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.
WHAT'S ON:
OUR 2026 SEASON
A DOL HOUSE
Professional Production.
Running at
The Big House.
June – July
BLAZE FM
Tour.
Running at the Lowry, Bristol Old Vic, and Belgrade Theatre Coventry.
August – September
THE INQUEST
Open House Project.
Running at
The Big House.
November – December
UP NEXT:
A DOL HOUSE
A DOL HOUSE
‘It’s a vulnerable package. That’s why we’re here. Eyes-on, two-to-one, double-supervised.
We keep the protocols, the procedures; we keep the conditions of the order. There is a system. We are the system.’
Leyla is sixteen. She likes maths, Teign with the green eyes, and absconding from her children’s home.
One night, to keep her out of harm’s way, Leyla is taken and moved to an unknown room, in an unknown house, in a far-away part of the city. Leyla’s angry. She’s frightened.
But she’s not alone.
Ever.
Created with TBH members and those who have experienced these orders, A DoL House is an unflinching, provocative play that steps inside a system to ask: What does ‘keeping young people safe’ really mean? When does protection become control? And is there another way?
A DoL House is written by BAFTA-winning David Watson (L8r, Housed) and The Big House has partnered with Reset – a not-for-profit organisation developing a community-based alternative to Deprivation of Liberty placements for children aged 12–18.
A DoL House will be on at The Big House in Spring 2026:
PREVIEWS: 17 – 22 June
PRESS NIGHT: 23 June
GENERAL RUN: 23 June – 11 July
COMING SOON…
BLAZE FM
Yo! Listen. Right now it’s Blaze FM. 101.7. You’re locked into the sounds of SHUT DOWN CREW.
An explosive piece of political gig theatre, the play weaves Grime, Garage, and Drill into a story of survival and subculture. Set in mid-2000s Hackney, it follows a local East London pirate radio station, led by father-figure Hughbert, facing the real-world pressures of state censorship, police overreach, and Home Office threats, all while defiantly broadcasting from a council flat. Co-written by acclaimed Grime MC Jammz and award-winning playwright James Meteyard, the production examines the transition from Grime into Drill, the Windrush scandal and freedom of expression, looking to pass the mic to a new generation to challenge the systems that failed them.
The Big House’s made their Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut in 2025 with Blaze FM. At Fringe, Blaze FM was awarded the Best Direction Award by Theatre Weekly.
Blaze FM started its life as No Man’s Island, initially as an Open House Project at The Big House. It has since been developed into a professional production.
Blaze FM will be on tour in the UK in Summer of 2026.
Sept Lowry Theatre, Salford: 17 – 19 Sept
Bristol Old Vic, Bristol: 29 Sept – 3 Oct
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry: 7 – 8 Oct
THE INQUEST
Debuting in November at The Big House, The Inquest follows a foster father’s fight for accountability after the death of his son. Developed through the Open House Project and in partnership with INQUEST – the only charity providing specialist expertise on state-related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, civil society, the media and parliamentarians – The Inquest asks how the failures of fragmented services can be identified, accountability enforced, and preventable deaths ended. Maggie Norris and James Meteyard’s story is set three years after the death of Jordan, who took his own life shortly after leaving care and was left unfound for three days. After a tireless fight, the Coroner’s Court agrees to examine the systemic failings behind Jordan’s death. In this clinical court, David learns that a father’s love has no authority. What follows is a harrowing struggle against the machinery of the law, as one man crashes through procedural hurdles in a desperate fight to be heard.
The Inquest will be on at The Big House in Winter of 2026.
1st – 19 Dec