The Junction

Welcome to a festival of plays with a future! Hotbed 2009 once again sees Menagerie join forces with The Junction to present the best new writing for stage from the East of England and beyond. From established names to first time writers Hotbed produces vibrant, inspiring, new work to engage audiences and artists alike.


Today's events... The Hotbed Marathon!

Hotbed Marathon Offer - See all the plays today for only £25 (£20 con) buy

A Stroke of Genius (PIT)

J2 / 1pm / 60 mins

£5 (£4 con) buy

Egusi Soup

J2 / 2pm / 80 mins

£5 (£4 con) buy

Tasseomancy (Small Change)

Offsite / 3pm, 5pm, 7pm / 30 mins

£PWYL

Prosperity 3

J2 / 4pm / 80 mins

£5 (£4 con) buy

Events from a Forgotten War

J2 / 6pm / 80 mins

£5 (£4 con) buy

At Sea

J2 / 7.30pm / 45 mins

£6 (£5 con) buy

Flick to Kick

J2 / 8.30pm / 45 mins

£6 (£5 con) buy

Four for Jericho

J2 / 9.30pm / 45 mins

£6 (£5 con) buy

One-Page-Play-Competition-Athon - The Final!

J2 / 10.30pm

£PWYL

Darwin. School Bullies. Natural Selection. Eugenics. Evil Genes. The Dating Game. Mothers. Individual Significance and everything in between. Polarbear - one of the most exciting performance poets in the UK - has worked with local writers to create spoken word pieces that question how evolutionary theory applies to real life. Come and see them perform alongside Polarbear, this is a one-off special event that we’ll all leave talking about.

"Polarbear's minimal style and unsettlingly straightforward and blunt lyricism make him shine out of the dross of a lot of spoken word." Dazed & Confused

Evolving Words is a poetry writing and science project engaging 14-25 year olds in six cities across the UK.

This event is part of the Cambridge Darwin Festival,