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BABEL BEAST

BABEL BEAST

A cabaret adaptation of Greek myth's monstresses

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After being developed by Sofia Natoli as part of her Masters' thesis at Mountview Academy, Babel Beast, Mount Olympus' hottest new show,returns to the stage with even more tantalizing acts and sultry zest!

Babel Beast is a cabaret made by and for mythical creatures of Ancient Greece, through which Natoli explores her multiculuralism and lived experiences of (un)belonging in between cultural spaces - herself divided between Italy, France and the UK.

The piece is structured around the principle of “take and break”, tearing apart traditional theatrical forms and repurposing them into something dynamically hybrid. This interdisciplinary array of cabaret acts - ranging from burlesque to stand-up comedy to explosive lip-sync - both spotlight the tragedies of Ancient women and allow myth to crumble away, revealing what it means to be a hybrid woman today, shape-shifting between cultures. Babel Beast hopes to leave the audience feeling precarious yet vitalized, leaving with more questions than when they arrived.

This feminist theatre adaptation is as chaotic as it is charming, as seductive as it is monstrous.

We invite cabaret lovers and Greek myth fanatics alike for a night of strange encounters.

The Sphynx is calling and she’s got a wild line-up waiting for you...

Dates

10th November (9pm)

11th November (3pm)

12th November (9pm)

Venue

The Etcetera Theatre: above the Oxford Arms, 265 Camden High St, London NW1 7BU

Length

45 minutes, no interval

Ticket Price

£14 (£12 concession)

Recommended Age: +14

Content Warnings:

Potential contact with audience in first row, audience participation, loud noises, sexual references.


  • Sofia Natoli

    Writer and Performer

    After acquiring her Bachelor in Drama & Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths University in 2024, she graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts with a Masters in Acting. She centers her work around the female body and its representations in performance spaces and in society, exploring the female gaze and the theatricality of gender performativity. Born in the South of France to an Italian family, she grew up navigating three different cultures and languages, which she mirrors through versatile interdisciplinary performance - writing, singing, dancing and acting. Sofia has recently developed her own work, taking her magical realist play Cracks to the Act II Festival in London (April 2024), and now bringing her multilingual solo show Babel Beast to Voilà!

  • Luna Laurenti

    Co-director and Co-producer

    Luna Laurenti is an Italian facilitator, director, and creative producer with a degree in Performance and Politics from Goldsmiths University. Her recent work includes directing Trojans: Why Am I In Your Country? with The Trojan Women Project, a new adaptation of Euripides’ Trojan Women with a cast of asylum seekers, staged at Chelsea Theatre (May 2024) and Hounslow Arts Centre (April 2025). She is also currently assistant directing Diaspora Inferno with De Insomniis Theatre Company: an exploration of Dante’s Inferno reframed through the experiences of migrant women, set to premiere at the Drayton Arms Theatre in November 2025. Luna’s work is rooted in physical theatre, movement and devising processes that use the body as the central tool for storytelling with a particular focus on themes of identity, migration, and belonging.

  • Al Hawkins

    Co-director and Co-producer

    Al Hawkins is a theatre-maker, facilitator and trainee food grower. They create experimental, devised work centering social issues, intimacy, queerness and sustainability. They especially enjoy making interdisciplinary performances which generate strange and provocative interactions between performers and objects. They’re also a writer, singer, and aspiring jack of all trades. They’re passionate about everything DIY, community-oriented and capitalism-resistant. In the future, they hope to run a rural learning space for arts and regenerative farming.

  • Martina Bizzarri

    Choreographer

    Dancer, actress, and choreographer originally from Spain and Italy, Martina is now based in London and has recently graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London, with a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts. Her choreographic practice includes a range of different styles, from the jazz-inspired sequences of the original production of Chrysalis the Musical (2024) to more contemporary and experimental movement influenced by practitioners such as Pina Bausch. Martina’s work often develops through collaboration within devised theatre, as seen in productions like The Wake (2024), where she explored movement as a form of storytelling and ensemble connection. She is passionate about creating choreography that merges theatricality and dance, bringing physicality to the heart of performance.