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COMPANY/NOTES
CUTTING THE TIGHTROPE:
the divorce of politics from art		   by Hassan Abdulrazzak, Mojisola Adebayo, Philip Arditti, Sonali Bhattacharyya, Nina Bowers, Roxy Cook, Ed Edwards, Afsaneh Gray, Dawn King, Ahmed Masoud, Nina Segal and Sami Abu Wardeh.
Theatre: Arcola Theatre
England & Son by Ed Edwards   Paines Plough's Roundabout
Starring political comedian Mark Thomas
The Tempest   RADA
Le Malade Imaginaire by Moliere   Palais de Richelieu, France
The Political History
of Smack and Crack		   Riverside Studios and NIAMOS in Manchester/ in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1981 uprisings
Lullaby   R&D Unicorn Theatre with composer Tarek Merchant
The Last Actor   Development of VR piece with Co-Director Rachel Bagshaw and Writer Nina Segal

National Theatre - Immersive Storytelling Studio

Sticks and Stones by Vinay Patel

  

Central School of Speech and Drama
Sholay on the Big Screen by Waleed Akhtar  

Commissioned by Nubian Life Resource Centre for their elders having to shield
Funded by the Race Equality Foundation
Supported by the Bush Theatre
Burannbur by the poet Amina Jama  

Commissioned by Nubian Life Resource Centre for their elders having to shield
Funded by the Race Equality Foundation
Supported by the Bush Theatre
Blue by Charlotte Josephine
   Hightide/Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Workshop of a new Hightide play on Zoom
The Taming of The Shrew   Central School of Speech and Drama
Directed on Zoom
GETTING AWAY WITH IT
BY Ed Edwards		   Recipient of the Live Bursary 2020
Elevator Festival, Newcastle Live
MACBETH   Shakespeare's Globe,
Playing Shakespeare
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SMACK AND CRACK
by Ed Edwards		   UK Tour: Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep, Manchester's HOME, Glasgow's Tron, Marlowe Canterbury, Newcastle Live, Sheffield's Crucible, Doncaster's CAST
MIRANDA by Chris Bush   R&D at the Royal Shakespeare Company
EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON by Mike Bartlett   Bristol old Vic studio, for Bristol old vic theatre school
CITZ WRITES   Cardboard Citzens
5 short plays developed in collaboration with Theatre503
ICARUS
By Katrin Lange		   Unicorn Theatre, mainstage
TWELFTH NIGHT
By Shakespeare		   Royal Shakespeare Company and Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre, China
RUBY FRANCIS’ NUBIAN SONGS   Short documentary, about old people’s day centre Nubian Life
In Association with the Bush Theatre
Bought by Little Dot Studio,
As seen on BBC TV lunchtime and evening news
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SMACK AND CRACK
by Ed Edwards		   Sheffield Theatres', Manchester's HOME, Paines Plough's Roundabout, Soho Theatre, The Mustard Tree homeless refuge and Thameside Prison

Co-commissioned with Soho Theatre
Nominated for Best New Play and Best Director Offies'
Winner of Lustrum Award (Best Show at Summerhall)
THE WORDS ARE COMING NOW
Short plays by:
Richard Bean, Chris Bush		   Theatre 503
Contrary responses to the #metoo movement, and post show discussions

By Chris Bush and Richard Bean
KONCHIA
by Adam Peck		  

Batumi State Theatre, Georgia

A co-production between the British Council and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Adjara Autonomous Republic
ALMOST, BUT NOT QUITE
by Somalia Seaton		  

Kiln Theatre

A play about becoming a man with teenagers from Harlesdon
VINEGAR TOM by Caryl Churchill   RADA
SEPTIMUS BEAN AND HIS AMAZING MACHINE by Adam Peck   Unicorn Theatre
THE JOURNEY   Bush Theatre , devised with Nubian Life Day Centre for Afro-Caribbean Elders

TOP TRUMPS
Part of short play collection

World Premieres by writers Caryl Churchill, Hasan Abdulrazzak

  

Contrary responses to the inauguration of Donald Trump.

World Premieres by writers Caryl Churchill, Hasan Abdulrazzak, Lily Bevan, Helen Banner, Tearrance Chisholm, Kokil Issac, Lorna French, Neil LaBute, Amanda Lane,Ryan Watson, Roy Williams.
RE: HOME
Edited and Devised by Offstage		  

A verbatim sequel to Offstage's HOME a decade later

Yard Theatre
Nominated for two Offies, Best Production and Best Acting Ensemble.
Winner of the Kevin Spacey Award - UK Artist of Choice -
WALKING THE TIGHTROPE: 
THE TENSION BETWEEN ART AND POLITICS
Ed Edwards
Short play collection		  

Contrary responses to censorship and boycott.

World Premieres by Caryl Churchill, April De Angelis, Sarah Solemani, Mark Ravenhill, Evan Placey, Ryan Craig, Julia Pascal, Neil LaBute, Omar El-Khairy, Timberlake Wertenbaker

Subsequent transfer to House of Commons, and then Edinburgh, 2015 co-production with Underbelly Productions
Nominated for Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award, Carol Tambor Award
ACCIDENTAL BRUMMIE   Birmingham Rep

A 2015 promenade play set in a dystopian future where Boris Johnson was Prime Minister, the theatres had been closed and were turning into Business Centres and the audience finally reclaimed the space by having an illegal rave on stage.
SCREENS
By Stephen Loughton		   Theatre 503
FOOD by Steve Rodgers   Finborough Theatre
THE TEMPEST
By Shakespeare		   Royal Shakespeare Company
Roy Bowen Theatre, Ohio, USA
MACBETH   Watermill Theatre
CAUGHT by Christopher Chen   Arcola Theatre
UK Premiere
AMPHIBIANS by Steve Waters   Bridewell Theatre/Bridewell pool - UK Premiere
A play about being a former Olympic swimmer in a derelict Victorian swimming pool.
SPINE by Clara Brennan   Theatre Row, 42nd Street, New York
USA Premiere
THE RIOTS, edited by Gillian Slovo   Tricycle Theatre (as interviewer of politicians and community leaders)
LOVE & INFORMATION
By Caryl Churchill		   Bristol Old Vic Theatre Drama School
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
By Stoppard		  

Novello Theatre in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company

Promenade around the West End Theatre as if David Tennant’s Hamlet was going on, onstage.

DYING FOR IT
By Moira Buffini		   Royal Theatre, Royal and Derngate
DRAWING PLAY
Devised by Offstage company		  

A play where the audience draw as well as watch – their pictures influencing the action of the play.

Yard Theatre.

BOAT PLAY
Devised by Offstage company		  

A traveling boat play along the Thames based on interviews with watermen along the river (“the last community of the Thames”)

Offstage, RADA and Livett Launches, staged on Queen Elizabeth pleasure boat.

THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA   Rose Bruford
PHAEDRE
By Racine		  

A radical reinterpretation adapted for the local Craigmillar community and their politics.

A promenade play that took place around the ruins of Craigmillar Castle in Edinburgh at sunset

Shortlisted for the Three Weeks Editor’s Award.
HOME
By Gbolahan Obisesan		  

Based on interviews with former resident of the doomed Beaumont Towers.

St Catherine's Tower, Beaumont Estate, London
Time Out Critic's Choice

SENTENCED by Matt Hartley  

Union theatre
Time Out Critic's Choice
THREEPENNY OPERA
By Brecht		   Trinity Buoy Wharf
Promenade, with CSSD students and Punchdrunk