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Open Works Festival - Tickets now on sale
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Open Works Festival - Tickets now on sale
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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.

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Samurai Othello: Sharing And Discussion
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Samurai Othello: Sharing And Discussion
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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.

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BESEA Reads on 14 and 15 July, 10:30am-4pm
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BESEA Reads on 14 and 15 July, 10:30am-4pm
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Our next BESEA Reads session will be a special edition geared towards helping BESEA playwrights who are applying for the Climate Playwriting Prize. Over two days, we will read 8 excerpts of plays being submitted for the prize and will give feedback.

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  • "You cannot be what you cannot see, and I didn’t understand that the thing I loved could be a career until I met working actors from New Earth Theatre who looked like me. Suddenly something just clicked."

    Mei Mac, Olivier-nominated BESEA actress

  • “I’ve never felt this happy or accepted in a theatre space”

    Academy student 2024

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