New works 2026

festival team

Festival Director: Eve Boyd

Assistant Festival Director (Creative Liaison): Eleni

Assistant Festival Director (Operations Manager): Louise Heyd

Festival Tech Director: Paridhi Gauri

Venue Designer: Katie Watson

Louise Heyd, Fran Lee, Amelia MacDonald, Katie Bowyer, Olivia Kenny,

Dillan McLean, Eleni Triaridou, Hattie Byford, Kelly Grover,

Morven Vivers, Isobel Moorhouse, Hannah Gemmell,

Amritash Sankhyan, Annie Inga, Olivia Monaghan

Olivia Kenny, Olivia Monaghan, Hannah Gemmell, Nathaniel Gray,

Contessa Gonzalez, Erin Hogg, Luke Palmer, Amritash Sankhyan

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written by Jude Gibson & Steph Wells, Directed by Jude Gibson & Assistant Directed by Kate McBurnie

Content Warning: Strong language and mentions of death.

‘You’re Golden’

written by Cara- Ewing Mackie, Directed by Cara- Ewing Mackie & Assistant Directed by Dillan McLean

Content Guidance: Mentions of death by hanging, mental illness, violence, murder and emotionally distressing scenes.

 ‘The Threads that Bind’

written by Abbie Rough, Directed by Abbie Rough & Assistant Directed by Douglas Ormrod

Content Guidance: Blood, violence, mentions of death, implied suicide, strong language and emotionally distressing scenes.

‘OH ANGELA!’

written by Lewis Cooper, Directed by Lewis Cooper & Assistant Directed by Isabella Edwards-Martinelli

Content Guidance: Strong language, sexual references and drug references.

‘Detective Heartbreak in: “Deceptions of the Heart’”

written by Katie Whitham, Co-Directed by Katie Watson & Will Jacks

Content Guidance: Strong language, sexual references, discussions of attempted homicide and death.

‘Two Tinas’

written by Grace Murray, Co-Directed by Grace Murray & Kelly Grover

Content Warning: Strong language, death, blood, and discussions of violence and suicide.

 ‘UNTITLED DEATH PLAY’