Hotbed 2024 will play at Cambridge Junction July 19th - 21st.
We will be featuring two exciting new plays from our Young Writers’ Workshop, which have been developed in-house alongside our creative team since January 2024. This year’s Hotbed Festival will also feature, as always, a host of new and origional plays that we can’t wait to share with you, including our new 2024 commission by Film 4 Award winning playwright, Martha Loader.
Our full Hotbed 2024 programme will be announced in early June!
Until then, you can take a look back at the fantastic array of work we had at Hotbed 2023.
Saturday & Sunday, we presented more plays from our Young Writers’ Workshop, alongside fabulous guest work by exciting makers and writers such as Hannah Maxwell, the Mango Ensemble, Fladam and Richard Jordan Productions: world premieres, works-in-progress and workshops.
A massive THANK YOU to all the artists, technicians, volunteers and audiences who contributed to Hotbed 2023.
Below is a gallery of shots from Shoreditch Muse and some of the Young Writers’ Workshop readings. All photos by Chris Cellier at www.chriscellier.com
Hotbed 2023 Gallery
Afia Abusham as Fanny Eaton in 'Shoreditch Muse' by Emma Zadow. Hotbed Festival 2023
Robert Mountford, Kate Malyon and Paul Adeyefa in 'Shoreditch Muse' by Emma Zadow
Paul Adeyefa, Robert Mountford, Afia Abusham, Kate Malyon in 'Shoreditch Muse' by Emma Zadow
Afia Abusham and Robert Mountford in 'Shoreditch Muse' by Emma Zadow
Robert Mountford, Paul Adeyefa and Kate Malyon in 'Shoreditch Muse' by Kate Malyon
Afia Abusham and Kate Malyon in 'Shoreditch Muse' by Emma Zadow
Kate Malyon in 'The Handover', a work-in-progress piece by Caroline Rippin and Kate Malyon
Kate Malyon and Caroline Rippin in their work-in-progress showing of 'The Handover'
Caroline Rippin in the work-in-progress showing of 'The Handover' by Caroline Rippin and Kate Malyon
Kate Malyon in the work-in-progress reading of 'The Handover' by Caroline Rippin and Kate Malyon
Paul Adeyefa and Afia Abusham in a reading of 'Stroking Bumblebees' by Maria Messias Mendes
Paul Adeyefa in a reading of 'Stroking Bumblebees' by Maria Messias Mendes
Paul Adeyefa and Afia Abusham in the staged reading of 'Stroking Bumblebees' by Maria Messias Mendes
Afia Abusham in the staged reading of 'Stroking Bumblebees' by Maria Messias Mendes
Catherine Walston and Andrew P Stephen in a reading of 'Cat o Nine Tale' by Daisy Miles
Catherine Walston and Andrew P Stephen in a reading of 'Cat o Nine Tale' by Daisy Miles
Hotbed Archives from 2022-2002
Hotbed Festival has been running for over 20 years! We’re putting together an archive of our journey from then to now. Be sure to check back for the completed archive soon!