‘The sky set on fire, and I can feel the light in my bones.’
When a mysterious cosmic event hits, a group of unsuspecting teenagers are suddenly granted superpowers and together they must work out what to do with their newfound abilities. But quickly, their new world of endless possibilities starts to crumble as trust is shaken, lines are drawn and conflicts erupt.
As the group clash, an ominous threat looms closer and closer, forcing them to fight for their survival. Sure to keep you on the edge of your seat, HORIZON is a thrilling, witty, superhuman coming of age story about the quest to find your place in the world.
The 14-17 Bush Young Company’s second production follows their main house debut with Back Up! last summer. A new Bush commission written by recent Bush Emerging Writers’ Group member Kwame Owusu and directed by Abigail Sol (babirye bukilwa’s Les Be Anne, Young Vic).
Abigail Sol is a director of film and theatre. Her work champions untold narratives from systemically excluded voices, centring coming-of-age stories about Black women and girls. She is interested in exploring resilience, passion and the turbulent beauty of our human condition.
Abigail is the Founder and CEO of Uproot, a Black-led arts production company that formed with the aim of offering responsive and transformative solutions. She is motivated by a core belief in art’s potential for collective healing and works as a trainee Dramatherapist, with years of experience facilitating drama groups with young people.
Director credits include: Crown by Thara Popoola (BBC Two, London Short Film Festival), Les Be Anne by babirye bukilwa (Young Vic), This Is Black 2.0 the Online Experience (Uproot), Put Me On by Lauren Marshall (Music Video), I AM [NOT] KANYE WEST by Natasha Brown (Bunker), PYNEAPPLE by Chantelle Alle and Melissa Saint (Bunker), The Lost Ones by Amina Koroma (Ovalhouse).
Associate/Assistant Director Credits include: J’Ouvert (SFP, BBC Four), Mother’s Cry (Bridge Media), Merchant of Venice (RSC), Pah-La (Royal Court), Things of Dry Hours (Young Vic).
DK Fashola is an award-winning multidisciplinary performer and theatre maker who specialises in multi-form storytelling; fusing poetic multi-layered text & movement in unexpected ways. She has worked with Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Exchange Manchester, National Youth Theatre, GDIFestival, Theatre 503, & Orange Tree Theatre. Artistic Director of Initiative.dkf – Albany Theatre’s 2021 Artists of change, Eclipse Award Winners 2020, and creators of Melanin Box Festival. Other Work includes Music Video choreography for Grammy Award Winning artist Wizkid and international superstars DJ Spinall & Tiwa Savage.
Elliot ‘Eli.P’ Popeau-George is a music producer, composer and sound designer based in East London. He is co-founder of Meta-Sama Sound Co, an electronic music production collective and label.
Elliot’s score work has been showcased in theatre and film, most recently working with Bush Theatre’s Young Company and again in dance short The Noise My Leaves Makes, which debuted at The Unit. As a music producer, Elliot has released music throughout his career, his sophomoric EP ‘Opals’ receiving critical acclaim and played on Reprezent Radio and BBC 1Xtra.
Kwame Owusu is a writer and director based in London. He is passionate about bold stories that amplify unheard voices and explore what it means to survive and be alive in the world today. His first play, Resist, is about political radicalism, and his second, Dreaming and Drowning, is about a young man navigating racism and searching for belonging. Kwame recently finished the Bush Theatre’s Emerging Writers’ Group 2020/2021. He is also the Resident Assistant Director at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and a Young Associate at the Gate Theatre.
Directing credits include: Pomona (Edinburgh Festival Fringe); The Wolf From The Door (John Thaw Studio Theatre); Whiskey Wednesdays (Kickitdown Productions).
As Resident Assistant Director at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, he has worked on Sian Carter’s Running With Lions, directed by Michael Buffong, on Mike Bartlett’s Scandaltown, directed by Rachel O’Riordan, on Timberlake Wertenbaker’s adaptation of Jean Racine’s Britannicus, directed by Atri Banerjee, and Patrick Marber’s Closer, directed by Clare Lizzimore. Other associate/assistant directing credits include: Bee (Old Vic); The Big Knife (ArtsEd); Utopolis (Manchester International Festival).
Training includes: MFA in Theatre Directing at Birkbeck, University of London (2020 – 2022), BA (1st Class Hons) Drama and English Literature at University of Manchester (2017 – 2020).
Maja Lach (pronounced “My-ah”) is a freelance stage manager and migrant based in London. Originally from Poland, she had never lived this close to the sea before and has been consistently cold since 2018. She’s interested in creating accessible theatre with a focus on disability, community and immigrant issues. She wants to amplify queer, migrant and minority voices in theatre, starting with her own. Her credits include: Circ-ulate at Jacksons Lane, Addictive Beat for Boundless Theatre and Diary of a Somebody at the Seven Dials Playhouse. She is currently working as SM on The Misandrist at the Arcola Theatre.
Peter Butler is a winner of the Linbury Prize for Stage Design 2021.
Credits include: The Beat of Our Hearts (Exeter Northcott), Patient Light (UK tour); Paper Cut (Theatre 503); Since U Been Gone (VAULT Festival); Prague Quadrennial Emergence Festival (V&A).
As Associate Designer: Cabaret Prologue (Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre). As Assistant Designer: Arrangement/Decommission (Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis Studio).
Ruth Burgon is a graduate of LAMDA and primarily works in new writing. Credits as Production Manager include Never Not Once (Park); BACK UP! (Bush Theatre); Nora, Let the Right One In (LAMDA). As Props Supervisor: Old Bridge (Bush Theatre). Stage Management credits include: Black is the Colour of My Voice (Seabright Productions); Coming Clean (King’s Head); Six (Bunker Theatre).
