Bad Bat co-founder and producer Ellen Gallagher was interviewed by Female Arts this week about the camden fringe, women in theatre and our new show 'King Chaos'...
'1. Tell us a little about Bad Bat Productions, their ethos and the work they make...
Bad Bat Productions was born from the 'DIY' ethos. Both myself and writer/director Steve Jordan wanted to get more experience in putting on plays on the London fringe theatre scene, as we'd had a lot of fun doing so as part of ManMoth Productions previously. So far, we've done arguably sitcom-influenced genre comedy work, as there aren't many outlets for that sort of material in theatre unless you're prepared to roll up your sleeves and get it out there yourself. The audience responses have been excellent so far, as sci-fi and fantasy fans are an enthusiastic and loyal bunch, which is wonderfully encouraging. We started out with two-hander plays for practicality's sake; we didn't want to bite off more than we could chew in terms of logistics and finance for our early work, but now we've hit our stride we're making plays with larger casts and, importantly, more female characters. Our first play's only female character was a voiceover, played by yours truly because we were really on a shoestring at that point, but we're redressing that balance these days.'
You can read the entire interview at femalearts.com
