the last four years.
In an extraordinary love-letter to its home, This Place We Know brings together a series of specially-commissioned short plays to be performed in borrowed spaces along this West London artery.
Discover stories of heartbreak, joy, loss and retribution in pubs, churches and karaoke bars. At times funny, mysterious and foreboding, each is an intimate tale woven into the fabric of the city by the hottest new writers.
This Place We Know has a meeting and information point located at Shepherd’s Bush Boutique Hotel, 11/12 Poplar Mews, London W12 7JS. A venue map is downloadable here.