Past Performances

Belonging

Dir. Francesca McBride 

9th December 2020

'Belonging' is a Headphone Verbatim piece. All the words you will hear are the words of real people. You will see each actor attempt to repeat the words of their interviewee with the exact same tone, dialect and context as they were first said, whilst the recording is being played into the actor's ears.

After its' premiere in December 2020, this original show was selected for inclusion Selected in the Scottish Online Student Drama Festival, and was subsequently released to a wider audience on the 9th March 2021. 

Available to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2cIx9JZK0c

Hold Out Your Hand

Dir. Francesca McBride and Yuezhu Zhao 

Premiered 24th March 2021

'Hold Out Your Hand' is a play by Chris Thorpe, which asks pertinent questions about place, where we are now and the moment we are living through. This show was rehearsed and performed online as part of the Positive Stories for Negative Times project created by Wonder Fools in association with Traverse Theatre. 

Available to view: https://youtu.be/kvTqcbTEHlE

The Tempest 

Dir. Jack Beadle and Ben Davis, Prod. JD Hardman and Jodie Young

10th, 11th and 12th June 2021

The Ampitheatre, Campus

Shakespeare’s last play, The Tempest, comes to life this Summer! Come and see the best play performed in the last year… probably… who cares it is going to be amazing! Our cast perform this short version of the classic with such brilliance, you will be left astonished and in awe! It is a tale of power, betrayal, and illusion unfolding on a magical island. The island’s main inhabitant Caliban has seen many leaders. However, the appearance of Prospero and later a shipwreck lead to a series of intertwining plots to take over the island and obtain its secret stash of magic. Meanwhile, Prospero is trying to find a suitor for his daughter, Miranda, but will his choice match her desires? And when all is said and done will they be able to forgive each other?

The Importance of Being Earnest at the Mission Theatre

Dir. Arthur Poole and Josh Bosman, Prod. Jack Heatherill

11th and 12th June 

The Mission Theatre

Follow Jack and Algernon, two young Victorian men with a compulsion for lying, as they learn the importance of being earnest... while answering to the name of Ernest! This classical farce, written by the legendary Oscar Wilde, has proven to be one of Britain’s most popular and time-enduring plays and this year, BUST present their version of it! So come along for a night of falsehoods, fantasies and a whole lot of fun.