“I just wanted to achieve something, mostly. Finally finish something. I thought that was gonna be school but…”
The end of the world is imminent. Trapped in the middle of nowhere with no sensible adult in sight, a group of classmates are determined to make the most of it and work out how to spend the rest of their lives.
Call home… finish a good book… the last supper? There are only a few hours left to make your dreams come true, and you might as well fess up to that thing you swore you’d take to the grave.
The End is a witty and tender story about friendship, impending loss and what really matters when you have less life ahead of you than you expected. The world premiere of a new play written by Bush Emerging Writers’ Group alum Jasmin Mandi-Ghomi, directed by Neetu Singh and performed by the new 14-17 Bush Young Company.
Adam Jefferys (he/him) is a Lighting Designer and Production Manager from Essex. Previously, he was the Technical Manager of the New Diorama Theatre.
Recent work includes: Foreverland (Southwark Playhouse); Playfight (Summerhall Festival); I Love You, Now What? (Park); The End, Communion, My Father’s Fable, Elephant (all Bush); The Bleeding Tree, Under The Kundè Tree (both Southwark); The Great Privation (Theatre503); The Olive Boy (UK Tour); Murder In The Dark (UK Tour); It Is I, Seagull (UK Tour); Soon, Pilot (both Summerhall); Philosophy of The World (Cambridge Junction); After The Act, War & Culture (both New Diorama); Project Dictator (New Diorama & Edinburgh); Jekyll and Hyde (Derby); Everything Has Changed (Tour & Edinburgh); Dorian (Reading Rep).
For more of Adam’s work please visit his website: adamjefferys.com
Georgia Wilmot is a set & costume designer. After graduating with a degree in Interior Design from Liverpool John Moores University, Georgia worked on Misfits S3 (Channel 4), and as a costume trainee on Monroe (ITV) before deciding that Set Design was something to be explored.
Georgia’s set and costume credits include: Elephant (Bush Theatre), Covered (New Heritage Theatre at Paddington Arts Centre), Superdrug’s YouTube channel Christmas campaign 2017, I knew you (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), days of significance (Questors Theatre). In 2018, Georgia had the opportunity to create concept designs and illustrations for Designer Tim McQuillen-Wright for Secret Cinema’s Blade Runner. In 2021 Georgia designed sets for the Bush Theatre’s, Project 2036 which included: Pawn (by Devon Muller), One Day (by QianEr Jin) and LimBo (by Latekid). In August 2021, Georgia returned to Bush to design the set and costume for the Young Company introductory performance Back Up! (Devised and Directed by Katie Greenall)
Writing and illustration: Georgia illustrated the first children’s book fromThe adventures of series, as well as working as a digital design content creator for My Trauma, My Healing with Simone Powderly. During the last year, Georgia has written and illustrated her first children’s book and created a range of illustrations as part of a diversity and inclusion campaign.
Honor Klein trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 2019 she has since worked as a freelance stage manager in and around London.
Theatre Credits include: The Bleeding Tree (Southwark Playhouse); Breeding (King’s Head Theatre); The Good John Proctor (Jermyn Street Theatre); Cinderella & The Coronation of Poppea (English Touring Opera); As We Face The Sun (Bush Theatre); Barnum’s Bird (Royal College of Music); 2:22 A Ghost Story (Criterion Theatre); Ava: The Secret Conversations (Riverside Studios); The Magic Flute (Royal College of Music); Curious (Soho Theatre); The Tide (Talawa); 2021; 2020 Summer Theatre
Festival (Roman Theatre); Peter Pan (Alban Arena) Triple Bill (Royal College of Music)
James Dawson is a Freelance Production Manager for theatre, opera and dance working across London, nationally and internationally with a passion for touring work, performance art and community projects.
Recent projects include: interactive children’s play space REPLAY (Southbank Centre); A View From The Bridge (Headlong); Love & Rebellion Festival (Birmingham Rep); Marikiscrycrycry’s GONER (global tour).
James has worked as a production manager with Young Vic Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, Bush Theatre, Pace Live entertainment, National Youth Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and The Yard Theatre.
Jasmin is a British-Iranian writer from West Yorkshire. Her first full length play ‘Allah In the Walls’ was developed on the Catalyst Programme at the North Wall Arts Centre and went on to be shortlisted for the 2022 Bruntwood Prize. In Summer 2021, she developed the play ‘The Magic of Wild Heather’ which was written for the National Theatre’s Public Acts and performed at Cast Theatre in Doncaster. She has participated in the BBC’s Northern Voices Scheme, Sheffield Theatre’s Bank Cohort, and the Bush Theatre’s Emerging Writers Group. Her most recent play was ‘Lose Your Gave’, which she wrote as part of a seed commission from Sheffield Theatres. Over the past year, she has been part of the Warner Writers Exchange Scheme for which she wrote her first TV series ‘Joon’.
Julian Starr studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), was detailed in Australia’s Stage Whispers as one of the ‘Top 4 Sound Designer and Composers in Australia’ and is currently the Associate Sound Designer at the Finborough Theatre.
Recent sound design work includes: 23.5 Hours (Park Theatre); F**king Men (Waterloo East); The Picture of Dorian Gray (Associate to Clemence Williams – Theatre Royal Haymarket); Sharon Osbourne – Cut The Crap! (Fortune Theatre); The White Factory (Marylebone Theatre – Offie Nomination for Best Sound Design); Miss Peony (Australian Tour); Song From Far Away (HOME Manchester, Hampstead Theatre and BBC Radio 4); ZOG (West End and UK tour); Rose (Hope Mill, Park Theatre, Ambassadors Theatre – OffieNominated for Best Sound Design); Return To The Dirt (Queensland Theatre Company); Animal (Park Theatre and UK Tour); Sleepwalking (Hampstead Theatre); Scrounger (Offie Nomination for Best Sound Design); The Dwarfs (White Bear Theatre – Offie Nomination for Best Sound Design) and Aisha (Tristan Bates – Offie Nomination Best Sound Design).
Neetu Singh is a director and writer from Hackney, East London. An alumnus of the Mercury Theatre Directors Programme, the Squint Playwriting Award and Young Vic’s Fresh Direction Programme, she is interested in exploring why some people have things and others don’t. While an undergraduate at the University of Oxford, she founded Haldi, a collective for marginalised artists, which in 2022, became Tamasha Theatre’s youngest Associate Company. Her directing credits include Coconut at the Edinburgh Fringe, Tako at the Camden People’s Theatre, and the Standing-Ovation-nominated Brown Girl Noise at the Camden Fringe. Currently, she is assistant directing The Cherry Orchard at the Donmar Warehouse while working under a short film commission from Cardboard Citizens. Next, she is directing the Bush Theatre’s 14-17 Young Company.
Stella Wang is a stage manager and writer with an MA degree in creative writing from the University of Warwick.
Recent credits include: Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) (Kiln); Saw: Escape Experience (The Path Entertainment Group); Camden Fringe Festival (The Hope). Shows including Asian Girl in Therapy, Brown Girl Noise, Horrigan and Howell: Two’s a Crowd, Must Be This Gay to Ride, Friction Burn, Body 115, and Something to Take Off the Edge; DNA (Tara Theatre).
Zarshaa is a versatile theatre professional with a name meaning “bright queen” in Arabic,
reflecting her vibrant presence in the industry. She has worn many hats, including artistic
liaison, photographer, host, access officer, and marketing enthusiast for the Tramshed’s
Open Talks. Currently, Zarshaa serves as the DICE officer at her university’s Student Union,
championing Diversity, Inclusivity, Culture, and Equality through events like art exhibitions,
dance workshops, and film nights.
Her recent role as an assistant designer on Selina Thomson’s “Twine” at the Yard Theatre
showcased her multi-rolling skills. Passionate about every aspect of theatre, Zarshaa’s
interests span community producing, live performances, one-to-one experiences, healing
movement forms, facilitating, and design. Committed to storytelling and raising awareness
on issues such as colonialism, racism, sexism, classism, the care system, and structural
inequality, Zarshaa aims to contribute to a theatre world that transcends labels and
resonates with the complexities of our shared human experiences.