NEW PRODUCTION
BLAZE FM
Electrifying political gig theatre: Blaze FM is a pirate radio station that keeps on kicking in the midst of court orders, injunctions, shutdowns by DTI, and outright attacks against minority communities music. This play with music from The Big House will take you back to the mid-2000s featuring Jungle, Grime and Drill.
PROFESSIONAL
THEATRE
The Big House commissions, produces, and tours world class professional theatre, nationally and internationally. We partner with industry-leading venues, commercial producers and creative teams, to present new work that is charged by the lived-experience of our membership. From political new writing that tackles urgent themes to adrenaline-fuelled music-driven productions that shine a light on underrepresented subcultures, no two shows are the same, but every one packs a Big House punch, giving audiences something entirely unique that leaves them reflecting way beyond the
curtain call.
PREVIOUS SHOWS
BETWEEN THE LINES
Co-production with New Diorama
Ran at New Diorama Theatre, May – Jun 2024
REDEMPTION
Co-production with 42 Management
Ran at The Big House, July – August, 2022
BULLET TONGUE: RELOADED
Originally presented at The Big House, June – July, 2019
Toured to multiple venues around the UK
KNIFE EDGE
Co-production with the Royal Court Theatre
Ran at the Royal Court Theatre, August 2016
Toured to multiple venues across the UK
PREVIOUS PRAISE FOR OUR WORK
“The work is as powerful, as visceral, funny, and inspired as the best theatre I’ve seen. It’s immediate, present, blisteringly committed and real”
– Jez Butterworth
“This ensemble blew my brain. The show is absolutely unmissable “
– Paapa Essiedu
“If what you want is authenticity, then this company will deliver big time with raw, angry and vibrant shows that uncover worlds unseen beneath London’s shiny surface”
– Lyn Gardner, Stagedoor
“If Dickens were around now, he would surely be writing for The Big House”
– Susannah Clapp, The Guardian
“Bullet Tongue is a cracker, an eye-opening and sometimes eye-popping account of life for young people involved in drug-dealing gangs…this is raw, it’s different, it offers a glimpse of another London that many of us never see and a story that theatre seldom tells.”
– Lyn Gardner, on Bullet Tongue
“So go. Be amazed. Eat. The most exciting theatre event of the year.”
– Red Magazine, on Knife Edge
☆☆☆☆☆
“This is political theatre at its finest… this show keeps the audience hooked from the very beginning.”
– The Edinburgh Guide, on Blaze FM
☆☆☆☆
“This immersive show creates a raucous energy… Redemption – a powerful journey of hope, grief, grime and soul”
– Kate Wyver, The Guardian, on Redemption
☆☆☆☆
“Rude, raw, but also frustrating: like the real world”
– Time Out, on Redemption
AWARDS FOR OUR WORK
Best Direction Award for Blaze FM, Theatre Weekly, Edinburgh Fringe in 2025
One Off Award (Off West End Awards) for Maggie Norris in 2023
Multiple OFFIE wins (Off West End Awards) including Best Director, Best Actor and Community Engagement Awards
Best Performing Arts Charity at the Greater London Enterprise Awards in 2022