Press Coverage

Genesis Conversations: The Future of British Musical Theatre
11 September 2023
The first of the latest series of Genesis Conversations took place on 07 September 2023 and was hosted in partnership with the National Theatre. ...
Taio Lawson Announced as 2023-24 Genesis Fellow / Young Vic…
13 April 2023
The Genesis Foundation and the Young Vic Theatre are delighted to announce director Taio Lawson as the 2023 Genesis Fellow, a two-year programme for experienced directors and theatre-makers to develop their craft in directing ...
Genesis Theatre Design Programme
13 February 2023
The Genesis Theatre Design Programme is a free two-year part-time course which will train and support six designers with the aim of improving global majority representation among theatre designers in the industry ...
Tower of London | A Tribute to Elizabeth II: A…
24 November 2022
In October 2022, the Genesis Foundation commissioned ‘A Tribute to the Life and Reign of Elizabeth II: A Garland for the Queen’, a concert held in the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London, performed by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. ...
Honours awarded for philanthropy halve in five years | The…
9 February 2021
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Britain should do more to lure foreign philanthropists | The…
9 February 2021
For the public good, philanthropy needs to become more deeply entrenched in our culture. It is not just a matter of money but of mindset. ...
Genesis Kickstart Fund’s Advisory Council
12 November 2020
The Genesis Kickstart Fund will be rolled out in 2021, the year that marks the 20th anniversary of the Genesis Foundation. It will generate structured work opportunities for a diversity of freelance creative professionals, who, as they participate in future-facing projects, will ...
£1 million Genesis Kickstart Fund
16 October 2020
The Genesis Foundation, chaired by John Studzinski, announces a new £1mn Kickstart Fund to support freelancers in the creative sector. The fund will be rolled out in 2021, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Foundation. It is designed to enable outstanding freelance artists to ...
It’s time for philanthropists to stand up for theatre’s freelancers
27 July 2020
The emergency fund created by the Genesis Foundation will go at least some way to ensuring the survival of the many freelancers involved in partner-run programmes. ...
The decade in culture: Stabat mater (James MacMillan, 2016)
25 December 2019
MacMillan's setting...is a fervent, virtuosic masterpiece... ...
World premiere of James MacMillan’s 5th Symphony Le grand Inconnu…
22 August 2019
Le grand Inconnu, a large-scale choral symphony by James MacMillan was performed by the work’s dedicatees Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, alongside members of Genesis Sixteen, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on Saturday 17 August as part of the Ed ...
Bill Viola/Michelangelo: Life, Death, Rebirth at the Royal Academy of…
21 March 2019
The Genesis Foundation sponsored the Royal Academy of Arts’ major exhibition, Bill Viola / Michelangelo: Life, Death, Rebirth, which ran from 26 January – 31 March 2019. The exhibition paired installations by pioneering video artist Bill Viola with rarely-seen drawings by Michela ...