
June 3, 2016
Conversation Piece is the name given to a type of group portraiture. Works of this sort are usually small in scale and depict, relatively informally, a group of family members or of friends. The Omnibus After School Art Club worked with Colombian artist and graduate of Central St. Martin’s art…
May 10, 2016
A Q&A with… Lánre
British-Nigerian singer and songwriter, Lanre, tells a captivating and immersive story on her new EP "Human", that launches at Omnibus on 27th May. Lánre has been an Omnibus regular for a while, so we thought we should find out a bit more about her! We asked about her cultural…

April 11, 2016
Omniwrite Exclusive! Q & A with… Grant Corr
Grant Corr is the author of "Dead Boy Cafe", one of three specially crafted pieces for this season's Omniwrite. Grant Corr’s first play commission was a T.I.E play produced by Replay Productions in Belfast, the play, ‘You Chose’ toured successfully around Arts venues and schools throughout Northern Ireland. His second…

April 5, 2016
Omniwrite Exclusive! Q & A with… Katharina Rodda
Katharina Rodda is the author of "Harry Is Asking", one of three specially crafted pieces for this season's Omniwrite. Katharina Rodda has been part of the Soho Theatre Young Company and the Royal Court Writer’s group. She has developed work with Tamasha Theatre Company, receiving the Garrick Bursary for writing in…

March 31, 2016
Omniwrite Exclusive! Q & A with… Lucy Avery
Lucy Avery is the author of "Godless Monsters", one of three specially crafted pieces for this season's Omniwrite. Lucy Avery trained at the University of Kent and Rose Bruford College, she became Associate Director with Apocryphal Theatre where she also directed her own writing ‘This is How I Lost My Memory’…

March 17, 2016
A Message from Camilla Gürtler Director of ‘Beyond the Blue’
The children at the Omnibus Youth Theatre have written their own play inspired by the refugee crisis and cannot wait to share it with you! In my classes at Omnibus we always tell stories. Fantastical stories we make up, stories from our week or stories by famous writers. I’ve always…

February 26, 2016
A Q&A with… British Comic Opera
Daisy Evans, founder and artistic director of British Comic Opera, has a single mantra for her new project... With a big bag of opera tricks ranging from improvised opera, to sing-offs, to jazz opera and even an operatic Death Match – it's the dizzying heights of grand opera, delivered straight…

February 12, 2016
A Q&A with… Emilia Mårtensson
Emilia Mårtensson has built a well-deserved reputation as one of the most exciting young vocalists on the UK Jazz scene. To get a taster of what's in store for her her appearance at Omnibus on the 21st of February, we decided to pick her brain about home and the future of jazz. You’re…

January 29, 2016
In Conversation with… Maggi Hambling
The artist Maggi Hambling CBE is a sometimes controversial figure, with strong views on issues like equality, smoking, and Scottish independence. She is also a leading British contemporary painter and sculptor, though reputedly she was 'too risky' for a commission to paint the late Queen Mother. In 1980 she became…
December 9, 2015