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New and improved Genesis Network website is launched by Young…
3 October 2019
The Young Vic Directors Program has announced the launch of a new and improved Genesis Network website. Serving nearly 1,000 directors, designers and producers living in the UK at the early stages of their career, this updated and developed site…
Triumphant premiere for James MacMillan’s Fifth Symphony, Le grand Inconnu…
22 August 2019
On the evening of Saturday 17th August a standing ovation and a host of five-star reviews greeted the world premiere of James MacMillan’s Fifth Symphony, Le grand Inconnu, at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International…
Genesis LAMDA Network special event supports the development of alumni…
5 August 2019
On Thursday 25 July, LAMDA hosted the first rehearsed reading of a new play, dot dot dot dash, by alumnus James Wallwork (class of 2009), who is one of the three founding members of From Ground Up Theatre Company. The…
Genesis Podcast Series Launched
29 July 2019
In the run-up to the Genesis Foundation’s 20th anniversary, The Genesis Podcast Series will consist of 20 podcasts of conversations between artists and thought leaders presented by broadcaster James Jolly. The first two podcasts feature Cardinal Vincent Nichols & Sir…
Genesis Sixteen to perform in BBC Prom at the Royal…
26 July 2019
Genesis Sixteen will make its Proms debut on Wednesday 14 August when they perform in the Hallé Orchestra’s Prom of Berlioz’s oratorio The Childhood of Christ, conducted by Sir Mark Elder. The Prom performance is the latest example of current…
In conversation with Caitriona Shoobridge, 2019 Genesis Future Directors Award…
25 June 2019
We caught up with 2019 Genesis Future Directors Award winner Caitriona Shoobridge, who makes her directorial debut at the Young Vic with Ivan and the Dogs by Hattie Naylor, opening in the Clare theatre on 10 July. What have you been up…
Dadiow Lin announced as the 2019 Genesis Future Directors Award…
19 June 2019
Dadiow Lin has been awarded the latest Genesis Future Directors Award at the Young Vic. She will now be working with the Young Vic team to select her play, which will open in the Clare theatre in October. Dadiow is…
Genesis Sixteen announces its ninth cohort and 200th singer
13 June 2019
The new cohort of Genesis Sixteen singers for 2019-20, The Sixteen’s free young artists’ scheme for 18-23 year-olds funded by the Genesis Foundation, has just been selected. The scheme aims to nurture the next generation of talented ensemble singers and,…
Major new Genesis Foundation commission from Sir James MacMillan
27 March 2019
James MacMillan's Fifth Symphony, Le grand Inconnu, to receive world premiere at Edinburgh International Festival, Saturday 17 August. The UK’s largest commissioner of sacred music, the Genesis Foundation, has announced one of its most ambitious commissions to date. Le grand…
Joanna Piotrowska, former Royal College of Art Genesis Scholar, has…
20 March 2019
Photographer Joanna Piotrowska, 2011 recipient of the Genesis Scholarship at the Royal College of Art (RCA), is currently showing recent work in a solo show, All Our False Devices, at Tate Britain until 9 June 2019. Part of Art Now,…
Applications now open for the Genesis Future Directors Award at…
28 February 2019
The Young Vic is inviting applications for emerging theatre directors to apply for the Genesis Future Directors Award 2019. The Award, provided by the Genesis Foundation, enables the Young Vic to identify, support and nurture a director to explore their…
Genesis Foundation supports emerging young curators from minority backgrounds
25 February 2019
Losal Chiodak has been announced as the first Genesis Young Curator, a role which seeks to increase representation within UK visual arts organisations of young curators from minority backgrounds. The Genesis Foundation is committed to providing financial support to programmes…
