Broccoli in 2022

Hello everyone,

It’s been a while, hasn’t it! Thank you for staying subscribed to us, and reading again after such a big break.

While we’ve been a little quiet on this end, 2022 has not been a quiet year for Broc. We had our first show on in 3 years in June, the brilliant Before I Was a Bear by Eleanor Tindall, and we funded research and development weeks for 3 new plays.

I asked Elly, one of our wonderful associates to write a few words on Bear and an R&D we produced for her new play:

Before I Was a Bear
We were so delighted to bring Before I Was A Bear back, and to Soho Theatre - a dream home for this play in particular. It felt wonderful to see how the play had evolved over time; taken on new meanings, carried new weight - and how the team had changed too, and what this brought to the new iteration. The response to it was also hugely moving and special. 

& a new piece
I was grateful to be able to spend a week with such talented & generous artists R&Ding let me tell you why i was buried in the stars, a play that i’ve been developing for years about workplace brutality, love & finding power in unlikely places. The week was hugely enriching and will be essential to the next stage of the play.

Jacoba Williams in Before I Was a Bear, image credit to Emily Aboud

We thought as Christmas is just around the corner, we’d do 20% off our tea towels! Get 20% off using the code CHRISTMASSPECIAL

By buying a tea towel and supporting Broccoli you’ll be making a huge difference towards our core costs for next year. It’s not very sexy, but it’s vital work that keeps the company going and allows us & our associate artists to flourish.

Thank you for sticking with Broccoli, and we’re so excited to share more plays and writing with you in the New Year.

Also, here’s a Broccoli recipe we love

For now, have a brilliant rest of your year and see you soon!

Eve and Salome x