Friday, 11 December 2015
It has been another successful year for Genesis LAMDA Scholars. Joanna Nicks and Oliver Cudbill graduated with their BA (Hons) degree in Professional Acting and the 2015 scholarship was awarded to talented actress Carys Bowkett.
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Harry Christophers has begun the search for the 2016-17 group of Genesis Sixteen, The Sixteen’s prestigious free young artists’ scheme funded by the Genesis Foundation.
Friday, 16 October 2015
The Royal Court Theatre has announced its 60th anniversary season: Sixty Years New, which includes I See You by International Playwright Mongiwekhaya, supported by the Genesis Foundation.
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Charlene award-winning play, directed by Young Vic Genesis Fellow Gbolahan Obisesan, highlights the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK.
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Carys Bowkett, the Genesis LAMDA Scholar for 2015, is about to embark on her three year BA (Hons) in professional acting. With the first term in full swing, Carys has written a blog entry on how she’s found the first few weeks and her transition from remote rural Wales to the hustle and bustle of London.
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Polly Staple, recipient of the 2014 Genesis Prize, presents an exciting Chisenhale Gallery exhibition comprising a newly commissioned feature-length film and installation of sculptures by Jumana Manna.
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Creditors opens at the Young Vic Theatre on 9 September directed by Rikki Henry, winner of the Genesis Future Directors Award 2015.
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
The Genesis Foundation and The Sixteen are delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Latto as Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholar for 2015-16.
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
The Sixteen are delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Latto as Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholar for 2015-16.
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Gbolahan Obisesan, the new recipient of the Genesis Fellowship, will take up his new role at the Young Vic in September 2015, working alongside Artistic Director David Lan to develop his craft.
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
The Genesis Foundation has established a new partnership with New York’s leading centre for new writing, the Signature Theatre, a first for the Foundation in North America.
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Genesis Foundation to fund the innovative Residency Five programme at Signature Theatre in New York, supporting nine playwrights over the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons.
Monday, 6 July 2015
After the success in 2014 of James MacMillan’s inaugural Cumnock Tryst in Ayrshire, made possible by generous support from the Genesis Foundation and other organisations and individuals, the festival is returning in 2015.
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
From 25 June – 5 July paintings by Anna Liber-Lewis will be exhibited at the Royal College of Art’s 2015 graduation show, the culmination of her two year MA course in Fine Art funded by the Genesis Foundation.
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
The Sixteen have announced the 100th successful applicant for the ‘Genesis Sixteen’ choral training programme in a year with the highest ever proportion of young singers from state school backgrounds.
Thursday, 14 May 2015
John Studzinski has been placed at No. 10 in a list of the Top 100 Catholics in Britain today by the leading Catholic journal The Tablet.
Thursday, 14 May 2015
John Studzinski has been named as one of the Top 100 Catholics in Britain today by the leading Catholic journal The Tablet. He is placed at number 10 on the list, which is headed by Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England.
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
John Studzinski, Founder and Chairman of the Genesis Foundation, has been honoured at Barnard College’s Annual Gala for his charitable contributions to young people in the arts.
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Genesis Sixteen are now accepting applications to be their next conducting scholar. Fully-funded by the Genesis Foundation, the year-long scholarship offers a young conductor access to tuition from Harry Christophers and Eamonn Dougan.
Friday, 8 May 2015
John Studzinski has been featured in the Financial Times talking about classical music philanthropy and the music the Genesis Foundation has commissioned.
Thursday, 9 April 2015
John Studzinski has been elected onto the board of trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Genesis LAMDA Scholar, Joanna Nicks will be appearing in LAMDA’s latest production Love, Love, Love.
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Five directors from the Young Vic’s Genesis Directors program, have been given prestigious productions to direct at the Theatre during 2015.
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
A wealth of positive reviews for Glittering reviews for Dalia Taha’s Fireworks at the Royal Court Theatre.
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
A wealth of positive reviews for Glittering reviews for Dalia Taha’s Fireworks at the Royal Court Theatre.
Friday, 27 February 2015
Glittering reviews for Happy Days, on at the Young Vic’s main house until 21 March 2015.
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
In February Polly Staple presents the premiere of The Foundation, a major film installation by Patrick Staff at London’s Chisenhale Gallery. This is the second project to be part-funded by the Genesis Prize, won by Polly in 2014.