MAGGOTS
★★★★★
All That Dazzles
Shadowed the Director
★★★★
What’s On Stage
★★★★★
Theatre Everywhere
Playwright: Farah Najib
Director: Jess Barton
Set & Costume Design: Caitlin Mawhinney
Lighting Design: Peter Small
Composer & Sound Design: Duramaney Kamara
Casting Director: Fran Cattaneo
Producer: Jessie Anand
Production Manager: Adam Jeffreys
Stage Manager: Rose Hockaday
27 January - 28 February 2026
Bush Theatre
Seeing the messiness of fusing technical and design elements in front of actors created timing issues and confusion in the room.
Jess navigated this by actively inviting actors to respond to technical elements in real time, using their instincts to adjust timing and clarify staging.
It exposed how quickly I push for clarity when things feel unresolved; instead, I want to hold that instability for longer and let actors shape the integration of performance and design before locking decisions.