MishMash Festival Programme

FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

Emily Carewe

SELF-CREATED WORK FROM LAMDA ALUMNI AND THEIR CONTEMPORARIES

FRIDAY 29 APRIL - SUNDAY 1 MAY Welcome to LAMDA MishMash! MishMash is the first festival of its kind, celebrating the work of LAMDA alumni and their contemporaries and sharing newly commissioned work-in-progress pieces, panel talks and workshops.

Everything being shared in this festival has been created over the last 2 weeks and is in early stages of development. The ethos of the festival is to take artistic risks and platform new voices and narratives. Some artists are interested in hearing your feedback, and there are QR codes linked to feedback forms outside the studios – please do fill those in! Enjoy!

We’d like to thank the Genesis Kickstart Fund, 45North, Backstage Trust, The Harbour Foundation, Kenny Wax, Geoff & Linda Lepard, Harriet Walter, all donors to the Crowdfunding Campaign and others who wish to remain anonymous for their generous support of the festival.

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Friday 29 April – Sunday 1 May 2022

AN INTRODUCTION FROM WILL WOLLEN, EXECUTIVE DEAN OF THE DRAMA SCHOOL I’m delighted to welcome you to the inaugural LAMDA MishMash Festival, and a programme of work created by our alumni and their collaborators. It’s a celebration of the creativity that comes from all parts of our Academy and collaborations forged in the world beyond.

I am overjoyed to see the variety of work on the programme, curated by festival Founder & Director Emily Carewe, and the many ways in which our graduates are responding artistically and provocatively to the challenges of the world in which we live. Whether you are an artist or an audience member – or both! – I hope you hear new voices, see new work and have conversations to inspire. Welcome to our building and enjoy the programme!

HOW IT WORKS Choose between panel talks, workshops and 10, 20 and 40 minute performances and create a programme to suit you. Unless sold out, tickets will be available for each performance slot up until the scheduled start time.

The 10 minute pieces will be performed back to back in groups of four. The total running time is 40 minutes. Look for 4x4 in the programme.

The 20 minute pieces will be performed back to back with a total running time of 40 minutes. Look for Half & Half in the programme.

The 40 minute pieces are stand alone pieces. There will be a 10 minute contingency around these performances.

Exploring the festival To find out where our theatre, studio and performance spaces are, use the MishMash map in the central foyer, follow the signs around the building or ask one of our Front of House Team.

Throughout the weekend, enjoy the food and drink on offer, alongside local bars and restaurants, refer to our central hub board for more information. There are bars and chill out spaces to discover, so relax and enjoy your time at MishMash.

Friday 29 April The synopsis of each piece can be found on our website in addition to content warnings and booking details, follow the link : lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

18:00 | 4 x 4 One It’s pronounced Laoise The Choice What You Taught Me Superqueeroes

19:00 | Panel Talk One // Making Your Own Work Taking Control of Your Career and the Narrative

20:00 | Half & Half One Parvati & Padma Mamihlapinatapai

The Carne Studio Theatre 40 mins Laoise Sweeney & Gianna Kiehl Tina Tieno Ciara Wright Joshua Rogers

The Linbury Theatre 45 mins - 1 hour Leanne Henlon [LAMDA Alumni 2020, founder of #TheBAMEeffect] Aaron Gordon [The Pappyshow], Rosa Hesmondhalgh [Madame Ovary] Amy Trigg [Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me]

The Carne Studio Theatre 40 minutes Misha Graham-Patel Max Kirk

BOOKING INFORMATION Please note a ticket is required for each performance, workshop or panel talk you choose to attend. Book via: lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

Saturday 30 April The synopsis of each piece can be found on our website in addition to content warnings and booking details, follow the link : lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

13:00 | Workshop One // Teamwork with The PappyShow Working collaboratively to develop your creative piece

13:00 & 13:45 Crumpets 14:00 All Will Be Well

14:30 Crumpets

Caroline Collins Studio 90 mins - 2 hours Hosted by The PappyShow this workshop explores how to create and devise material, approaches to making movement and playing games, delving into collaborative and inclusive approaches, introducing you to how you can make your own work and explore your own voice.

Weston Studio 15 minutes [1 to 1 performance] Jess Haygarth

The Linbury Theatre 40 minutes NOMAD

Weston Studio 15 minutes [1 to 1 performance] Jess Haygarth

BOOKING INFORMATION Please note a ticket is required for each performance, workshop or panel talk you choose to attend. Book via: lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

Saturday 30 April The synopsis of each piece can be found on our website in addition to content warnings and booking details, follow the link : lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

15:00 | 4 x 4 Two

The Carne Studio Theatre 40 mins

MIA Talk to Me In The Name Of That’s How the Light Gets in

Emily Steck Chloe English Misha Domadia & Alice Hemmings Lucy Girling

15:15 & 16:15

Weston Studio 15 minutes [1 to 1 performance]

Crumpets

15:30 | Workshop Two // Self-Producing Self-Producing, an introduction with Ellie Claughton

Jess Haygarth

Caroline Collins Studio 2 hours Hosted by Ellie Claughton, this workshop will introduce participants to the world of self-producing. From building budgets, contracts and schedules to approaching co-producers and pitching to venues. Welcome to Producing 101.

BOOKING INFORMATION Please note a ticket is required for each performance, workshop or panel talk you choose to attend. Book via: lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

Saturday 30 April The synopsis of each piece can be found on our website in addition to content warnings and booking details, follow the link : lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

17:00 | Panel Talk Two // Getting Your Work Programmed A conversation with industry programmers and artistic directors

17:00 & 17:30 Crumpets 18:00 | Half & Half Two Walking Cats SHARP

The Linbury Theatre 45 mins - 1 hour Emily Carewe [LAMDA MishMash Founder & Director, Creative Executive Producer 45North] hosts a conversation with Chris Sonnex [Cardboard Citizens], Nic Connaughton [The Pleasance] and Daniel Bailey [The Bush] about programming work at venues and supporting emerging artists.

Weston Studio 15 minutes [1 to 1 performance] Jess Haygarth

The Carne Studio Theatre 40 minutes Tingying Dong & Zhaolin Zhou Cat Kolubayev

BOOKING INFORMATION Please note a ticket is required for each performance, workshop or panel talk you choose to attend. Book via: lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

Saturday 30 April The synopsis of each piece can be found on our website in addition to content warnings and booking details, follow the link : lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

18:30 | Workshop Three // Teamwork with Mischief Theatre Working collaboratively to develop your creative piece

19:30 Shapeshifter

20:30 | 4 x 4 Three Vanishing Tomato Spiderlings 6:24

Caroline Collins Studio 2 hours Working collaboratively to develop your creative piece. Led by theatre company Mischief, in this session, we will look at creative processes through collaboration, particularly improvised comedy and ensemble based making. With practical exercises that get you away from your computer or notepad and into a room, this will introduce you to the skills to make your own work as a company.

The Linbury Theatre 40 minutes Manish Gandhi

The Carne Studio Theatre 40 mins Júlia Levai Ned Costello Caitlin Scott Aldous Ciokajlo-Squire

BOOKING INFORMATION Please note a ticket is required for each performance, workshop or panel talk you choose to attend. Book via: lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

Sunday 1 May The synopsis of each piece can be found on our website in additon to content warnings and booking details, follow the link here: lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

14:00 | 4 x 4 Four Small Want “Sissy” Thespians Insides 15:00 | Workshop Four // Fundraising An Introduction to Fundraising, to ACE and beyond

16:00 | MishMash x Student Slot A celebration of some of the selfcreated work made by current LAMDA students, featuring 5-minute excerpts from a range of students across all LAMDA’s courses.

The Carne Studio Theatre 40 mins ​​Milly Roberts Michael Yale Emmanuel Olusanya, Victor Ciri & Christian Bevan Lucy Havard & Conor Dumbrell

Caroline Collins Studio 2 hours Led by Creative Producer Ameena Hamid, in this workshop we will take you through the basics of fundraising for theatre, including government funding, trusts and foundations, crowdfunding, and other funding routes. We will look at building a case for support, how to find individual donors and funders and what those funders want to see.

The Linbury Theatre Tobi Martins-Ojo, Laura Prendergast, Mark Hannah, Nadine Ivy Barr, Nathan Woodworth, Ella Maisy Purvis Luke Gallagher, Madeline Thorp

BOOKING INFORMATION Please note a ticket is required for each performance, workshop or panel talk you choose to attend. Book via: lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

Sunday 1 May The synopsis of each piece can be found on our website in additon to content warnings and booking details, follow the link here: lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

17:00 | Half & Half Three In a Land Farr Away Starting in the Same Boat

17:00 | Panel Talk Three // The Fundraising Issue A conversation around funding your own work.

19:00 ‘for real this time’

The Carne Studio Theatre 40 minutes Angus Imrie & Cat White Conor Craig-Stephens

The Carne Studio Theatre 45 mins - 1 hour Emily Carewe [LAMDA MishMash Founder & Director, Creative Executive Producer 45North] hosts a conversation with Ameena Hamid [Ameena Hamid Productions] and Bethany McDonald Shepherd [Head of Social & Charitable Innovation, LAMDA] about the issue of fundraising for theatre.

The Linbury Theatre 40 minutes Rosa Hesmondhalgh

END OF FESTIVAL BOOKING INFORMATION Please note a ticket is required for each performance, workshop or panel talk you choose to attend. Book via: lamda.ac.uk/mishmash-programme

CREATIVE TEAM Founder & Director Emily Carewe Assistant Producer Leanne Henlon Assistant Producer Selina Jones View full creative & casting information for each piece on our website

PRODUCTION TEAM Production Manager Zara Janmohamed Technical Stage Manager (Carne Theatre) Fintan Beirne Technical Stage Manager (Linbury Theatre) Anna Short Production LX Daisy Simmons Production Sound Engineer Jas Fuller

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO J&J Events, The Pear Tree