Our very own Stewart Pringle will be leading a workshop for Papatango on Sat 3 Feb, 11am – 1pm. To sign up email [email protected] with your name and details. Place are limited and allocated on first come first serve basis.

Submissions open for Brainchild's next instalment Platform Southwark deadline is 12 Feb. Form to apply here 👉🏻docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Hi everyone ! This is Poppy from the Bush Theatre. I’m going to be live tweeting our Q&A with The Javaad Alipoor Company hosted by Stewart Pringle about his show The Believers Are But Brothers. Stay tuned !

First Stewart Pringle introduces The Javaad Alipoor Company (Writer) and @luke_m_emery (Producer). On Luke’s journey of the show he says ‘This wasn’t a fringe friendly show - but with the tech element working it took off ! The Bush is an incredible space for this work’

Now The Javaad Alipoor Company on How the world has changed since he first made #Believers : “The show misses #MeeToo campaign - and how a hashtag can actually have positive impact on world. There is an actual glimmer of hope that change can come from internet movements.”

Stewart asks @luke_m_emery about how the WhatsApp element of the show was developed. “We accept this can break the theatre, it’s meant to bring the outside inside.”

Javaad says ‘we need to have allies across communities who think not being a racist is a good idea - amplifying the voices of those who are not often heard’.

Luke on touring : ‘We have plans to go to Sweden, Canada. We plan to make this show work’. Javaad ‘The US is an important place to get to, it makes up half the story. But I’ll be travelling under the name James Allpoort ....

.The Javaad Alipoor Company is chairing a post show panel this evening for #TheBelieversPlay Bush Theatre with R Omar El-Khairy and Julia Farrington Index on Censorship

“As an artist of colour you are often asked to critique your own community. When do we get to critique you too?” R

“With Homegrown since day 9 we had police outside our rehearsals. It’s indicative of our nations hysteria.” R

“There’s something colonial in how debates on Islam are pushed to centre on radicalisation.” The Javaad Alipoor Company

“How do In get people an audience to see the world the way I see it. Then you will see the horror show.” R

“From seeing the shift in how it feels to be a Muslim from the 90s to now. The perception out there can be simplified and grotesque.” Omar El-Khairy

“When you are silenced you understand the power of speech.” Julia Farrington Index on Censorship

Want more from your theatre trip? Join us for free post-show Q&As, panel discussions and informal theatre chats this season. This is BushGreen Live: bushtheatre.co.uk/bushgreen/post…

Our Associate Dramaturg Stewart Pringle talks about the submissions process at the Bush, ways to get your play heard and what a play needs to have to get noticed Pint-Sized itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/pin…

Live Drafts is a chance for new shows to be developed and tested in front of an audience for the first time. Apply The Yard Theatre by Mon 26 Feb: theyardtheatre.co.uk/artists/

Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust’s Pitch Your Play scheme returns londonplaywrightsblog.com/?p=11263 via London Playwrights

Saluting the Windrush Generation: We asked for stories about coming to England and we got the full spectrum of their experience: sweet, sad, hilarious, horrifying. Watch now 👉🏽👉🏾👉🏿 youtu.be/0GytaOF3Wuk