ABOUT US
We are Kat & Meg. Artists, mummas and all round forces of nature living in East London. Meg is a singer, songwriter, actor and voice over artist originally from Ohio and Kat is a writer, director and actor originally from Oxford. We’re freelancers, we’re creatives, we’re hustlers.
It’s 2016. Kat was writing, directing and performing in theatre and working as a creative at Secret Cinema; Meg was writing and performing music. In our down time we were at most of the parties Hackney had to offer. Grimy, badly lit, dank spaces with overpriced (often warm) beer and a monotonous BPM. We could do better. We wanted to elevate those parties. To bring theatre, jazz, decadence and play.
So we set up Hullabaloo and proceeded to host everything from intimate album launches to riotous costume parties. If there was a warehouse, club or empty space to fill, we filled it with joy, exuberance and fun.
Then came babies. Then a pandemic. Then more babies.
Kat went back to writing and directing - now focusing on children’s theatre as a resident at The Cockpit in Marylebone.
Meg went back to writing and recording music.
We missed throwing the parties. But our crowd was different now. So we created The Bees’ Knees-up as part of the kids programme at The Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone. An on-your-feet, theatrical, immersive, musical show for kids.
And now? We offer all of it. The parties, the theatre shows, and glorious combinations of the two.
Grown-ups like to play.
Kids love to party.
Everyone loves the chance to dress up and dance.
Kat is a Theatre Maker and performer based in Walthamstow. She trained in Ballet and Contemporary dance from a young age and went on to study at The Oxford School of Theatre and The London School of Musical Theatre. She now works as an actor, director and writer working mostly in children's theatre. She has worked extensively for the immersive theatre companies Secret Cinema and Punch Drunk and brings immersive elements to lots of the work Hullabaloo do. Find out more about her theatre work here
Meg, originally from Ohio, is a professional musician and performer living in Hackney. She gained an Honours BFA in Musical Theatre from Kent State University and has worked extensively in Children's theatre both in the USA and the UK. She also teaches guitar and voice. As well as her own solo material, she also writes and performs with the trio Lady Petrol and gigs with a kick ass all-female band Smokin’ Mirrors. She is also an award-winning voice-over artist! Learn more here