EMERGED PRODUCTION HOUSE
Emerge Production House is a London based company providing opportunities for artists within Theatre, Music, Arts and Film sectors. It was founded by Roxane Cabassut in 2019.
Being as eco-responsible as possible in all our productions and representing the unheard voices in big cities are part of our identity.
Since our inception, we have provided a platform to over 300 emerging directors, actors, writers,
spoken word artists, exhibitors, musicians, artists and bloggers.
ROXANE CABASSUT
Founder
Roxane Cabassut is a producer and writer with experience in theatre and film.
Her past projects include The Hayfever Live Show, a dark comedy performed at the Arcola Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, and Theatre Peckham, which won the Keep it Fringe Fund award and was sponsored by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
She also produced Romeo & Juliette - bilingual and modernised version set in London in 2035, directed by RSC director Aileen Gonsalves – which toured in the UK and Switzerland. In 2022, Roxane became a producer at the Bush Theatre, producing their 50th Retrospectives and organising their 50th-anniversary celebration.
She is the founder of Emerge Production House, a company focused on eco-conscious projects and representing unheard voices in big cities across theatre, music, and film.
On the Film side, she is currently developing a series with the BAFTA awarded Licklemor Productions and Mama Youth Project - NDA -, she is also producing her first Feature Film Burak cherche une baraque due to be shot in France in October 2025. Aside from her own projects, Roxane also worked for 6 years as a producer within Filmart productions which produces commercials, promotional content and fiction.
PROJECTS
BEAUTIFUL THING
BUSH THEATRE Retrospectives. Rehearsed reading and Q&A
2022
producer
INDEPENDENCE
BUSH THEATRE Retrospectives. Rehearsed reading and Q&A
2022
producer
WHEN I WAS A GIRL I USED TO SCREAM & SHOUT
2022
producer
BUSH THEATRE Retrospectives. Rehearsed reading and Q&A
2nd May 1997
BUSH THEATRE Retrospectives. Rehearsed reading and Q&A
2022
producer
EMERGE MEETS REBELFEST
at THE PLAYGROUND THEATRE
multi-art festival
2019
co-producer
EMERGE SCRATCH
at THE TRISTAN BATES THEATRE
short plays night
2019
co-producer
EMERGE FESTIVAL
at THE PLAYGROUND THEATRE
multi-art festival
2019
co-producer
IN THEATRE
ONE SHOT SHOW
Immersive performance
Co-prod with BBG creative bureau
One Shot Show is a boundary-breaking immersive theatre experience based on A. Ostrovsky’s Without a Dowry, where the audience’s decisions shape the story in real time. It reveals how little has changed in society’s treatment of women over nearly 150 years—reflected through the consequences of the choices we still make today.
IN PREPRODUCTION
TBC
CHICKADEE
One-woman show
Fey production in Association with Emerge Production House
A one-woman show 'Chickadee' is a truthful ride into the mind of a female street clown. In a world filled with tragedy and suffering, Chickadee's pure heart desires to bring joy and connection into people's lives. One day, she joins a TV Show at the Chickadee Studios and accidentally becomes famous and viral overnight as 'Chickadee the Sexy Clown'. She is heartbroken and misunderstood to be valued through her sexual appeal rather than her art of clowning.
The play consists of an insight of Chickadee's chaotic childhood that reveals why she chose to become a clown. At the same time we witness her facing acceptance in a pop-culture driven society, sexual abuse and toxic relationships. It is ultimately her unique approach to life and her attitude that fuel her passion for clowning.
'Chickadee' aims to give the message that despite the mess of life, life is beautiful and being a childlike clown could possibly save our hearts from shutting off.
It is a theatre piece that consists of elements of clowning and comedy, and dialogue, all used to create a raw performance.
2025
Edinburgh Theatre Festival
The Riverside studios
Rehearsed reading at The Bush theatre
★★★★
THE REVIEWS HUB
“The show draws you in and provides a message that builds on, and goes beyond, the Marilyn myth, asking wider questions about identity, the loss of the inner clown and the need to hang on to it in a world that expects people to conform to stereotypes and sees success more in terms of money than happiness.”
★★★★
THEATRE & TONIC
“Morçay’s performance is undoubtedly the best part of the show. Magnetising, vulnerable, and fully committed, she moves with ease between humour and heartbreak... She holds the performance on her shoulders and manages to create a deeply human character with whom it’s easy to identify.”
“Chickadee is full of sincerity… Chickadee offers a touching invitation to dare, if just for an hour, to be a fool.”
★★★★
THEATRELAND ADVENTURES
“Feride is magnetic — she brings a sense of innocence and sincerity to Dahlia that’s really endearing. The performance is full of heart, with the right balance of humour and vulnerability. I found myself being drawn in more and more as the story unfolded.”
“The lighting also really stood out to me — capturing the shifting moods and powerfully conveying the weight of Dahlia’s story.”
THE HAYFEVER LIVE SHOW
theatre performance
Emerge Production House, Edfringe Grant Recipient delivered by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
A dark comedy that explores how living by different cultural rules can eventually alienate you from a country or planet which you thought you were part of. Are love and care always enough when someone has to overcome traumas from the past?
In this live TV Show presented by Kyle Sanders, the AUDIENCE MEMBERS will decide the actors destiny, they can also zoom into any character's inner feelings requiring a monologue, a song, a "Feelicalise" at any time of the show. Maybe even go home with an auctioned part of the set.
*Every piece of set and costume will be put in auction during the whole run of the show, at the end of the run, audience members will be able to take ownership of what they bought. In this way, we aim for our production to be at a O% wastage rate. As the lead character is a painter, lots of paintings will be exhibited as part of the set that audience members will also be able to buy.
We are proud of this play’s novelties in content and delivery. It addresses the long under-represented theme of cultural diversity in hybrid communities of native and expat population. We want to tell stories that represent voices of big cities that we don’t yet hear in theatre and explore how their heritage contributes to the cities’ soul. We introduce a radical storytelling format that enables viewers to intervene not just contextually but also commercially in the plot, thereby highlighting ways in which modern voices are filtered within highly interactive and commercially charged environments.
2022-2023
Edinburgh Theatre Festival
Arcola Theatre
Theatre Peckham Festival
BUSH THEATRE 50th ANIVERSARY
Event
as a freelance producer
Bush Theatre Retrospectives : As part of our 50th birthday year, Bush Retrospectives are a series of five rehearsed readings celebrating and reflecting on plays that premiered at the Bush Theatre over the past 50 years. They will be followed by a Q&A.
The first Bush Retrospective will be Jonathan Harvey’s seminal Beautiful Thing, which premiered at the Bush in 1993.
The rehearsed reading will be followed by a panel discussion where Jonathan will be joined by Waleed Akhtar, writer of new play The P Word, which will have its world premiere this September.
Written at a time when homophobia was commonplace and Section 28 and HIV/AIDS made daily headlines, the Bush put a young, gay Liverpool playwright centre stage. Beautiful Thing later transferred to the West End, was made into a feature film, and discovering its extraordinary writing and message of hope has been a rite of passage for many in the LGBTQ+ community and beyond. The show will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2023.
The 1993 Original Cast included Jonny Lee Miller (Ste), Philip Glenister (Tony), Mark Letheren (Jamie), Sophie Stanton (Leah) and Patricia Kerrigan (Sandra).
The rehearsed reading will be directed by Lucy Waterhouse (Associate Director, Witness for the Prosecution).
BUSH RETROSPECTIVE: 2nd MAY 1997
This play by Jack Thorne was first performed at the Bush Theatre in September 2009. The play explores the aftermath of the Labour party's victory in the 1997 general election through three interconnected stories.
BUSH RETROSPECTIVE: INDEPENDENCE
The rehearsed reading of an extract from Mustapha Matura’s 1979 play Independence starring Stefan Khalipha and Obadiah, directed by Natasha Wright.
The reading will be followed by a panel discussion where Ingrid Selberg, Mustapha’s widow, will be joined by Beru Tessema, writer of House of Ife, which its critically acclaimed world premiere at the Bush in 2022, directed by Lynette Linton as part of our 50th birthday season.
Mustapha Matura was a Trinidadian playwright, writing plays about the West Indian experience in London. He co-founded the Black Theatre Co-operative (now NitroBeat).
BUSH RETROSPECTIVE: WHEN I WAS A GIRL I USED TO SCREAM AND SHOUT
A rehearsed reading of Sharman MacDonald's first play When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout. Set in 1950s Scotland, it charts the sexual misadventures and misconceptions of Fiona, growing up with her repressive mother and best friend Vari. Sharman MacDonald won the Evening Standard Drama Award for the Most Promising Playwright in 1984.
This rehearsed reading of an extract from the play will be followed by a panel discussion where Sharman will be joined by Margaret Perry, writer of Paradise Now!, which has its world premiere this December at the Bush.
Cast: Lesley Harcourt as Moraj, Kane Feagan as Fiona, Ra’eesah Kai as Vari
Director: Alice Fitzgerald
Stage Manager: Maja Lach
Guests: Sharman MacDonald and Margaret Perry
BUSH RETROSPECTIVE: BEAUTIFUL THING
The rehearsed reading was followed by a panel discussion. Written at a time when homophobia was commonplace and Section 28 and HIV/AIDS made daily headlines, the Bush put a young, gay Liverpool playwright centre stage. Beautiful Thing later transferred to the West End, was made into a feature film, and discovering its extraordinary writing and message of hope has been a rite of passage for many in the LGBTQ+ community and beyond. The show celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2023.
The 1993 Original Cast included Jonny Lee Miller (Ste), Philip Glenister (Tony), Mark Letheren (Jamie), Sophie Stanton (Leah) and Patricia Kerrigan (Sandra).
The rehearsed reading will be directed by Lucy Waterhouse (Associate Director, Witness for the Prosecution).
2022
THE Bush theatre
ROMEO & JULIETIE
theatre performance
An EMERGE PRODUCTION HOUSE AND BUTTERFLY THEATRE COMPANY production
A bilingual, reimagined, modernised version of a Shakespeare classic. Set in a time where countries worldwide have adopted hard border restrictions. No freedom of travel has seen generations grow up in a world where they only every experience what their culture has to offer. London is the last possible hub for head of government meetings but is about to close its boundaries
as well. We enter at a volatile time where England and France, former allies, are on the brink of a war as they can't make their mind on who is to keep the Jersey and Guernsey Islands . Another strike mouvement rises because of Expats who want to remain in London and created a secret borough called Mantua. The two heads, Prime Minister Capulet of England and Ambassador Montague of France are fighting in court for who is to keep the islands and use Media as their main tool for manipulation. At this summit, Romeo, the
son of the English Prime Minister meets the daughter of the French Ambassador. A story of forbidden love unfolds between those two.
A love that cannot survive hard borders and media manipulation.
2021-2022
The Albany theatre
Ealing Summer Festival, London
Le Rosey Concert Hall, Switzerland
FILMS AND TV
BURAK CHERCHE UNE BARAQUE
feature film
Genre Modern Western/Mystery/Comedy
Writer/ Director: John-Christian Bateman
When a mysterious Foreigner rolls into a hostile remote French village with an urgent quest to find a safe haven in just three days, he teams up with a sceptical agent who speaks a different language, but as the village's tensions rise, can their unlikely partnership unravel the truth before time runs out?
Shot in the style of a western with limited dialogue due to the language barrier between the two main protagonists Burak Cherche une Baraque highlights the adversity overcome by migrants from the inhabitants of a small village also coping with the changing world around them.
In Preproduction
THE FOSSE FOREST BALLET
theatrical mocumentary
Created by David Muscat
A behind-the-scenes look at the latest West End musical to hit the theatres. From auditions to opening night.
This is a show, about a show, that does not exist.
PILOT EPISODE CAST:
Darren Day (Hollyoaks, Celebrity Big Brother, Joseph & the Amazing Technicoloured Dreamcoat)
Kerry Ellis (We Will Rock You, Cats, Les Misérables, Wicked)
Louise Dearman (Grease, Evita, Guys & Dolls, Wicked)
Oliver Savile (Phantom of the Opera, Cats, The Last Ship, Les Misérables)
Zoe Birkett (Pop Idol, Priscilla, Grease, Big Brother)
Philip Joel, Amy Bailey, Nuwan Hugh-Perera, David Muscat, Tosh Wanogho-Maud.
Ever wondered what it takes to put on a major West End musical?
What about the actors who make the sacrifice, suffering rejection after rejection as they pursue their dream?
The Fosse Forest Ballet is a fly-on-the-wall, narrative driven series that tells the story of three hopeful actors as they audition for the latest hit West End musical, The Fosse Forest Ballet. With comical, 'larger than life' characters ranging from the commission focused Agent, the frantically under prepared Choreographer, the wishy-washy Director, the flashy new-comer Producer and more.
Series one, tells the story from the first round of auditions to putting together the final pieces of the casting puzzle. Whilst we follow the three hopefuls we also see the creative team trying to bag themselves a West End legend. Will the hopefuls fulfill their dreams?...
This concept was inspired by the success of Philip Joel’s social media sketch videos during London's Lockdown.
A relative unknown at the time, with only a handful of followers, his social media videos alone have received over a million views. The level of engagement from their audience has been a driving indication of the feasible success of this concept.
We filmed a concept episode in between Lockdown One & Two and then launched it online towards the end of 2020 for the price of a coffee, £3.49. Site: www.thefosseforestballet.com
The response has been phenomenal and overall it's provided us with an insight into the potential audience. With a 'zero budget' marketing spend, we have managed to raise thousands and the episode has been extremely well received.
REVIEW SNAPSHOT:
Joel shows off a natural flair for comedy: THE FOSSE FOREST BALLET (Online review) ★★★★
Clever satire and witty one-liners ... with more magic created when West End stars pop up among the cast.
Writer David Muscat has brought the same fast-paced comedic tone to the forty-minute piece, which we can definitely hope gets picked up somewhere for a series!
The Forest Fosse Ballet shows great potential to be developed further into a full series, with a great sense of comedy and many funny relatable characters.
The writing is witty y’all and the actors crushed the comedic timing.
2020
ONLINE PLATFORM
MUSIC AND FESTIVALS
EMERGE SESSIONS
4 events
Emerge Sessions was created by Emerge Production House when the UK first went into lockdown. The idea was simple, provide a place where emerging music artists could have their music heard and enjoyed.
Provide a platform, a stage where one didn't exist.
A YouTube channel was created :
Since its creation the channel has featured over 100 music artists from around the world and now houses a catalogue of diverse tracks ranging from R'n'B, Country & Western, Soul, Pop, Rock, Rap to Funk.
The channel is now a hot spot where music lovers can discover new music and a discover a new favourite band or singer/songwriter.
As lockdown restrictions lifted, Emerge Sessions filmed its first recorded sessions at the Bush Theatre. Featuring four London local artists,
the series provided a more in-depth look at them as artists and a mini concert of their tunes
2021
THE BUSH THEATRE
LIVE AT THE AERONAUT
4 concerts
Emerge live Sessions was about branching Emerge Sessions (created in lockdown) into live events. The ethos remains the same. Provide a platform to showcase emerging talent. A variety of artists under one roof, on one stage. A mini music festival.
4 different sessions took place at the Aeronaut, one of London's leading live events venue. Each night showcased 4 bands and a DJ.
2021
THE AERONAUT
EMERGE MEETS REBELFEST
festival
THE IDEA: We give creatives from all walks of life a theme, they have 2 weeks to develop this theme, resulting in a organic and fresh piece of work, this festival was a co-production with the Playground Theatre Rebelfest.
WHO PERFORMED: Poets, actors, writers, singers, musicians, painters, tattoo artists, graffiti artists and designers from all genres and background.
We've had actors/directors/writers whose work has been shown across the globe with credits ranging from: Barbershop Chronicles (National Theatre)/ The Lehman Trilogy (National Theatre), Billy Elliot The Musical (The Victoria Palace Theatre), David Cooperfield (Feature film), The Tempest (RSC), Storm Proof (The Royal Court Theatre), The Queens Nose (The Other Palace), Equus (The Young Vic).
The aim of E-Merge festival is to give all emerging artists who we believe
have been overlooked by the Industry a platform. To get their voices heard
and give them a springboard to a future career in the arts.
HOW ARE WE ECO-FRIENDLY?
No plastic was be involved in the night
Eco-Friendly cocktails/vegan food was served
Minimum wastage and intensive recycling was be handled by the supportive staff team.
Graffiti Artists used eco-friendly paint brands.
2019
THE PLAYGROUND THEATRE
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