About Us
We are Bunny Boiler Productions!
(in case you hadn't guessed)
Bunny Boiler Productions is a Liverpool based theatre company that focuses on creating theatre centred around queer and female story lines. Originally started as an idea in an Asda café the group has now developed into a 7 person company with two shows under our belt.
Our first play The Lively Bird, was created on the Drama course at Liverpool John Moores University as a part of the Outburst Festival. The Lively Bird is a noir farce about a rundown jazz bar and the gangster that's trying to take it over. This gave us an opportunity to see if there was an audience for theatre centred around queer and female storylines and from here we knew Bunny Boiler would be possible within the wider world.
From the beginning we have taken inspiration from Takarazuka Revue, an all female Japanese theatre company that play with the idea of gender representation on stage in order to create a unique aesthetic to their shows. Whilst we don't have the same budget they do, we still use elements of drag and pageantry to create our own aesthetic and worlds to play in.
While we love creating our own work such as Shipmates, the false story of real life female pirates Anne Bonney and Mary Reed; we also love championing new writers. Tales of the Deep was a showcase in which seven actors and four writers came together to display their talents in front of a sold out audience. To be able to use our platform to showcase others was always a dream of ours and we can't wait to do it again in the future.
Our current work in progress is The Good, The Stoned and the Guilty,
a piece about three women who find themselves being accused of witchcraft in 17th century England. During 2024 we completed a weeks R&D at Liverpool's Royal Court in which we perfomed a short excerpt of the show infront of a selected audience.
Whether you've seen us before or your new to Bunny Boiler craze, we can't wait to have you along for the journey.
Below is the team who make it all happen!
Meet The Team
Writer/Director
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Abbie Caskie is a queer writer, director and theatre maker from Liverpool. She has recently graduated with a 1st from John Moores University where she found a love for creating theatre that has a female or queer based narrative. With 5 years industry experience from costume to tech, acting to directing; Abbie is looking forward to carving out her own space as a writer and director within the industry.
Actor
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Faith is a theatre maker from Huddersfield and a 1st class undergraduate of Liverpool John Moores University. Whether it's on stage or behind the scenes, Faith always brings enthusiasm and great dedication to any role she undertakes. With aspirations to use performance in education, Faith wishes to continue expanding her skill set and making theatre that empowers women's voices.
Actor
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Scarlet Hood is an actress from the Wirral, she has been performing since a young age and loves to act. She thrives in comedic acting as well as serious and can’t wait to see what the future holds
Actor/Writer
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Amy McCutcheon is an actress and writer from Liverpool. She has recently graduated from John Moores University and is very excited to create theatre! She recently starred in a Beat Productions of ‘Lost in the Beat’ and has played many varying roles in the Bunny Boiler productions. She has a keen interest in writing comedy and can’t wait to pursue this further.
Actor / Social Media Manager
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Brea O'Donnell is an actress from Liverpool. She has 3 years of experience within the industry, including one year at the Everyman YeP program. She has a love for acting and can't wait to pursue this further. She also has a keen interest in film and wishes to do more with this in the future via her own company @shitpostfilms
Photographer
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Katie Wright is a Media Production graduate from Leicester. Upon moving to Liverpool, they have brought their talents to the Bunny Boilers - photographing 'Shipmates' and posting all social media content. She even made this lovely website. Katie wants to continue to be creative and be apart of the arts.
Producer
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Charis is a theatre and events producer originally from Yorkshire but now based in Liverpool. Since graduating from the theatre producing and management course at LIPA, Charis has began working freelance in the industry and is super excited to be working with Bunny Boilers productions!
