Hotbed Festival 2023

Hotbed 2023 played at Cambridge Junction July 14 - 16th.

We featured new plays from our Young Writers’ Workshop, including Shoreditch Muse by Emma Zadow which told the fascinating story of Fanny Eaton, the mixed-race model and muse who worked with the Pre-Raphaelites in the 1860s.

The 2023 line up…

  • Shoreditch Muse By Emma Zadow Directed by Patrick Morris

    Ice Monologues: Getting Home BY Students from The MSt Writing for Performance programme at Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education

    Risk, Trust, and Faith Devised and presented by Caroline Partridge

    Self-Excluded Written and performed by Lee Hunter

    Three Glorious Days (Script Reading) By Vanessa Ackerman Directed by Nir Paldi

  • Green Fingers (Fladam) By Adam Sowter, Flo Poskitt and Ben Tansey

    Lash (Richard JIrdan Prodcutions, 412, with LawrenWe Batley Theatre, Ketchup, In Association with The Pleasnce) Written by Philip Stokes Performed by Jack Stokes

    Nan, Me & Barbara Pravi (Plotnek Productions) Written and performed by Hannah Maxwell Directed by Len Gwyn

    North Star (The Mango Ensemble) By Tom Murray Directed by Layla Chowdhury

  • Hoarde By Angela Neenan and Rachel Harvey

    The Handover By Caroline Rippin and Kate Malyon

    Mother - Chorus of One By Raphaëlle Collou

    Cat O’Nine Tales By Daisy Miles

    Stroking Bublebees By Maria Messias Mendes

    How to win the 2038 Election By Christopher Donovan

  • The Revival of Huntly Carter A Workshop for Playwrights, Artists and Researchers with Ideas Stage Director Patrick Morris

Still from Cat ‘Nine Tales by Chris Cellier

Still from Shoreditch Muse by Chris Cellier

Still from The Handover by Chris Cellier