Prams In The Hall

Women’s voices, thoughts and actions on stage. A theatre company inclusive to artists and audiences who are parents. WHO ARE WE? No. CAN YOU GET INVOLVED? Yes.

Prams In The Hall are a collective of professionals working in theatre, who also have children. Our founders are Anna Ehnold-Danailov, Sarah Hunt, Roisin Rae and Ain Rashida Sykes. We would like to welcome our producer Cassie Raine on board. Prams In The Hall focuses on new writing and adaptations to bring female perspectives on stage, whilst developing new working practises inclusive to parents,

both artists and audience. One of the groups most likely to stop or change their careers in order to look after children are mothers working the arts. Prams In The Hall has mainly worked with female artists who are mothers, in order to support and enable each other. Our methods include:
* Having the young children of actors, directors and writers in the rehearsal room
* Offering flexible hours for those with school-age children.
* On-site childcare ‘sharing’ within the company. Children are a welcome, planned for, part of the company at every stage of the creative process. We agree to create a safe and fun environment for them, as well as helping each other work and find ways of allowing it to feed into the work rather than stopping it. Our working practice is constantly developing as we discover how best to work in this way. Prams In The Hall also make attending performances easier for audience members who are parents by providing watch-with-baby shows, matinees that fit in with the 'school run' and evening performances scheduled to suit those with children at home. Prams In The Hall’s aim is to create outstanding work that is inclusive to both artists and audiences that may be parents. HOW WE STARTED:
When Anna Ehnold-Danailov was invited to direct 'Medea Pastiche' she set out for an experiment. Driven by her own quest to break apart the restrictions motherhood can bring to the creative process, she invited actress-mothers to bring their offspring with them, not only to the casting but to every rehearsal. This resulted in a wild adventure, a creative chaos. Amongst mountains of toys, packets of biscuits and bits of playdough, between tantrums and soiled nappies, theatre was created and Prams In The Hall was born. Since then we have continued working in our unique way: allowing theatre practitioners to bring their children to the rehearsal room. WHY DO WE BRING OUR CHILDREN TO THE REHEARSAL ROOM? Childcare is expensive and creating theatre is seldom well paid. Many mothers who are also creatives have to pass on opportunities and ideas, as they can’t afford to pay for childcare. In many rehearsal rooms it would just not work to bring your baby or child along; It can disrupt the process, be distracting for the parent and other artists and possibly be unsafe, or at least not fun for the child. At Prams In The Hall, children are a welcome, planned for, part of the company. We agree to create a safe and fun environment for them, as well as helping each other work, despite the chaos, and find ways of allowing it to feed into our creative process rather than stopping it. IS PRAMS IN THE HALL JUST FOR 'THEATRE MUMS'’? Everyone is welcome: mothers, fathers, carers, guardians, and creatives without children who would like to work with us. However, in our experience, the group that seems most likely to stop or change their careers in order to look after children are mothers working in the arts. Prams In The Hall has therefore been mainly working with female artists who are also mothers, in order to support and enable each other. We are always keen to collaborate with different artists. We run regular workshops at the Young Vic, Jerwood Space and Thanet. GET IN TOUCH ! Send us a message if you would like to get involved: [email protected]

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27/04/2018

Fantastic two weeks at Ovalhouse developing our next show thank you to all our contributors!!!

25/04/2018

We don't only welcome kids in our rehearsals: Today's guest Anna Danailova, celebrating her 91st Birthday, and giving invaluable feedback at our Ovalhouse R&D

19/04/2018

Thanks for all the support, likes, retweets and messages about our open workshop at Ovalhouse for actor-parents! We still have room for a couple more people so do get in touch if you’d like to join us tomorrow morning

Upcoming Workshop Prams in the Hall next open workshop at OvalHouse, London, Friday , 20th April A collaborative theatre workshop for professional actors led by Prams in the Hall Theatre company focusing on...

16/04/2018

Our next Open Workshop is coming up: Friday, 20th April, 10.30-1pm at Ovalhouse.
Great opportunity especially for actors with children to flex those acting muscles again and refresh some essential skill!

16/04/2018

Great to be back in a rehearsal room together- new show being created....there will be Robots!

P**A Flexible Childcare Facility Needs Assessment Questionnaire

24/03/2017

Closes tonight! Trouble accessing flexible childcare in London. Tell Parents In Performing Arts - P**A about your needs here https://goo.gl/NOjrT2

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23/10/2016

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Mother House Female Artist Collective Announces Open Day Programme

08/10/2016

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Free entry 2 to 9pm

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Leading theatres to 'change landscape' of industry for parents

03/10/2016

"This has the potential to change the landscape across the theatre industy" Cassie Raine, Parents In Performing Arts

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Leading theatres to 'change landscape' of industry for parents For the project, led by P**A, venues will trial initiatives aimed at reducing the obstacles faced by parents working in the arts

30/09/2016

Exploring new ideas with our movement director at the
Discover the work created over the last month by the artists taking part in this wonderful initiative by ProCreate Project
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Mother House: First London Art Studio With Flexible Childcare Model Opens

01/09/2016

We are excited to be part of the first Mother House. Check it out!

Mother House: First London Art Studio With Flexible Childcare Model Opens "THE MOTHER HOUSE IS AN EXPERIMENTAL, DEDICATED CREATIVE SPACE FOR LONDON-BASED MOTHER-ARTISTS TO EXPLORE A LONG TERM DREAM AND MAKE IT A REALITY."

P**A ANNOUNCES NEW CONSORTIUM - Parents In Performing Arts

18/07/2016

Great news for parents working in Performing Arts!

P**A ANNOUNCES NEW CONSORTIUM - Parents In Performing Arts PARENTS IN PERFORMING ARTS ANNOUNCES A NEW CONSORTIUM MADE UP OF AN IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF PARTNER ORGANISATIONS, UNPRECEDENTED BOTH IN SCALE AND REACH ACROSS THE PERFORMING ARTS Today, Parents in Performing Arts (P**A) announces the formation of a new consortium of leading UK theatres and arts organis...

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