We are gagglebabble.

We like to entertain.

Our shows are for everyone.

We are inspired by everything from local myths or historical characters, to Hitchcock thrillers or Dahl’s twisted tales.

Music is at the heart of the work we make and we always include an original score played by professional musicians.

We can be found in Church halls, music festivals, your local pub or a hotel on the top of cliffs as well as more traditional theatre spaces.

Our work is immersive, fun and always served up with a dose of black humour.

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do and we work with a wide pool of like minded individuals from actors, directors, designers, musicians, to animators and filmmakers.

We embrace inclusivity.

We focus on female narratives.

Lucy is an award winning composer, performer, writer and lyricist, and co-founder of Gig-theatre company Gagglebabble. She is passionate about making exciting, bold, collaborative and inclusive work.

Lucy recently co-created and composed "TIDY" at Polka Theatre, a show that has earned 4 Offie Nominations, including Best Production and Music/Sound. Lucy also plays with a number of musicians and bands and has her own original music projects.

AWARDS:
Sinners Club; Winner of Best Sound/music at Wales Theatre Awards 2018.  The Bloody Ballad; Winner of Best Musical and Best Music at the Musical Theatre Network Awards, Brighton Fringe Emerging Talent Award, Best Musicand Best Ensemble at the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards 2014. Argus Angel award for Artistic Excellence from Brighton Fringe 2014.

Writing, composing and performing credits include:
TIDY Theatre Iolo/Polka, GIN CRAZE! Royal and Derngate/ETT/China Plate, BORDERLANDS Gagglebabble/Pentabus, DOUBLE VISION Gagglebabble/Festival of Voice, SINNERS CLUB Gagglebabble/The Other Room/Theatr Clwyd (plus Soho Theatre), WONDERMAN Gagglebabble/National Theatre Wales/Wales Millennium Centre (Edinburgh Fringe and Cardiff), THE BLOODY BALLAD Gagglebabble/Theatr Iolo (Edinburgh, Soho and UK tour) and THE FORSYTHE SISTERS Gagglebabble /Chapter.  THE DEVIL’S VIOLIN for BBC Radio 4 and LITTLE SURE SHOT for The Egg Bath/Leeds Playhouse. She is currently developing new projects with support from Bristol Old Vic and Shoreditch Town Hall.

Other composing credits include: 
ALICE: RETURN TO WONDERLAND (Christmas 2025), TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM (Christmas 2022), ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL Sherman Theatre, MOLD RIOTS Theatre Clwyd, KITE The Wrong Crowd, ALICE IN WONDERLAND Sherman Theatre, THE BEAR Pins and Needles (National Tour Pins and Needles) FATHER CHRISTMAS (Lyric Hammersmith and Pins and Needles), SLEEPING BEAUTIES, THE HAPPY PRINCE, THE SELFISH GIANT, THE DEVOTED FRIEND Sherman Theatre, Y STORM Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, GRIMM TALES Theatr Iolo, FINDING MR AVERAGE Channel 4, THE ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM, WIDE SARGASSO SEA, SEVEN SONGS FOR SIMON DIXELIUS and FLOOR 13 for BBC Radio 4. 

Performing credits include:
SEVERN BBC Radio 4, MADAM DEFICIT Kitsch n Sinc collective (Appetite and festivals), SONGS FROM ACROSS THE SUENIVERSE  Daf James and Ben Lewis (Sherman and NTW), SPIRIT OF NIMBA Chapter/Festivals, DEAD DOG IN A SUITCASE Kneehigh UK and International tour 2016 and 2019, MY NAME IS SUE Daf James and Ben Lewis, THE VILLAGE SOCIAL National Theatre Wales,  A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM  and THE GRAPES OF WRATH Theatre Clwyd, IMMORTAL NoFitstate, JOURNEY TO THE RIVERSEA Unicorn Theatre, THE OTHER WOMAN Arcola Theatre,  THE BORROWERS, BABE THE SHEEP PIG, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Sherman Theatre.

Hannah is an actor, director and playwright. Co-founder of award-winning gig theatre company Gagglebabble, Associate Artist of Theatr Iolo and Yello Brick. She took part in BBC Writers Room Welsh Voices 2023. And is part of the current Immersive Arts funding cohort.

Her work is often inspired by myth, folk stories and history, it puts female characters squarely centre stage, and is playful and comic but unafraid to delve into the dark side of life, big-hearted and quietly political.

AWARDS:  BALLOON GIRL was the recipient of the Radical Creatures Commission from National Theatre Wales. I AM KEVIN, a hybrid theatre/film with Cornish landscape was shortlisted in best drama category at the Celtic Media Awards. Fringe first winner for SHAPE OF THE PAIN (2017).

Hannah is currently under commission with Sherman Theatre, Fran Wen, Theatr Iolo - projects in development include: VAGUELY DEVIANT THE MUSICAL (Gagglebabble/House of Deviant/Hijinx); THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (Hijinx Odyssey), THE FLOCK (Theatr Iolo), THE LAST TREE (Emily Jones Productions). As well as developing her own projects.

Writing Credits: BALLOON GIRL (Sherman theatre & Tilt), ALICE: RETURN TO WONDERLAND (Sherman Theatre), TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM (Sherman theatre), CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1 (Hijinx Odessey & Gagglebabble), I AM KEVIN (Wildworks), TILTING AT WINDMILLS (Sherman theatre), RODNEY AND THE SHRIEKING SISTERHOOD (Audio), DYAD: RISE & SET (Audio).

For Gagglebabble: co-writer with Lucy Rivers DOUBLE VISION and FORSYTHE SISTERS. Story - WONDERMAN with Lucy Rivers and Daf James.

Directing Credits: FULL HOUSE (Hannah Ladd Productions/RCT Theatres), ALICE: RETURN TO WONDERLAND (Sherman Theatre), BITCOIN BOI (Riverfront Studio, Newport), TILTING AT WINDMILLS (Sherman Theatre), FINAL CUT (Wales Millenium Centre), RED (Wales Millennium Centre).  

Performing Credits: Hannah’s extensive theatre credits include productions with the National Theatre, RSC, Shakespeare’s Globe, National Theatre Wales, National Theatre Scotland, Improbable, Told By An Idiot, Northern Stage Company, Sherman Theatre, The Other Room, Wildworks and the Manchester Library Theatre, as well as Gagglebabble. Hannah performed in the award winning one woman show THE SHAPE OF THE PAIN, produced by China Plate, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017 and Battersea Arts Centre in 2018.

Her television credits include the comedy TROLLIED for Sky 1,SKINS for E4 and CASUALTY for BBC1. Her radio credits include MODESTY BLAISE and SEVEN SONGS for BBC Radio 4.

PEOPLE WE WORK WITH

Board: Emma Bettridge, Bizzy Day, Catrin Rodger, Philip Mackenzie
Associate Artist: Dafydd James
Co-Producers: National Theatre Wales, Wales Millennium Centre, Theatr Clwyd, The Other Room, Theatr Iolo, Chapter
Producers: Sarah Jane-Leigh, Ben Atterbury
Directors: Adele Thomas, Amy Leach, Titas Halder, Matthew Blake
Designers: Hayley Grindle, Lisa Leighton, Natalie Wallace, Carys Beard, Mark Bailey
Sound Designers: Dan Lawrence, Sam Jones, Elena Pena
Lighting Design: Jane Laljee, Will Evans, Katy Morrison, Josh Carr, Joshua Pharo
Stage Managers: Bethan Dawson, Steffie Pickering, Gemma Thomas, Claire Roberts
Performers: Catrin Aaron, Matthew Bulgo, James Clark, Tom Cottle, Charlie Folorunsho, James Gow, Malcolm Hamilton, Kirsty Hopkins, Mared Jarman, Lisa Jen, Paul Jones, Pete Komor, Dan Lambert, Simon Ludders, Dan Messore, Stuart McLoughlin, Mark O’Conner, Rod Oughton, Katy Owen, Francois Pandolfo, Adam Redmore, Joe Shire, Aidan Thorne, Oliver Wood
Photography & Design: Kirsten McTernan
Projection Artist: Nic Finch
Film & Trailers: Roger Graham
Website Design: Jonathan Dunn

Contact us

Please feel free to contact us about upcoming shows, feedback on past shows or if you’re interested in a potential collaboration with us.