Hotbed 2009 features three new full-length plays from exceptional regional talent.  After hugely successful rehearsed readings at Menagerie’s SPARKS Festival in January 2009, Egusi Soup and Prosperity 3 return to The Junction, along with an exciting new project from Menagerie Associate Artist, Fraser Grace.

All three will be presented as script-in hand performances before further development and touring with Menagerie.  See them here first!

To book tickets for Hotbed 2009, go to www.junction.co.uk

Egusi Soup
by Janice Okoh

A funny and poignant debut play from Menagerie’s new Associate Writer.  As a British-Nigerian family pack their luggage and prepare to head home for a funeral, they realise they will need to get rid of some excess baggage first… a fast, furious and funny new family drama about life in London, death in Lagos and soup on the kitchen table!  Premiering at Hotbed prior to regional and national touring.

Performances (click on the dates to book - this will take you to the Junction website)

Fri 3 July - 7.30pm
Sat 4 July - 2pm

£5/£4 | 80 mins

Prosperity 3
by Alison Falconer

A compelling Hotbed debut from new talent Alison Falconer.  The Nigerian oil fields are a dangerous place for heroes.  With no easy answers and betrayal just a phone call away, three rig workers find themselves hostage to fortune.  Friendships and loyalties collide with global politics and big business in this engrossing drama.  Premiering at Hotbed prior to future development.

Performances (click on the dates to book - this will take you to the Junction website)

Thu 2 July - 6pm
Sat 4 July - 4pm

£5/£4 | 80 mins

Events from a Forgotten War
by Fraser Grace

Menagerie Associate Writer Fraser Grace (Beakfast With Mugabe, RSC; Gifts of War, Frobisher’s Gold, Tongues, Menagerie) presents a new piece inspired by the writings of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.  This new work anatomises Polotkovskaya’s murder while giving voice to the people she wrote about and those she accused.  Presented at first development phase, this is a major new piece from one of the UK’s best political playwrights and a Hotbed festival favourite.  Stefanie Muller, of Hoipolloi, will join the Hotbed ensemble to play Anna Politkovskaya.

Performances (click on the dates to book - this will take you to the Junction website)

Sat 27 June - 6pm
Wed 1 July - 2pm
Sat 4 July - 6pm

£5/£4 | 80 mins