AN AMBITIOUS 24-hour celebration will mark the Bush Theatre opening the doors to their new Shepherd's Bush home in the autumn.
The theatre has announced its inaugural season at their new home in the old library, in Uxbridge Road, after 39 years in the upstairs dining room of the Bush Hotel.
It will open with Sixty-Six Books, which will see playwrights, poets, novelists and songwriters penning their own interpretation of the 66 books of the King James Bible to make its 400
th anniversary between October 14-29.
AN AMBITIOUS 24-hour celebration will mark the Bush Theatre opening the doors to their new Shepherd's Bush home in the autumn.
The theatre has announced its inaugural season at their new home in the old library, in Uxbridge Road, after 39 years in the upstairs dining room of the Bush Hotel.
It will open with Sixty-Six Books, which will see playwrights, poets, novelists and songwriters penning their own interpretation of the 66 books of the King James Bible to make its 400
th anniversary between October 14-29.
This will be followed by The Kitchen Sink by Bush's Associate Playwright Tom Wells between November 16 and December 17 and Our New Girl by Nancy Harris, the Bush's Pearson Playwright in Residence between January 12 to February 11, 2012.
New writing theatre company Tamasha will end the season with their production of Snookered as the Bush Theatre ends the season between February 28 and March 24.
Ms Rourke said: "This is a big moment in the history of a small theatre. With the crucial engagement of Hammersmith and Fulham Council, and our key supporters, we are opening our doors on a permanent new home for the Bush Theatre.
"The building will house a flexible auditorium, rehearsal room, playtext library, offices and welcome the local community to its auditorium and cafe and bar.
"In order to realise the full vision of the company in this extraordinary building there is more money to raise. When we open the doors for our inaugural production,
Sixty-Six Books, we will use all the spaces in the new home and immerse audiences in the beauty and the potential of the building.
"Sixty-Six Books will engage with over 100 artists - writers, actors, designers and directors and the opening performance will be a 24 hour celebration of our new home."
Leaving to Join Covent Garden theatre Donmar Warehouse after five years at the Bush, Ms Rourke is proud of her part in the theatre's legacy and history.
She said: "The journey of the past five years has been the happiest and most exhilarating of my career. The company has a permanent new home, our writers' website bushgreen.org is nearly at 5,000 members and the company can look to its 40th anniversary next year with hope and pride.
"In its dedication to new work, new audiences and great nights out, the Bush team will always be an inspiration to me. The company and its constituency of artists are thriving and I am proud to leave the Bush on a high and in its new home."
The Bush Theatre is also launching their Bush Local scheme to offer discounts to people who live and work in the vicinity of the theatre.
For more details and to book for the autumn and winter season visit
www.bushtheatre.co.uk.
Source http://www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/
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