Tom Penn Archives - North West End UK

Baffo! Baffo! Baffo! You’ll be chanting and cheering, oohing and ahing, laughing, crying, and crying from laughing from the moment you enter his playing space. Baffo’s Band, performed with an air of erudition and easy going charm by Tom Penn, also writer of the show’s music, plays from the house opening until every last child has departed and in the time between gracefully weathers unending assaults by watergun, hair dryer, and tire. Baffo himself, devised and directed by Oliver Harrison but performed for this tour by consummate clown Dru Cripps, is the rare children’s performer whose comfort with the audience puts everyone at ease. Children are included in every step of the performance and treated with infinite patience by both performers who give participants ample opportunitie...

Of all the iconic Greek myths that have firmly held their place in our collective consciousness, the story of Oedipus is one of the most infamous. So, what do you get if you take this tragic tale and add a 21st century London setting, strobe lighting, and live electronic music? You get Pecho Mama’s Oedipus Electronica, currently playing at Brixton House until 9th March. Flipping the notorious story of Oedipus, the plot centres around Jocasta (Mella Faye), a writer struggling to complete a script ahead of a rapidly approaching deadline. But when she discovers she’s pregnant with her husband Laius (Kwame Bentil), she feels an almost supernatural compulsion to write about the son she had taken away from her when she was young. Propelled by a force greater than herself, she unknowingly star...

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On Your Bike Baffo – Lyric Hammersmith

Oedipus Electronica – Brixton House