Hotbed 2017 takes place on Saturday 8th July at Cambridge Junction. With new plays from our Young Writers’ workshop, guest artists, workshops and special commissions, it’ll be a one-day new writing extravaganza! Full programme to be announced in early June, so save the date and save the whole day: Saturday 8th July, Cambridge Junction.
Menagerie welcomes producer Sarah Crompton into the team, to take charge of producing bloominauschwitz in 2015. Sarah is a wonderful addition to the team, having also worked with NIE, Flying Eye and Night Light, and we’re delighted she’s chosen to work with Menagerie.
Young Writers Workshops – Menagerie’s workshops for writers aged 18-25, held at Cambridge Junction… now in their 3rd year. This year it will run every Saturday January 31st – March 7th 2015. Meet working playwrights, receive feedback and coaching on your current work, and have the opportunity to be commissioned for Hotbed. Full application details to be published on our website soon.
The programme has been announced and tickets are on sale for Hotbed 2014: Testing! Testing!, 10-13 July, Cambridge Junction.
To read more click here.
Tickets can be purchased through the Cambridge Junction website.
Menagerie are excited to announce that we will be producing Swimming by Jane Upton at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe!
Swimming will run from 30 July-25 August at Pleasance Dome, with previews in late July at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds and Soho Theatre.
To read more about the production click here.
The brand new video for the Human Rights! Bloody Human Rights! project is now live.
This 2013 Ideas Stage project partnered Menagerie with Professor Alan Dignam of QMUL and Amnesty International. We developed and produced seven human rights engagement events in Ireland and the UK.
To watch the documentary and read more about the project, click here.
Seun Shote (Dele) and Lorna Gee (Mrs Anyia) gave a fantastic interview on Sunday 2 March on BBC London 94.9 with Dotun Adebayo.
Have a listen here to them chat about the Egusi Soup tour ( and a little bit of a capella from lovers rock queen Lorna Gee!). Interview starts at 1hr42mins in!
Our production photos are out! Here are a few and you’ll find more on our Flickr page here.
The Egusi Soup tour is on the move and we’ve had some fantastic feedback from audiences and critics alike.
During our Bury St Edmunds run, we garnered a lovely four star review from What’s On Stage. Keep up with Egusi Soup reviews here.
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