Bush Theatre Announces More Details of Summer Season
‘Pass It On’ and ‘As We Face The Sun’ will be presented by the Bush Young Company
As We Face The Sun is a new play written by Kit Withington
July 3, 2023
This Summer at the Bush Theatre will see two new productions by Bush Young Company.
Pass It On, devised by the Bush Young Company and Katie Greenall runs 11 & 12 August and As We Face The Sun a new play written by Kit Withington and directed by the Bush Theatre’s Artistic Director Lynette Linton and Young Company Director Katie Greenall will be performed 22 - 26 August.
Pass It On is a whirlwind journey through learning everything you were never taught but really want to know with The 14-17 Bush Young Company.
Whether it’s learning to ballroom dance like a pro on Strictly, doing close-up magic better than Penn & Teller, or just the impossible task of folding a fitted sheet, Pass It On is about life lessons big and small.
As We Face The Sun is a new commission written for the company by Kit Withington (Living Newspaper, Royal Court) and co-directed by Bush Theatre Artistic Director Lynette Linton and Young Company Director Katie Greenall.
Determined to remember their friend, a group of classmates commit to throwing an annual party in her honour. It’s what she would have wanted. And year after year, they stuck to the tradition.
Now in their twenties, another party is about to start. The cake has arrived safely, the buffet is all set, and the aux cable is finally working - but something doesn’t feel right.
As We Face The Sun is a story about growing up, the pleasures of friendship, why we hold onto things and how we might start to let go.
Both productions will be designed by a core group of creatives. Set and Costume Design is by Hazel Low (Splintered, Soho Theatre, and Brilliant Jerks, Southwark Playhouse), Lighting Design by Simeon Miller (Ruckus, Southwark Playhouse), Sound Design by Khalil Madovi (Offie-nominated for Red Pitch, Bush Theatre) and Production Management by Chloe Stally-Gibson (Perfect Show For Rachel, Barbican).
Kathrine Payne (Hamlet, National Theatre) is the Assistant Director for Pass It On, NYT Associate Artist Phao May is Movement Director and Emily Mei-Ling Pierce (The Secret Life of Bees, Almeida) is Stage Manager. Mateus Daniel (Passion Fruit, New Diorama) is Movement Director for As We Face The Sun.
‘Work with the Community and talent development are central to everything we do at the Bush Theatre’, says Artistic Director Lynette Linton. ‘It is really important this work is braided together with everything we present on the Bush’s main stage, the Holloway Theatre. Our Bush Young Companies, which began during the disruption of the pandemic, have thrilled us all with the amount of talent shown. Developing this talent and bringing it into our industry is fundamental to our programme and shouldn’t be separated from any other main stage work, which is why it is an honour to be co-directing with Katie Greenall, bringing Kit Withington’s ‘As We Face The Sun’ to the Bush’s main stage and matching a writer and performers who I know have a bright future.’
Playing at The Bush Theatre currently (3 July to 5 August) is the world premiere of AJ Yi’s A Playlist for the Revolution set in a wedding in Hong Kong in 2019.
A ‘rom-com right up until it can’t be’, A Playlist for the Revolution is set against the backdrop of the largest demonstrations in Hong Kong’s history.
Tickets for all productions are now available at bushtheatre.co.uk.
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