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Please join us for MA/MFA Contemporary Directing Practice Directors’ Lab Showcase 2025 to see an array of the cohort’s independent directing research projects.
You are invited to the Rose and the Barn Theatres on campus to see performances of 3 contemporary plays and 2 devised adaptations.
Each piece is 45 to 60 minutes long, followed by a 20-minute Q&A with the Director and the Cast. Our graduating directors are Christian Cheevers, Neha Hemachandra, Niko Krieger, Hannah Lund and Christina Peña.
All events are free but must be booked in advance via the links below each show.

WOYZECK by Georg Büchner, Directed by Scarlett Spicer MA Contemporary Directing Practice 2024
Programme
Tuesday 16 Sept
Barn Theatre, 6pm + Q&A
Happy Meal by Tabby Lamb
Rights with thanks to Nick Hern
Directed by Hannah Lund
Please book via Eventbrite here.
Rose Theatre, 7.30pm + Q&A
The Apparatus
Based on In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
Devised & Directed by Neha Hemachandra
Please book via Eventbrite here.
Wednesday 17 Sept
Rose Theatre, 2.30pm + Q&A
The Apparatus
Based on In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
Devised & Directed by Neha Hemachandra
Please book via Eventbrite here.
Barn Theatre, 6pm + Q&A
Hungry by Chris Bush
Rights with thanks to Nick Hern
Directed by Christina Peña
Please book via Eventbrite here.
Thursday 18 Sept
Barn Theatre, 6pm + Q&A
Saudade Minus One (S-1=) by Irenosen Okojie
Devised & Directed by Christian Cheevers
Please book via Eventbrite here.
Rose Theatre, 7.30pm + Q&A
The Hungry Bowl by Edward Bond
Rights with thanks to Casarotto Ramsay & Associates
Directed by Niko Krieger
Please book via Eventbrite here.
Friday 19 Sept
Rose Theatre, 2.30pm + Q&A
The Hungry Bowl, by Edward Bond
Rights with thanks to Casarotto Ramsay & Associates
Directed by Nikolas Krieger
Please book via Eventbrite here.
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