Book Baby tickets & see Pearl Mackie in a bold new play at Brixton House
Baby is bright, beautiful and brilliant at getting into trouble. She wants one thing more than anything: to keep Bliss. But when something terrible gets in the way, survival means finding a solution wherever she can, and this time, the audience is part of it.
- See Doctor Who star Pearl Mackie take centre stage as Baby
- Discover a provocative new one-woman play by acclaimed writer Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti
- Watch Baby pull the audience into her story as hope, ambition & desperation collide
- Experience a darkly funny story exploring motherhood, survival & the criminal justice system
- See the world premiere directed by Milli Bhatia and presented by Clean Break & Brixton House
Sharp, intimate and unafraid of the difficult stuff, Baby puts one woman's fight to survive centre stage and asks the audience to look at the systems, choices and circumstances surrounding her.
Baby at Brixton House
- Dates: 8th - 31st October 2026
- Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes, no interval
- Age Guidance: 14+
- Venue: Brixton House, 385 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8GL
Motherhood, survival & one woman determined to keep going
They call her Baby. The name is full of hope, even when hope feels in short supply. She's had it tough, but she's bright, ambitious and capable of things nobody expects. What she wants is simple: to keep Bliss.
Something terrible stands in her way. As Baby tries to solve the problem in front of her, she turns to the audience for help, pulling you directly into a story shaped by trauma, motherhood, imprisonment and separation.
Pearl Mackie performs the solo role in this world premiere from writer Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti and director Milli Bhatia. Presented by Clean Break and Brixton House, the play draws attention to the realities experienced by mothers caught within the criminal justice system while balancing its difficult subject matter with sharp humour.
This isn't a story that tidies everything up neatly. Baby faces neglect, abusive relationships, imprisonment and separation from her child, but she's still fighting for a future and looking for a way through.
Book Baby tickets at Brixton House and see Pearl Mackie take on this intimate new play about survival, motherhood and what happens when the options keep running out.