About the Show
One of Lyn Gardner's top 10 theatre shows of 2015
Beasty Baby is returning for some winter fun and this year he's spending Christmas in Bristol, at the Tobacco Factory.
Come and join us from 6th December 2018 to 6th January 2019.
Deep in the forest, in a wintry land, lives a gorgeously grizzly Beasty Baby. Mayhem and laughter await around every corner as three people embark on a wild adventure to bring up this very mischievous and totally loveable child.
Using an inspired mix of puppetry and live music, Theatre-Rites creates a funny and magical shared experience for the whole family, to warm up those cold winter days.
Beasty Baby was originally a co-production with Polka Theatre
Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
The Boo, Waterfoot, Lancs
Whitby Hall, Ellesmere Port
Z-arts, Manchester
Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster
Stratford Circus Arts Centre, London
Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester
The Egg, Bath
Tobacco Factory , Bristol
Teele is a London based actress/puppeteer from Estonia. She trained at the Lecoq pedagogy based physical theatre school of London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA) and studied puppetry and performing arts at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
As an actress and puppeteer she has worked with theatre companies such as The Paper Cinema, Maison Foo, Strangeface Theatre Company, Dotted Line Theatre, Grist to the Mill, Genius Sweatshop and Tête à Tête.
Teele has also been involved in several short films, music videos and theatre projects as a deviser, puppet maker and an assistant director during R&D periods. Having worked with international groups and performed in several site specific theatre productions she loves performing and the art of visual theatre as she believes that movement and imagery on stage can tell powerful stories.
Elliot trained at Fourth Monkey Theatre Company
Recent Credits: Porthos inThe Three Musketeers, Iris Theatre, Danny in Bismillah: An Isis Tragicomedy, Wound Up Theatre, Valemon in The Girl with the Iron Claws, The Wrong Crowd, Arron The Moor in Titus Andronicus, Fourth Monkey Theatre Company.
Elliot is Co-Founder of Fools Rush In Theatre company and recently debuted his first piece "A Murder Most Foley" with a run at the Pleasance Theatre London.
Scott trained at Rose Bruford, graduating in 2016.
Theatre credits include: A Christmas Carol (Middle Temple Hall); Beasty Baby (Theatre Rites UK Tour); The Comedy of Errors (Gray’s Inn Hall/French tour); Run (Theatre Ad Infinitum); Hot Blades Harry/Old Man Strong/Musical Director in Urinetown (Stratford Circus); A State of Mind (Etcetera Theatre); Ophelia in Hamlet and Kreon in Thebans (Rose Bruford).
Scott also writes for the musical outfit Scotch Club, who are releasing their second album in early 2019.
Baker recently graduated from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Theatre credits while training include: Earthquakes in London, Natural Selection, Equus, Hamlet, Macbeth and The Oresteia
Beasty Baby is Baker’s professional stage debut.
Sian is a puppeteer specializing in wooden marionettes. She is the Creative Director of Mirth and Misery and their current show Death Puppet Klezma Jam has toured the UK and appeared in ‘Suspense Puppetry Festival’ in 2015.
John trained in physical theatre at East 15, graduating in 2013. His credits include clowning at the Pohang Bada International Festival in South Korea, The National Theatres UK, Ireland and South Africa Tour of War Horse & most recently Les Enfants Terribles’ Alice's Adventures Underground.
John is a UK-based Zimbabwean actor, singer and mbira sound designer. He trained at Chicken Shed and has performed in the UK and internationally.
In Zimbabwe he ran free performance workshops for disadvantaged young people culminating in various short productions.