 In partnership with the Genesis Foundation, HighTide launched the Genesis Laboratory, a year-round development studio situated in London.The Festival premiered its first small-scale musical, Nicked, by Richard Marsh and Natalia Sheppard, about the formation of the UK's coalition government.Former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion made his playwriting debut with Incoming, American playwright Stephen Belber's play Dusk Rings A Bell received its European premiere, and Adam Brace's Midnight Your Time was fully produced after being workshopped at the previous year's Festival.