PIPPA DOES PRODUCING
The stuff of Award Winning Independent Producer Pippa Frith
Our Fathers
Babakas
Our Fathers is the debut show from Babakas, co-produced by myself and Thomas Wildish, Commissioned by China Plate, mac, Warwick Arts Centre and the Warwick Centre for the History of Medicine. Supported by Arts Council England.
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Mike’s dead dad’s friend’s daughter wants him to father her child. His boyfriend Bert isn’t convinced.
Their housemate Sofia has her own fish to fry. She needs to find a man before it’s too late, but her dad keeps getting in the middle.
A journey through fatherhood past and present, full of inventive comedy and unforgettable emotion.
★★★★ Daily Telegraph
★★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★ Time Out
★★★★ Exeunt Magazine
★★★★ A Younger Theatre
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TOUR DATES
March - June 2013
mac birmingham | The Carriageworks, Leeds | Rich Mix, London | Cambridge Junction | Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton | Ilkley Playhouse| GIFT, Gateshead | Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham | The Lowry, Salford.
August 2013
Summerhall, Main Hall (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
May – June 2014
Salisbury Arts Centre | Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury | Create Theatre, Mansfield | HUB @ Slung Low, Leeds | Stamford Arts Centre | South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell | Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax | The Civic, Barnsley | Pulse Festival, Ipswich | The Mill at the Pier, Wigan | Beirut Spring Festival | Battersea Arts Centre, London
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