“But I don’t want to be a wrestler!” says Gruff Dryll: “I’m a super-serious gayboy poet: I care about truth, and wrestling is all fake and SUPER-heterosexual.”
Rezi slaps him, and furrows her butch brow: “But you’ve got to. This is our chance to stand out, get respected… and do loads and loads of sexy glam violence obviously.”
‘Babyface’ is the rags-to-spandex story of two tender queer souls climbing the ranks of an industry where selling your persona is everything. Fusing musical theatre and pro-wrestling (yes, with ACTUAL wrestling in an ACTUAL ring!) it’s a laugh-out-loud thrill ride that asks: in a polarised world, what happens when your need for community conflicts with your urge to WIN?
Blood, sweat, tears and glitter will fly!
A ‘WORK-IN-PROGRESS’ PERFORMANCE
11 FEBRUARY 2026 AT CHESTER STORYHOUSE
SOLD OUT
A ‘WORK-IN-PROGRESS’ PERFORMANCE
13 FEBRUARY 2026 AT PLEASANCE, LONDON
SOLD OUT
Assistant Stage Manager/
Book Cover
Catherine Mizrahi
Directors
Debbie Hannan &
Matthew Holmquist
Sound Designer
Sebastian Frost
Musical Director
Sioned Evans
Deputy Stage Manger
Natalia Kheldouni
Production Crew
George Brown
Dramaturgy
Debbie Hannan &
Matthew Holmquist
Wrestling Dramaturg
Michael Reece
Costume Supervisor
Loz Tait
Sound 2
Iain Audsley
Production Manager
John Page
CAST
Musical Supervisor
& Arranger
Geraint Owen
Production Lighting
Will Brann
Access Support
Vinnie Heaven
Sound 1
J-Jai Allison
Wrestling Choreography
Michael Reece &
Ed Gamester
Company Stage Manager
Simon Reynolds
Wrestling Consultant
Ed Gamester
Assistant Costume Supervisor
Luke Abbott
CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM
Book, Music & Lyrics
Seiriol Davies
CEO, PW Productions
Iain Gillie
Marketing
EMG
Production Coordinators
Katie Sherrard
Cátia Gonçalves
PR
Raw PR
Insurance
Gordon & Co
Legal
Sean Egan Consultants
Musical Supervisor
& Arranger
Geraint Owen
Wrestling Choreography
Michael Reece &
Ed Gamester
Sound 1
J-Jai Allison
Production Lighting
Will Brann
Assistant Costume Supervisor
Luke Abbott
Company Stage Manager
Simon Reynolds
Assistant Stage Manager/
Book Cover
Catherine Mizrahi
Wrestling Consultant
Ed Gamester
Access Support
Vinnie Heaven
Directors
Debbie Hannan &
Matthew Holmquist
Musical Director
Sioned Evans
Sound Designer
Sebastian Frost
Sound 2
Iain Audsley
Costume Supervisor
Loz Tait
Production Manager
John Page
Deputy Stage Manager
Natalia Kheldouni
Dramaturgy
Debbie Hannan &
Matthew Holmquist
Wrestling Dramaturg
Michael Reece
Production Crew
George Brown
Thanks to: everyone at Collage Arts and Collage Voices, Hustle Wrestling, Chichester Festival Theatre, Minotaur Fight Store, Aylesbury.
Babyface – The Fierce Wrestling Musical was selected for presentation at BEAM 2025, co-produced by Mercury Musical Developments and Musical Theatre Network, in association with Birmingham Hippodrome.
