Goblin Baby Theatre Co. presents the
 
One Billion Rising Festival
 
7th to 14th February 2016
 
at The Bread and Roses Theatre in Clapham
68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ London
 
An eight-day creative campaign raising awareness for
and demanding an end to violence against women!
 
According to UN statistics 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime; that is more than One Billion Women!
 
This year Goblin Baby Theatre Co. joins One Billion Rising - the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history - with an eight day creative campaign ​featuring Performances (The Vagina Monologues, Comedy, Poetry, Burlesque, The Princess Monologues & New Writing), Workshops (Drumming, Body Confidence & Photography), Talks and an Exhibition!
 
Creatives and campaigners involved include festival producer Tessa Hart (Artistic Director of the Bread & Roses Theatre & Goblin Baby Theatre Co.) and assistant producer Alisa James (performer, director & cabaret producer) as well as Jo King (founder of the London Academy of Burlesque), Claire Booker (internationally produced playwright and poet), Tom Morley (co-founder of Instant Teamwork & original drummer of Scritti Politti), Miss Glory Pearl (The Naked Stand Up), Alice Frick (comedian & Funny Women Finalist 2012), Sonia Sanchez Lopez (photographer & women and gender analyst), Pavan Amara (founder of My Body Back Clinic) and many more!
 
The OBR Festival is set to reach out to and engage people on many different levels by offering a diverse line-up of events and creative activities. It runs at The Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham in the lead-up to the international OBR- and V-Day on February 14th. Several events take place each day and ticket prices range from Free to £15 with discounts available for multiple bookings.
 
LISTEN! ACT! RISE!
 
"The rising of the women means the rising of the race." - James Oppenheim (Bread & Roses poem)
  
7th to 14th February 2016
at The Bread & Roses Theatre, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ Clapham, London
Full details at: www.obrfestival.uk
Tickets FREE to £15, with a 20% discount available when booking for several events

2016 is here and our Winter Season is ready to kick off!

First up we have The Princess Monologues transferring to The Hen & Chickens Theatre and returning to The Bread & Roses Theatre! After rave reviews for its previous run in November and December 2015, the production is returning for two performances this season:

• Friday 22nd Jan at The Hen & Chickens Theatre
• Friday 12th Feb at The Bread & Roses Theatre

Next we are producing the first One Billion Rising (OBR) Festival at The Bread & Roses Theatre from 7th to 14th February. With the OBR Festival, we join the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history, with an eight day creative campaign, ​featuring performances, workshops, talks and exhibitions.

Performances include Eve Ensler's award-winning The Vagina Monologues, comedy, burlesque, poetry and new writing, whilst workshops include Drumming with Tom Morley and Body Confidence with Jo King.

​More details on all events are available at www.obrfestival.uk.

The One Billion Rising Festival is seeking visual artists to join their exhibition from 7th to 14th February 2016 at The Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham.

With the first ever One Billion Rising Festival at The Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham (South London, UK), we join the international OBR action with an eight day creative campaign, featuring performances, workshops, talks, exhibitions and more.

One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history. The campaign, launched on Valentine’s Day 2012, began as a call to action based on the staggering UN statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS. For three years - 2012 to 2015 - people across the world have come together on February 14th to express their outrage, strike, dance, drum and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, by demanding an end at last to violence against women, accountability, justice and systematic CHANGE.

In 2016, the theme of Revolution continues with a call to focus on marginalised women and to bring national and international focus to their issues; to bring in new artistic energy; to amplify Revolution as a call for system change to end violence against women and girls; to call on people to rise for others, and not just for ourselves.

The OBR Festival at The Bread & Roses Theatre is set-out to reach out to and engage people on many different levels by offering a diverse line-up of events and creative activities.

We are now seeking visual artists to display their work around the theme of violence against women and girls during the festival. This can be both previous existing work, as well as art specifically inspired by the One Billion Rising Revolution campaign. If you would like to send us more details about your work and find out more please email info@goblinbaby.com . Deadline is midnight on December 31st.

Our one-night-only benefit performance of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues last night was a big success and sell-out!

Many thanks to everyone who came, our fabulous cast and crew as well as The Space for having us once more.

The night also raised a lot of money for the charities Tender, Refuge as well as the V-Day Spotlight Campaign.

Also many thanks to photographer Nathan Edwards for capturing us so beautifully; check out the gallery for more!

We'd like to wish everyone a very happy International Women's Day!

A brilliant way to celebrate would be to treat yourself to some tickets for our upcoming performance of The Vagina Monologues on Sunday, March 16th.

With one-night-only and all profits going to charity tickets are selling quickly, so book asap.

After a successful start to 2014 we are all set for some busy and engaging months ahead of us.

Goblin Baby's next production will be a one-night-only benefit production of Eve Ensler’s award winning play:

The Vagina Monologues
on March 16th at 6pm at The Space

With over a month to go, tickets are already selling so we recommend to book asap!

This year's special benefit performance is presented as part of V-Day’s campaign ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE, a global call for women survivors of violence and those who love them to gather safely in places where they are entitled to justice and release their stories through art, dance, marches, ritual, song, spoken word, sit ins, and testimonies.

Therefore, we'd also like to invite you to join us and many others on 14th February 2014 at 12.30pm to rise for justice in London in Trafalgar Square!