The war delayed everything but didn’t repress our desire to make the show happen in London and to tell the stories of what is still happening to Crimean Tatars. In fact, it made the production and its potential impact on audiences more important than ever.

The fate of the Crimean Tatar people has long troubled me. I often think about this historical injustice. First deportation, half a century in a foreign land, then such a difficult return, eternal building of their homes. And now after the annexation, persecution, again, in their own suffering land.

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Artistic director and Director of Dido's Bar, Josephine Burton, looks back on its 5 year journey from a coffee in Helsinki to a UK tour.

The last 12 months have been truly incredible for Dash Arts.

Josephine Burton reflects on the protests in Iran, and her friendship with Marouf Majidi.

We’ve pulled together some of our favourite works that retell classical tales, from books to theatre to poetry.

Artistic director and director of Dido’s Bar, Josephine Burton, shares her thoughts on how we’re keeping current political issues in mind while developing this production.

Dash Arts and writer Hattie Naylor have been granted the New Play Commission Scheme by The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain for Prinzhorn.

What part does music play in a refugee’s journey? Josephine Burton describes her experience meeting and getting to know Marouf Majidi, and how music transformed his experience of belonging and kinship.

Siena Tone, Dash Arts’ Intern and Design and Costume Assistant for The Great Middlemarch Mystery shares her experience learning and working on a very different sort of production.

We spoke with assistant director of The Great Middlemarch Mystery, Connor Alexander, about the challenges and rewards of working on such an ambitious project.

Josephine Burton shares her reflections on her recent visit to Falmouth to work on the second act of our upcoming production, Dido’s Bar.

Josephine Burton shares her highlights from directing The Great Middlemarch Mystery immersive theatre.

In the run up to our production of The Great Middlemarch Mystery in April, we spoke with co-writer Professor Ruth Livesey about what it’s been like to adapt such a well-known classic into an immersive theatre script.

We caught up with our producer about the first community workshop for The Great Middlemarch Mystery, and how these workshops will inform the show's opening this April.

We caught up with Artistic Director Josephine Burton to ask about her reflections on 2021 and why she feels despite the challenges, it’s been Dash’s most fruitful year ever.

The creative process and performances spanned 3 countries, incorporated 6 languages and transcended multiple generations.

Josephine Burton, recently wrote an article about our forthcoming production Songs for Babyn Yar for New London Synagogue, for the September edition of their magazine The New Londoner.

Playwright Hattie Naylor shares her experience of the Dido’s Bar residency at Meidän Festivaali in Finland, musing on the production's relevance and its power to resonate with international audiences.