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10 October 2023

George Turvey, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Papatango Theatre Company and winner of the 2022 Genesis Foundation Prize, is using part of his Genesis prize money to commission a short film to celebrate 15 years of the Papatango New Writing…

25 September 2023

The Royal Academy of Arts has announced the first two curators joining the Genesis Future Curators Programme. Chosen from over 450 applicants, Natasha Fyffe and Gabriel Jamroz will begin 2-year full-time paid positions at the RA this week, with Natasha working in the…

20 September 2023

The Genesis Foundation and Almeida Theatre have announced the newest cohort of their Genesis Almeida New Playwrights, Big Plays Programme, a two-year programme that supports emerging and mid-career writers to develop new plays for larger stages. The Genesis Almeida Writers for 2023-2025 are Georgia…

24 July 2023

A female-led retelling of Ivanhoe, poems on the queer Scottish experience and an investigation of Henry Kissinger’s wartime experiences are among the projects selected for the third annual Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writers Programme. Covering fiction, non-fiction and poetry,…

26 June 2023

The Genesis Foundation and The Sixteen are pleased to announce Charlie Perry as their 2023/24 Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholar. Charlie is a conductor and singer from London. Since graduating from the University of Manchester with First Class honours, he has…

14 June 2023

The Genesis Foundation is pleased to announce that Matt Armstrong has joined its Board of Trustees, effective 30 June 2023.  Matt is Head of Policy at the National Theatre, helping to lead the theatre’s relationships with Government. He is a Trustee of award-winning…

8 June 2023

Images: Here Lies (Tala Lee-Turton, Photo: Zavod Studio), Recovery in Vision (Outside Edge Theatre Company), Orbits (Birds of Paradise Theatre Company) Dance Orbits | Birds of Paradise Theatre Company  Birds of Paradise Theatre Company premiered new film Orbits at the…

26 May 2023

The Genesis Foundation and The Sixteen are pleased to announce the names of the 22 young singers who will join Genesis Sixteen’s 13th cohort this autumn.   Supported by the Genesis Foundation, Genesis Sixteen is The Sixteen’s free young artists’ programme…

16 May 2023

(Andrew Nethsinga, The Choir of Westminster Abbey His Majesty's Chapel Royal & St James's Palace Singers) Nine alumni from Genesis Sixteen, the Genesis Foundation and The Sixteen’s choral music programme, performed in His Majesty the King’s Coronation service on 6…

16 May 2023

(Gbolahan Obisesan, ULTZ, Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and John Studzinski. CR. Adrian Myers) Six people with no previous formal training in performance design have been chosen from more than 50 applicants for the pilot Genesis Theatre Design Programme and have begun their…

11 May 2023

Panellists include Amanda Parker, Bob and Roberta Smith,  Dr Gus Casely-Hayford OBE, Nadia Fall and Sanaz Amidi The Genesis Foundation and the Mayor of London  today announce the full line-up for the Genesis Conversation to take place at City Hall on Monday 5 June.  …

24 April 2023

(Royal Academy of Arts, CR. Rory Mulvey) The Royal Academy of Arts is pleased to announce the launch of the Genesis Future Curators Programme, a new programme enabling two 2-year Curatorial positions at the Royal Academy, presented in partnership with…

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