The 18-25 Bush Young Company (BYC) is a training ground for some of the most exciting new talent in the theatre industry. Previous members have gone on to work at companies including the RSC, Almeida and the Royal Court, and have had plays commissioned by the Bush Theatre.
Two freelance Directors have joined the Bush team to oversee the direction of BYC. Bashiie Baptiste will oversee the 14 – 17 age group, and Amber Ruby the 18 – 25 age group. BYC’s productions have played a major role in Bush programming over the past five years, taking over the main Holloway stage each summer and continuing the theatre’s commitment to developing talent for the arts and entertainment industries. This summer, the 18-25 BYC presents Before We Forget, devised by the company and directed by Amber Ruby.
A Bush Theatre Community production from the 18 – 25 Young Company
Before We Forget
Created by the 18-25 Bush Young Company and Amber Ruby
Co-creator and Director – Amber Ruby
Sound Designer – Josh Anio Grigg
Lighting Designer – Aaron Molloy
Set & Costume Designer – Georgia Wilmot
Production Dramaturge (Bush Theatre Associate Dramaturge) – Frey Kwa Hawking
Production Manager – Corey Bovell
Cast – Abbey Oyetunde, Ayan Philip, Ethan Simm, Jess Senanayake, Jet Lama, Josephine Surminski, Lawrence Ssonko, Mannan Guled, Mason Thomas-Downes, Meg Gillard, Mohamed Hashi, Olise Essien, Priscilla Oshinibosi, Rosie Owen, Ruweyda Sheik-Ali, Shekinah Singh, Shermya, Vikas Gogana, Zarmeeneh Khan.
18 – 22 August at 7.30 pm
Saturday matinee – 22 August at 2.30 pm
Press Night – 20 August at 7 pm
What if you could relive every moment of your life with perfect clarity?
Or erase forever the memories you’d rather leave behind?
With Recall, you can. But every choice comes at a cost.
In a world where memories are a commodity, the employees of Recall, the corporation reshaping how humanity remembers, find themselves caught between loyalty to the company that pays their bills and a growing resistance determined to expose the truth.
As the lines between memory, identity and profit begin to blur, friendships fracture, families are tested, and impossible choices must be made.
Co-created by the Bush Young Company and Amber Ruby, and directed by Amber Ruby, Before We Forget is an urgent new devised production exploring what we choose to remember, what we choose to forget, and what it means to stay human in an increasingly virtual world.
Bush Young Company is generously supported by John Thaw Foundation, Backstage Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, John Lyon’s Charity and Buffini Chao Foundation.
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Tickets
Tickets priced £10 can be booked at bushtheatre.co.uk or the Box Office on 020 8743 5050.
