We are excited to have confirmed a further couple of team members for our first children's theatre production CinderElla - And Her Smelly Old Slipper: Su Gilroy will be directing whilst Alisa James will be the production's designer and stage manager.

Su has been involved in many forms of theatre, from TIE and community theatre through provincial and touring theatre to West End,  and in many types of performance, from devised work through pantomime and rep to classics. She has directed over 20 productions in weekly rep, two plays on the London fringe, two plays for the Brighton Festival and two school tours. She has worked extensively with young people and has directed many youth productions. Su has an MA in Theatre and Performance Studies and is delighted to be working with Goblin Baby Theatre Company. And we are delighted that she will bring her experience and expertise to CinderElla!

Alisa is a designer, actor and director. She holds a BA (Hons) in Theatre Design for Performance from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Design credits include Don Giovanni, The Maids, Oedipus Rex, The Tempest, and Macbeth. She has previously worked with Goblin Baby as an actress on The Vagina Monologues and also supported the UNHEARD Festival backstage so we are thrilled that she will now bring her design skills to our next production!

Click here to find out more about the production, the team and how to book tickets.

We are thrilled to announce that this August we will be presenting our first family theatre show, recommended for ages 5+. 

CinderElla - And Her Smelly Old Slipper will run on August 24th, 30th and 31st at The Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham.

The story of Cinderella (Ella), probably not quite as you remember it.

Ella is devastated when shortly after her mother’s death her Papa remarries and before long passes away himself. She doesn't get along at all with her Step-Mama and stepsister Elizabeth-Victoria (Evi). With only her Fairy to confide in, Ella dreams of flying far, far away. When one day the average looking, twice divorced Prince Prince announces a ball to find his third wife, things get really out of a hand!

A fun, exciting, modern retelling of the classic fairy tale. Come and (re-)discover Cinderella’s story as you’ve never seen it before! The production will feature Artistic Director Tessa Hart and Artistic Associate Lydia Lane, with the rest of the team to be confirmed shortly.

We are thrilled to announce that our next project will be a new production of Sapientia (Mother Wisdom) by Hrotsvitha!

The rarely produced play from the 10th century was written by prominent Medieval writer Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, who is considered the first post-classical dramatist as well as the first known female playwright!

It tells the story of Sapientia (Wisdom), who comes to Rome to teach love and truth, but who the local rulers, Emperor Hadrian and his henchman Antiochus, try to silence by torturing her three daughters Fides (Faith), Spes (Hope) and Caritas (Charity).

We are currently in the early stages of development for this new project planned for 2016.

Further details to follow in due course, so stay tuned!

The second UNHEARD Festival took place last month and was a great success as well as a very well perceived and important project. Twelve events took place over four days, with many sold out performances.

Pictures from the shows are now available in our gallery:

• UNHEARD Festival (2015)
• The Vagina Monologues (2015)

We'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone who participated in the festival as well as the many people who came to watch the performances!

With the UNHEARD Festival only days away, we're giving away a couple of free tickets! To enter all you have to do is answer the question on the submission page and submit the form! The winner will be picked at random between all submissions and all answers stay private, they're only for us! The winner can choose any event in the UNHEARD Festival, except The Vagina Monologues, to receive two complimentary tickets for.

The UNHEARD Festival runs 19th to 22nd February at the Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham and features 12 events on four days, with different performances each day at 3pm, 5pm and 7.30pm. 
See the complete line-up of the festival.

Deadline for entries is Sunday 15th February at 10pm (UK time), so enter the competition now!

10 days to go util the second UNHEARD Festival kicks off at The Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham.

We will have 12 events over 4 days, 19th to 22nd February, exploring themes around sexual abuse and violence through performance. Different events will take place each day at 3pm, 5pm & 7.30pm.

Directors and cast have been confirmed now and full creative teams are listed on the respective pages: Festival Overview, The Vagina Monologues, Maison des Reves, Rehearsed Readings, Scratch Nights, Poetry & Spoken Word Event..

Tickets start from £3, with discounts for multiple bookings, and they are selling quite quickly for some of the events, so we recommend to book asap.

You can book online at www.breadandrosestheatre.co.uk (no booking fees)
or via phone at 0333 666 3366 (booking fees apply for telephone bookings).

Less than three weeks to go until the second UNHEARD Festival, exploring themes around sexual abuse & violence through performnce, kicks off a The Bread & Roses Theatre!

The Festival will feature 12 events over a period of four days and includes scratch performances of new short plays, rehearsed readings of new one-act and full length plays as well as a poetry event and a one-woman-show. Furthermore, UNHEARD will also be presented in combination with three V-Day benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. The first UNHEARD Festival took place over two nights in 2013 and this will be its much extended second instalment.

Tickets cost between £3 and £15 and are already selling for all dates, so make sure to book your asap!

Line-up, details and tickets available here,

We're thrilled to announce that from over 250 submissions we have now selected the new writing pieces which will be featured at the UNHEARD Festival from 19th to 22nd February 2015 at The Bread & Roses Theatre.

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has submitted their plays. Due to us being a very tiny team, we are unfortunately not able to send individual feedback to everyone who submitted. However, the standard has been incredibly high and the selection was very tough due to only a limited amount of performance slots being available.

Please see below for the pieces that will be shown at the festival, further details on each as well as the exact performance dates, time and tickets will be available shortly!

For the second year in a row Goblin Baby Theatre Co. is thrilled to present a benefit production of The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler as part of the V-Day and One Billion Rising campaigns.

The award-winning play is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler's interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women's sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For more than sixteen years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public.

This year our The Vagina Monologues performances will be presented in combination with the UNHEARD Festival, exploring themes around sexual abuse and violence through performance and take place at the new Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham.

Performances are Thursday 19th February at 7.30pm, as well as Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd February at 5pm.

Tickets can be booked online at www.BreadandRosesTheatre.co.uk (no online booking fees) or via telephone on 0333 666 3366 (calls cost the same as landline calls, but please note that fees apply for telephone bookings).