The Making of Us 2026

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The Making Of Us 2026

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Category:
Drama | Making It Festival
Event type:
Booking required | In-person
Admission:
£5
Date, time and location:
to , Various times in Silk Street Theatre

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The Making of Us:
Final-Year Actors' Self-Led Performances

These are our stories, told in our words.
This is The Making of Us.

Final-year acting students create, write and perform in a series of original performance works spanning stage, film and audio. Showcasing bold new voices and personal storytelling, The Making of Us offers a compelling glimpse of artists on the cusp of their professional careers. 

Ticket holders for the event at 7pm on Wednesday 17 June can join us for Making it Work: Acting – a post-performance talk offering the chance to hear more from the actors.

Part of Making It Festival 2026, Guildhall’s annual celebration of new, original work. 

Age guidance: 18+

Content warning
These performances contain strong language, adult themes and challenging content. There will be haze, flashing lights and loud noises. For further information about the content of individual performances, please scroll down to the 'Content Guidance' section.

Actor and Performance details

These performances contain strong language, adult themes and challenging content. There will be haze, potential flashing lights and loud noises. For further information about the content of individual performances please scroll down to the 'Content Guidance' section below.

Due to the nature of this work, some performances may differ from their description below.

Each individual performance is approx. 15 minutes.

Meg Bewley's headshot

Meg Bewley

Tue 16 June, 2pm
Wed 17 June, 4pm
Thu 18 June, 7pm

Can you turn the music up so I can f**king let loose

[stage]

What do you when you have so much to say, but really it's you that is in the way? A physical and comic performance.

Nil Celen Headshot

Nil Celen

Tue 16 June, 4pm
Wed 17 June, 7pm
Fri 19 June, 2pm

Chère amie, İstanbul’dan yazıyorum

[stage]

With Margot Escourbiac

Language. Distance. Letters. A lyrical and intimate duet.

Matt Cruz's Headshot

Matt Cruz

Wed 17 June, 2pm
Thu 18 June, 4pm
Fri 19 June, 7pm

Guilty Pleasures

[stage]

A man decides to break conformity while attending the funeral of his best friend. A darkly comic tale of shame, atonement, and forgiveness.

Hollie Emerick Headshot

Hollie Emerick

Tue 16 June, 4pm
Wed 17 June, 7pm
Fri 19 June, 2pm

Embers in Our Bones

[stage]

The witch trials have only just begun.
Knowing the future cannot loosen the rope. The Visions cannot stop the verdict.

Margot Escourbiac's headshot

Margot Escourbiac

Tue 16 June, 4pm
Wed 17 June, 7pm
Fri 19 June, 2pm

Chère amie, İstanbul’dan yazıyorum

[stage]

With Nil Celen

Language. Distance. Letters. A lyrical and intimate duet.

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Rosie Evans-Hill

Tue 16 June, 7pm
Thu 18 June, 2pm
Fri 19 June, 4pm

Cherry Garcia

[stage]

With Daniel Francis-Carter

Two siblings meet for ice cream, but their grief twists into rivalry, escalating conflict, and absurd, darkly comic chaos.

Daniel Francis's headshot

Daniel Francis-Carter

Tue 16 June, 7pm
Thu 18 June, 2pm
Fri 19 June, 4pm

Cherry Garcia

[stage]

With Rosie Evans-Hill

Two siblings meet for ice cream, but their grief twists into rivalry, escalating conflict, and absurd, darkly comic chaos.

Arthur Goggin's headshot

Arthur Goggin

Tue 16 June, 7pm
Thu 18 June, 2pm
Fri 19 June, 4pm

Lacuna

[stage]

An investigation of loss, language and new meaning.

Tanush Gupta's Headshot

Tanush Gupta

Tue 16 June, 2pm
Wed 17 June, 4pm
Thu 18 June, 7pm

Double Espresso

[stage]

Dreams, expectations and feeling lost. Where does the seemingly never-ending spiral lead to? Whatever the issue is, I'm sure we'll find an answer together.

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Avery Harrah

Tue 16 June, 2pm
Wed 17 June, 4pm
Thu 18 June, 7pm

Joshua Tree

[stage]

A dramatic and heartfelt solo about a woman dealing with the death of her twin sister and what really matters in life.

Ewan Labram's headshot

Ewan Labram

Wed 17 June, 2pm
Thu 18 June, 4pm
Fri 19 June, 7pm

Stuck?

[screen]

A man stuck in a routine and a bad place rediscovers and old friend to find an escape. Can we find true freedom in a world designed to keep it from us?

Zephan Lacey-Rousou's headshot

Zephan Lacey-Rousou

Tue 16 June, 7pm
Thu 18 June, 2pm
Fri 19 June, 4pm

Afterthought

[stage]

In this dark and poetic piece, an unhappy prince reckons with an unexpected inheritance and a terrifying future he's not been prepared for.

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Aneurin Pritchard

Tue 16 June, 4pm
Wed 17 June, 7pm
Fri 19 June, 2pm

What We Talk About

[stage]

Short stories about love, lust and need.

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Keira Samways

Wed 17 June, 2pm
Thu 18 June, 4pm
Fri 19 June, 7pm

Dreamer

[stage]

In this mysterious piece of physical theatre, A girl experiences a change of conscience when she lays body and mind to rest. Who’s been messing with her in her sleep?

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Noel Vazquez

Tue 16 June, 4pm
Wed 17 June, 7pm
Fri 19 June, 2pm

Fools & Ghosts

[stage]

Two halves of one soul battle for control while the clock ticks on the body they share. In our final moments, did we live the best way we could?

Brina Vozelj's Headshot

Brina Vozelj

Wed 17 June, 2pm
Thu 18 June, 4pm
Fri 19 June, 7pm

Marsh Frog

[stage]

Frogs are liminal creatures. Unable to truly fit in, they live a 'double life'. What happens if one of them is an invasive species?

Wolfe, Arden

Arden Wolfe

Tue 16 June, 7pm
Thu 18 June, 2pm
Fri 19 June, 4pm

Tree Hugger

[stage]

A heartfelt comedy about feeling lost in a world of bad news and wanting to help but not knowing how.

Endrit Zeneli's headshot

Endrit Zeneli

Tue 16 June, 2pm
Wed 17 June, 4pm
Thu 18 June, 7pm

Kur te vi ne gjirin tend

[stage]

This fun and heartfelt participatory performance asks: Can we be in the present moment together and let sound take us somewhere we may not know?

Line Up & Content Guidance

Click on the drop-down links below to see the lineup for each day of performances. 

The total running time for each of the shows will be 1 hour or 1 hour 15 minutes in total.

Please note that this information is subject to change. We will endeavour to let ticket holders know of any changes in advance.

Making It Work talks

Acting students on stage for Government Inspector production

Making It Work: Acting

Post-show talk in Silk Street Theatre on Wednesday 17 June, starting at approx. 8.35pm. Free to ticket holders for that evening's performance of 'The Making of Us'.

Venue information

Silk Street Theatre, Music Hall and Lecture Recital Room are located in the main Guildhall School building on Silk Street and for Barbican produced events the venue can also be accessed from the Barbican if you exit via the doors next to Barbican Kitchen on Level G. 

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Silk Street
Barbican
EC2Y 8DT
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