Line-up announced for RADAR 2015
Bush Theatre’s Festival of New Writing
11-26 November 2015
New works and works-in-progress including:
- Blank by Nassim Soleimanpour
- The Ground is on Fire by Nasim Aghili
- If I Were Me by Antler
- In A Vulnerable Place by Steve Waters
- Labels by Worklight Theatre
- Misty by Arinze Kene
- No More Worries by Simon Mole
- Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me) by Ben Duke and Lost Dog
- Pheasant Plucker by Lily Bevan
- Portrait by Racheal Ofori and Fuel
- Solo by Curious Directive
- This Is How We Die by Christopher Brett Bailey
The Bush Theatre today announced the line-up for RADAR its annual festival of new writing and works-in-progress.
Artistic Director Madani Younis has said today:
‘RADAR is a true microcosm of our vision as a theatre. In the four short years that the festival has taken place, RADAR artists have gone on to become major voices in the theatre industry and continue to make some of the most exciting work in the new writing world.
‘To spend an evening with any of the artists taking part in RADAR this year is a pleasure: they are cool, they are entertaining, and they are unafraid to confront difficult questions facing not just our present, but also our future.
‘As ever, RADAR is a festival of ideas, and this year’s will be the bravest, strongest, and most urgent, to date.’
Acclaimed Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour returns to RADAR with the UK premiere of his new play Blank, featuring a different performer reading a sealed script every night. For the first time, the Bush Theatre will produce two shows in the festival: In A Vulnerable Place, written and performed by Steve Waters, takes on a personal journey through climate change from the Norfolk Broads to the Mongolian Steppes, while playwright and actor Arinze Kene will share a work-in-progress of his lyrical urban tale Misty, directed by Bush Theatre Associate Director Omar Elerian.
Other work in the line-up include Racheal Ofori’s debut show Portrait: a frank, fun and provocative look at the trials and tribulations of modern life as seen through the eyes of a young black woman from one of the most exciting new talents in the country.
Swedish writer Nasim Aghili will present the UK premiere of her contentious play The Ground Is On Fire about racism and police violence across the world, which sparked outrage in Sweden last year and now embarks on a world tour to London, Paris, Oakland and Stockholm.
Physical theatre company Antler return with a humorous and absurdist new show, If I Were Me, after the success of Where The White Stops in 2013. Simon Mole, one of Britain’s leading spoken-word artists, presents his new show No More Worries. Christopher Brett Bailey will perform his widely acclaimed motor-mouthed monologue This Is How We Die. Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me) by Ben Duke is a gripping and playful exploration of Milton’s poem and the burdens of creation through dance and text. Straight from the fringe Lily Bevan, a member of the Bush Theatre’s Emerging Writers Group, will bring her hit-show Pheasant Plucker; also a fringe hit is Labels by Worklight Theatre, about growing up in rural Devon as a boy of mixed heritage. Finally, award winning Curious Directive will preview a work-in-progress of their new project merging science and theatre – Solo.
Each night of the festival two shows will be presented in a double bill under one ticket. As in previous years, RADAR CONNECT will run alongside the festival – a series of free practical workshops for postgraduate students, led by a cohort of professionals working in the industry.
RADAR is a festival presenting the Bush’s annual snapshot of the very best of contemporary new writing, from London to the rest of the UK and beyond. Embracing a wide range of voices, styles and experiences, the aim of RADAR is to champion a new generation of artists, to present them to a wider audience, to offer a testing ground for new work, and to begin and nurture long-term relationships between the Bush and emerging artists.
RADAR 2015 will see the Bush embrace new artists such as Racheal Ofori and Ben Duke, as well as welcoming returning writers and companies such as Steve Waters, Nassim Soleimanpour and Antler.
LISTINGS
RADAR 2015
11 – 26 November 2015
Bush Theatre, London
All shows presented in double bills, starting at 7.30pm
Wed 11 Nov
Misty by Arinze Kene
RADAR Festival Launch
Thu 12 Nov
No More Worries by Simon Mole
Misty by Arinze Kene
Fri 13 Nov
No More Worries by Simon Mole
This Is How We Die by Christopher Brett Bailey
Sat 14 Nov
No More Worries by Simon Mole
This Is How We Die by Christopher Brett Bailey
Mon 16 Nov
Portrait by Racheal Ofori/Fuel
Labels by Worklight Theatre
Tue 17 Nov
Portrait by Racheal Ofori/Fuel
If I Were Me by Antler
Wed 18 Nov
Portrait by Racheal Ofori/Fuel
If I Were Me by Antler
Thu 19 Nov
Blank by Nassim Soleimanpour
If I Were Me by Antler
Fri 20 Nov
Blank by Nassim Soleimanpour
Paradise Lost by Ben Duke/Lost Dog
Sat 21 Nov
Blank by Nassim Soleimanpour
Paradise Lost by Ben Duke/Lost Dog
Mon 23 Nov
In A Vulnerable Place by Steve Waters
Solo by Curious Directive
Tue 24 Nov
In A Vulnerable Place by Steve Waters
The Ground Is On Fire by Nasim Aghili
Wed 25 Nov
In A Vulnerable Place by Steve Waters
The Ground Is On Fire by Nasim Aghili
Thu 26 Nov
The Ground Is On Fire by Nasim Aghili
Pheasant Plucker by Lily Bevan
BOX OFFICE
Bush Theatre
7 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 8LJ
Box Office: 020 8743 5050 / bushtheatre.co.uk
Early bird tickets £10
Standard tickets £15
RADAR Off Script £4 per debate and discounts available for multiple bookings