What Now?
A vibrant Friday night of theatre, spoken word and music brought to you by new theatre collective What Now? in partnership with Push The Boat Out.
Join playwrights Hannah Lavery, Zinnie Harris and William Letford for three new festival commissions offering an exciting mix of new work, works in progress and adaptations as they present short works that offer an urgent response to the geopolitical cultural moment we’re living through. The theatre pieces will be interspersed with spoken word by Anthony Anaxagorou and music by Carla J. Easton.
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