• At CPT we are committed to ensuring the best possible experience for all artists, audience members and other visitors to our space. We welcome customers and artists with disabilities and are pleased to assist you in your visit. 

    If you have any questions or enquiries, please do get in touch by phone at 020 7419 4841 or email at foh@cptheatre.co.uk.

  • Support Us
    access
  • View Cart Icon
  • Basket
    Posey Mehta presents

    Babycakes

    Wed 31 May at 9pm
    Tickets £8 (work in progress)
    ARCHIVE
    In her 42 years in the biz, Mitzi has seen it all. No one deserves a Lifetime Achievement Award more. Tonight, she's getting hers, in more ways than one...
    Content Notice
    Running Time 60 min
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Content Notice
    Content NoticeContains nudity, discussions of fatphobia, discussions of sex and sexual acts, sexualised dancing, and strong language. Suitable for 16+
    Health Notice
    Health NoticeContains flashing lights, loud noises, food/drinks consumed by performers.

    As their name suggests, Lifetime Achievement Awards come but once in a lifetime, which means Mitzi has just one shot to deliver a speech that will land her in Hollywood's Hall of Fame. 

    Good thing she's prepared an all-singing, all-dancing, 60-minute-long celebration of her long and storied career that definitely won't be interrupted by her saggy scrotum of an ex-husband, Larry.

    Expect practical advice on breaking into the industry, behind-the scenes insights into her friendships with Hollywood's latest and greatest, and uncomfortably explicit descriptions of Larry's genetalia. Mitzi has a pearl of wisdom for everyone. Except kids. She hates kids, and her speech is definitely not child-friendly.

    Come help the "endlessly creative and subversive" (FringeBiscuit) Posey Mehta get one step closer to creating the perfect character comedy about fat bodies in Hollywood, in this work-in-progress that involves far more stripping and burlesque than one would typically expect of the Oscars.

    "“Unlike anything I’ve ever seen before and I loved it”"
    Ed Fringe Review [on previous work]
    "“Brilliantly bonkers & totally absurd”"
    Fringe Biscuit [on previous work]
    "“Generous, life-affirming & surreal”"
    British Theatre Guide [on previous work]
    "“One hell of a great escape”"
    Ed Fringe Review [on previous work]
    "“The most fun I’ve ever had at the Fringe”"
    Broadway World [on previous work]
    "“Cheaper than Edinburgh Zoo”"
    Three Weeks [on previous work]

    Great theatre, lovely young team, brilliant supportive diverse programming, the only theatre I can think of that is currently supporting so many theatremakers.

    Programmed artist