66 Books

From all faiths and none, from over a dozen countries and across five continents, sixty-six remarkable playwrights, poets, songwriters and novelists spoke to each book of the King James Bible, filling the new Bush Theatre with contemporary responses to some of the greatest stories ever told.

 

Written by: 

Neil Bartlett, Caroline Bird, Yemisi Blake, Billy Bragg, Moira Buffini, Sam Burns, Anne Carson, Matt Charman, Brian Chikwava, Elinor Cook, Laura Dockrill, Carol Ann Duffy, Stella Duffy, David Edgar, Helen Edmundson, Suhayla El Bushra, David Eldridge, Adam Foulds, Naomi Foyle, Salena Godden, Chris Goode, James Graham, Trevor Griffiths, Suheir Hammad, Nathalie Handal, Nancy Harris, Daisy Hasan, Jackie Kay, Luke Kennard, Deirdre Kinahan, Nancy Kricorian, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Neil LaBute, Nick Laird, Mandla Langa, Toby Litt, Lachlan Mackinnon, Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran, Ian McHugh, Anne Michaels, Helen Mort, Kate Mosse, Andrew Motion, Paul Muldoon, Molly Naylor, Nick Payne, Maha Khan Phillips, Wena Poon, Anya Reiss, Sir Tim Rice, Michael Rosen, Amy Rosenthal, Kamila Shamsie, Owen Sheers, Christopher Shinn, Wole Soyinka, Jack Thorne, Enda Walsh, Zukiswa Wanner, Steve Waters, Anthony Weigh, Tom Wells, Rowan Williams, Roy Williams, Jeanette Winterson

 

Directed by:

Josie Rourke, Tamara Harvey, Rob Hastie, Chris Haydon, Chris Goode, Philip Wilson, Philip Franks, Peter Gill, Gbolahan Obisesan, Abbey Wright, Joe Murphy, Richard Twyman, Charlie Westenra, Mike Longhurst, Roisin McBrinn, Hannah Dickinson, Alice Lacey, Olly Hawes, Nessah Muthy, James Grieve, Madani Younis, Mark Rosenblatt, Titas Halder

 

The Bush Theatre

 

Photos by Mark Douet