Twisted Roots Festival
New Earth Theatre's Twisted Roots Festival celebrates British East and Southeast Asian arts heritage in the modern theatre landscape.
3, 4 September, 7:30pm
Bush Theatre
7 Uxbridge Rd
London W12 8LJ
9, 10 September, 7pm
Sheffield Theatres (The Playhouse)
55 Norfolk St
Sheffield City Centre
Sheffield S1 1DA
As part of our 30th anniversary season, we have collaborated with seven venues across the country to launch their Artist Incubator, a nine-month programme providing a cohort of British East and Southeast Asian talent with support to develop their practice. It is an invitation for theatre makers to explore traditional artforms whilst moving away from archaic ideas of authenticity, embracing ESEA and British performance culture in the here-and-now.
Join us as we showcase the work-in-progress pieces developed from our Incubator, fusing western theatre styles with heritage artforms including Filipino dance, Rakugo comedy and Chinese street puppetry.
Incubator Artists
Aya Nakamura with Akutagawa
hosted by Camden People’s Theatre
Phoebe Chan with Drifting 漂浮
hosted by Theatre in the Mill
Dragonboiz (cabaret collective)
hosted by Pleasance Theatre
Alisha + Alysha with Mahsuri
hosted by New Diorama Theatre
Jasmine Teo & Peiyao with Ahma and Louise
hosted by Mercury Theatre
Crossroads (Grace Waga Glevey, Haley Yiu and Yanni Ng)
with Pamana
hosted by The Sheffield Theatres
Lumen Hirata Smith, Isabella So and Georgia Murphy
with Not That Asian
hosted by Contact Manchester