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BAC Sausage Night with Stage Electrics
Stand-up, sausages, a shindig and the support of Stage Electrics, marked the first ever fundraising event at Battersea Art Centre.
Stage Electrics donated the use of sound and lighting equipment to support BAC’s contribution to developing theatre arts on a local, national and international level. BAC's unique programme structure helps new work to grow by showing it at unfinished stages to an audience. The collaborative approach this fosters means that BAC is a creative breeding ground for the next generation of theatre makers, not just actors and directors but for lighting designers, sound artists and technical staff.
Stewart Lee, comedian and long-term fan of the trailblazing theatre, organised an extraordinary line-up of comic talent in aid of BAC's fundraising campaign. Lee is also the co writer of Jerry Springer The Opera, the breakaway smash hit that began its life at BAC.
Harry Hill (TV Burp), Lee Mack (ITV's Sketch Show), Catherine Tait (BBC2's Catherine Tait Show), Stewart Lee (This Morning with Richard Not Judy), Simon Amstell (C4's Popworld), Peter Baynham as 'Peter' (Fist Of Fun, I Am Not An Animal), Arnold Brown (inventor of Alternative Comedy), Kevin Eldon (Nighty Night), Richard Thomas and Kombat Opera (Jerry Springer The Opera), scoffed gourmet sausages and rocked the mikes in front of a sell-out crowd.
BAC is fundraising to maintain current levels of activity in light of a reduction in funding from Wandsworth Borough Council and Battersea Sausage Night is part of an ongoing programme of fundraising events.
In picture: Harry Hill live at the BAC.
29th June 2004
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