As part of the Open Works Festival , the BESEA artists and companies New Earth have been supporting will present work developed through the programme. Tickets are now on sale.

Drawing inspiration from the real life of African samurai Yasuke, New Earth Theatre and Shakespeare’s Globe present a work-in-progress sharing of Othello, set in medieval Japan in the Shakespeare and Race Festival 2026.

Join our workshop for global majority writers and their allies to explore climate and climate justice dramaturgy for the stage.