A Full House and Half Moon co-production
Available for booking for performances between 13 February – 11 April 2027.
It’s the end of a busy day and it is almost time for bed, and Ben and Bella are in the bath.
Splish! Splosh! Splash! Bubbles burst and bubbles rise and a frothy feast of animals jump right in to join in the fun. Come with us on a bubbly, barmy bath time adventure around the world and home again celebrating all things bath time.
Adapted from Julia Jarman and Adrian Reynolds’ popular children’s picture book, this quirky, vibrant and humorous tale for 2-5 year olds features music by Evergreen, an alternative indie-electro-pop trio who bring a blend of folk melodies, electro beats and vocal harmonies.
Big Red Bath is an exciting collaboration between Full House Theatre and Half Moon, that returns following hugely successful tours in 2013-2015 and 2021, including a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival.
This uplifting and playful production blends music, song and humorous character based performances in a unique take on this well-loved book.
Images, trailers and assets
A selection of trailers, production photos for Big Red Bath are available for the show at the Dropbox link below.
Other promotional assets will be released in due course.
A full performance video and script are available to read on request.
Download images and PR assets
Reviews and audience comments
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The young audience were rapt from the moment the show started. A fun, energetic and delightful production”
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Every detail is perfect: this is a lovely introduction to the theatre”
“A quality show for this age group, excellent”
“A very well conceived show with high production values”
About Full House Theatre
Full House Theatre is a Bedfordshire based Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. With our audience at the heart of our work we carefully craft, programme and develop theatre and performance projects for, by and with children and young people. We exist to enrich young creative minds, delight young audiences, and nurture a lifelong connection with the arts.
Full House is committed to listening and responding to the needs of our audience, reaching out to all corners of the community to create lasting memories.
About our work
Our productions don’t educate, as such, advocating instead that there are not always correct answers or solutions when talking about or addressing prejudice, social injustices, equality and social inclusion.
Like any good story, Big Red Bath allows the audience to join up their own dots, think creatively and ask questions so they can discover their own answers to complex issues, even at a very early age through, experiencing a high-quality theatre adventure.
Show information
Show information
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- One or two shows per day.
- £1,250 + VAT for one day.
- £2,000 + VAT for two day block.
- £2,700 + VAT for three day block.
- For four or more days, price to be negotiated, please enquire
- Note for venues at very long distances from London, an additional supplement of £120 per day may apply. Note venues that require a get-in the day before may be subject to a fee supplement.
- Please note that these fees are subject to a small additional supplement if your venue makes a compulsory contra to us for your costs at the contracting stage (e.g. credit card/box office; get-in/out; marketing/brochure contributions).
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Where possible the writer of the original book from which this play is adapted, Julia Jarman, will be present at all performances to sign books and chat informally with audiences. Please enquire to book this in.
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Performances last 40 minutes (no interval)
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- Get-in: 3 hours minimum before half with pre-rig completed prior to get in.
- Get-out: 1 hour
- Venue Configuration: End on. Performing area minimum 6.5m meters (wide) by 5.5m (depth) with 3.5m (height), although the piece is adaptable for an open studio format where the audience sit on cushions or equivalent on the flat floor (this reduces capacity due to sightlines)
- Setting: Black box theatre presentation. No wing space required.
- Lighting: A lighting plan will be supplied. We will require the use of the venues Lighting Desk.
- Sound: We tour a Mac with QLAB but will need to plug this into the venues P.A. system.
- Technical staff: 1 technician to assist with get-in, focusing and the get out. If Lighting and Sound cannot be operated together then the venue technician will be required to operate lighting allowing communication between them and our Stage Manager. We tour with a Stage Manager.
- Parking: For a sprinter size van.
- Facilities: Dressing rooms for two female / one male performer.
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- Dedicated support from the marketing/PR and technical team at Half Moon.
- Up to 500 A5 colour flyers and 15 A3 colour posters. (NB: overprinting will be at an additional cost, please enquire).
- Images, production photos and other digital assets for venue or broader publicity usage.
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The company are able to offer a range of bespoke creative learning activities for schools, nursery and family groups on request to complement the performance at additional costs. Please enquire for prices.
Bradley Travis | 020 7709 8902 or bradley@halfmoon.org.uk
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