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.

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