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12/05/2026

2024 Bursary recipient Rebecca Prentice brings I’m Not Being Funny to the Bush Theatre, a new play about hope, endings and how to survive if a knock knock joke hits you in the gut. The show also features lighting design by 2021 Bursary recipient Lucía Sánchez Roldán.

📸 Richard Lakos

06/05/2026

Maggie Nelson’s Bluets, adapted for the stage by 2017 Bursary recipient Margaret Perry, has made its debut in German at Schaubühne Berlin this year, featuring video design by 2024 Bursary recipient Virginie Taylor.

Director Katie Mitchell uses methods from film and live audio drama to create a portrait of an unhappy obsession with the colour blue in multiple voices. The show will next play in Berlin at the end of June.

📸 Gianmarco Bresadola

23/04/2026

Book your ticket now for Isley Lynn's writing workshop next Wednesday 29th April, 6.30pm - 9.30pm. It will be over Zoom and Isley will cover everything you need to give structure to your writing in a way that never feels formulaic.

Tickets below:
https://buff.ly/amsSldg

22/04/2026

In our last podcast episode about Hope, Rachel Mars and Mark Smith discuss the mechanisms that theatre uses to transmit hope to an audience, including the embodied and affective nature of harmonies in musical theatre.

Listen now to the full podcast series of future Remixed: Universal Stories on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. Link below:
https://buff.ly/JHJc6XM

20/04/2026

Two of our bursary recipients presented last month a work-in-progress sharing of a new project. Composed and performed by Matthew Harvey, with book by Jasmin Mandi-Ghomi, Headroom is a two-hander actor-musician musical play that tells the story of estranged brother-sister songwriting duo Mark and Jane Taylor.

📸 Jamie Scott Smith

15/04/2026

Listen now to our last podcast episode of futures Remixed: Universal Stories where Mark Smith tells Rachel Mars about his company Deaf Men Dancing and the way their work offers hope to what Deaf and hard of hearing performers can do.

Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music, and don’t forget to rate and review our podcast. Link below:
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13/04/2026

Finishing our podcast series on a positive note this Wednesday, our last episode will focus on Hope, where Performance Maker Rachel Mars will explore with Choreographer and Director Mark Smith whether theatre’s role is to provide entertainment or help us understand our position in the world.

You can listen now to the rest of the series on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Amazon Music. Please rate and review our podcast. Link below:
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09/04/2026

Do not miss our latest podcast episode of futures Remixed where Somebody Jones and Rebecca Prentice talk about the stories of freedom that theatre should be telling now as well as what it means to have a truly diverse programming.

Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Amazon Music, and don’t forget to rate and review our podcast. Link below:
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02/04/2026

We had a wonderful time last month attending the sharing of the MGCfutures funded project The Girl and The Dinosaur. 2024 Bursary recipient Emma Higham spent a week of R&D with Flock Theatre Makers at the National Theatre Studio, developing a moving and entertaining new family show that employed puppetry and music.

We can’t wait to see where this goes!

📸 Hannah White-Mackenzie

01/04/2026

You can listen now to the fifth podcast episode of our inaugural series, where Somebody Jones and Rebecca Prentice discuss different approaches to outreach work in order to welcome new communities to the theatre, allowing them to imagine alternative futures of freedom.

Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. If you are enjoying the series, please rate and review our podcast. Link below:
https://buff.ly/qexMZ96

30/03/2026

Our fifth podcast episode of futures Remixed: Universal Stories lands this Wednesday, featuring Playwright and Dramaturg Somebody Jones alongside Theatre and Film Producer Rebecca Prentice discussing how theatre can tell new stories of resistance and what its role is in the struggle for freedom.

You can listen now to the first four episodes in the link below:
https://buff.ly/qexMZ96

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