GIG

THEATRE
AND WHAT
COMPANIES
SPECIALIZE
IN IT
E M A N D R E WS BTA
P R E S E N TAT I O N
WHAT IS
GIG
THEATRE
 • Play enhanced by..
• Elena Trayanova
• NEW TREND!!!
• Unipuness

Gig theatre
is...
 W H A T I S
T H E
D I F F E R E N C E
B E T W E E N
M U S I C A L S
A N D G I G
T H E A T R E ?
 • Musicals = dancey
• Gig theatre = talkey
Kidding!!
Theatre companies that do gig theatre:

• Burnt Lemon Theatre Company

• Middle Child Theatre Company
• Mary: A gig theatre show – at the
Bedlam theatre
• Emma Blackman Productions:
sugarcoat – at southpark
playhouse
• Edinburgh Fringe also has loads
of gig theatre productions
Burnt Lemon Theatre
• Formed 2017
• Cara Baldwin and Hannah Benson –
met @ East 15
• First show was supported - "The half
moon shania"
• Female lead company
• Won:
• Stepladder
• UNTAPPED - "Tokyo Rose"
• Do electric musicals too!
Middle Child Theatre
• "Theatre that makes noise"
• Original and bold - "Making sense to
the modern world"
• Breaking barriers and exceeding
expectations
• Won:
• George Devine, Best.. Young audience
- "The Canary and the Crow 2019"
2020
• Stage, the 730 - "All we ever wanted
was everything" 2017
 Mary: A gig • Mary Queen Of Scots
• Discriminatory challenges
theatre show – • Emotional impact of her life
at the Bedlam • Start and end with a line
theatre • Live band of actor/musicions
• 5 band members devise
• Folk/rock music
• Rona Johnson + Katie Slater 2022
• INSTAGRAM!!! - mary_gigtheatre
How can this help us in
rehearsals?

• the vibes
• The music
• All understanding