Hotbed Festival 2022

Hotbed 2022 played at Cambridge Junction July 15 - 17th.

We featured an array of new writing, from in progress works exploring lockdown and Eurovision, to fully produced plays. Including Helen McDonald’s Time Travelling with The Jazz Queens - an immersive journey through space and time visiting the greatest jazz divas of the twentieth century

The 2022 line up…

  • The Summer Before Everything By Bohdan Tokarskyi and Maria Montague Directed by Patrick Morris

    What is the Truth but a lie Agreed Upon Written and performed by Chris Dobrowolski

    The Cut-Price Woman by Fraser Grace

    Varloris and the Expansions Choreography by James Music by Brad Baloo Artwork by Ali Hunte Performed by Fly Cai, James Therobot, Lil’Tim, RascElle, TrubLroC

  • Bloody Yesterday (Glass Mask Theatre) By Deirdre Kinahan Directed by Rex Ryan Performed by Elizabeth Moynihan and Sinead Keegan

    Time Travelling with the Jazz Queens Written and performed by Helen McDonald Directed by Charlie Folorunsho Featuring Vladimir Miller (Piano) Paul Zimmerman (Drums) Leslee Booth (Bass Guitar)

    Joshua (and Me) Written and performed by Rachel Hammond Directed by Lucy Jane Atkinson Design by Carly Altberg Sound by Sophia Beeby

    Splinter By Martha Loader Directed by Amy Wyllie

    Post (Corkscrew Theatre) By Liam High Directed by Lesley Ford and Matt Wilkinson Performed by David John, Catherine Walston and William Males

    Obituary by Pip Williams

  • Barbara Written and performed by Hannah Maxwell

    ICE Monologues MSt Writing in Performance programme at Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education

    Fly Green Socks By Lucille Rococoa

    Paradise Circus By Angela Neenan and Rachel Harvey Directed by Angela Neenan Performed by Rachel Harvey

    I am Drums Castle School

    Penned Up By Danusia Iwaszko

  • Making Verbatim Theatre Workshop Led by Patrick Morris, with Bohdan Tokarskyi and Maria Montague

    Theatre Producers’ Workshop Led by Jessie Anand