First Time Voters

STAND AND BE COUNTED

The Bush Theatre, nabokov and Drywrite present First Time Voters, a project inspired by the young people for whom 6 May 2010 is the first chance to have their say in how the country is run.

Developed through workshop sessions with young people from Hammersmith and Fulham, First Time Voters was performed at the Bush on the day before the polls open, Wednesday 5th May. As the country prepares to head to the polling stations, we'll be giving young voters a voice, from the engaged to the apathetic, the sceptical to the passionate, the confused to the informed.

Join us for a fascinating evening of stimulating new writing, exploring what it means to be a first time voter in 2010.

The Bush is a writers’ theatre. We commission, develop and produce exclusively new plays, reading and responding to every script sent in and presenting eight new plays a year. Everything that we do to develop playwrights focuses them towards a production on our stage or beyond.

DryWrite is a new writing theatre company founded by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones ,inspired by the power of anonymity. We support writers to step out of their comfort zones: to experiment, to innovate and to play with subject, form and space.

nabokov is a new writing theatre company dedicated to commissioning, developing and producing backlash theatre - new work that offers an antagonistic response to contemporary agendas, trends and events.

HOW TO VOTE (AND OTHER USEFUL THINGS)

Written by James Graham
Directed by Joe Murphy

Cast:

Nathan Bryon, Karla Crome, Iddon Jones, Georgina Leonidas, Javan McFarlane, Tom Ross-Williams, Grace Surey & Ellen Sussams

AT THE COMMUNITY HALL

Written by E V Crowe
Directed by Hamish Pirie

Cast:

Soad Abdulkadir, Ahmed Abdullahi, Abdi Aded, Mohamed Ahmed, Guled Ali, Abubakar Elmi, Hamdi Guled, Ilhan Hassan, Ahmed Hirsi, Ifram Mohamed, Aziza Mohammed & Warsame Sheik

SEVENTEEN YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-NINE DAYS 

Written by Sade Banks, Kirsty Patrick Ward & Josie Rourke
Directed by Kirsty Patrick Ward

Cast:

Susan Wokoma

ONCE UPON A GENERAL ELECTION

Written by Joel Horwood, Colette Kane & Al Smith
Directed by Vicky Jones & Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Cast:

Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Luke Barnes, James Barrett, Grace Chilton, Thea Collings, Tamsin Dowsett, Andy Gower, Robert Metson & Joanne Rayner

Performance Dates

Wed 5th May 2010 @ 9:30pm
The Bush Theatre

For The Bush Theatre:

Producer: Dan Baker
Project Assistant: Sade Banks
Executive Producer: Tara Wilkinson