Punchlines: Latitude Fesitival

THE BUSH THEATRE

Theatre Arena
Saturday 14th July
22:35 - 23:35

Theatre Arena
Sunday 15th July
13:15 - 14:15 

LATITUDE FESTIVAL 

THE BUSH present PUNCHLINES

The Bush Theatre is one of the most celebrated new writing theatres in the world. We have an international reputation for discovering, nurturing and producing the best new theatre writers from the widest range of backgrounds, and for presenting their work to the highest possible standards.

The Bush Theatre is one of the most celebrated new writing theatres in the world with an international reputation for discovering, nurturing and producing the best new theatre writers.

Their brilliant project for Latitude will be a script-in-hand performance entitled ‘Punchlines: Five Short Plays About Jokes’. The plays, each eight to ten minutes long and featuring four actors, have all been especially commissioned for Latitude and feature the writing talents of Jack Thorne, Luc y Kirkw ood, Ian McHu gh, Decl an Feenan and Steve Thomps on. Jack was awarded

The Other Prize by the Marlowe Society in 2002, shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award two years later is named by Broadcast Magazine as one of its Hot Shots for 2006.
He has also written episodes for the brand new E4 series, ‘Skins’.

The funny and moving Lucy is something of a rising star in Theatreland and won the PMA Award in 2006, while Ian is a highly regarded and revered playwright and poet and Declan Freenan is a young Irish writer currently on attachment at the National Theatre Studio.

Finally, Meyer-Whitworth Award winner for new writing, Steve, recently enjoyed critical and commercia
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