SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE: RADICAL LOVE COMMISSIONS launched in response to Benedict Lombe’s SHIFTERS

ATG Entertainment West End Creative Learning, the Bush Theatre and the producers of Shifters have announced SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE: RADICAL LOVE COMMISSIONS, inviting eight Global Majority artists to write short-form responses to the West End production of Benedict Lombe’s hit play Shifters, which runs at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, until 12 October.

Shifters is produced in the West End by Eleanor Lloyd Productions, Chuchu Nwagu Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions, alongside Idris Elba, Maya Jama and Little Simz.

Successful writers will be invited to watch a performance of Shifters and write a short piece responding to the themes of the play, centring on the stimulus of ‘radical love’. Each successful playwright will be paid a micro-commission fee and will receive dramaturgical support from the Bush Theatre's Artistic team.

The short pieces will be performed in a rehearsed reading in front of industry leaders in early October at Shifters’ West End home.

Director of Shifters and Bush Theatre’s Artistic Director, Lynette Linton, said: “At the Bush we’re all about supporting writers to build sustainable careers, and Shifters is the product of working with Benedict Lombe through our artist development schemes and over the course of three commissions. With SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE: RADICAL LOVE COMMISSIONS, we are proud to be able to continue to make opportunities for early-career playwrights, platforming their work at the heart of the West End, and cementing the legacy of Shifters creating a culture shift in the theatrical landscape.”

Applications are currently live with a deadline for applications of 4 September. For more info, please click here.