BADCo

NODA Award Winners 2025 🏆

BADCo brings annual pantomimes to St Barnabas Church Halls, with over £50,000 proudly donated to charity!

BADCo is a not-for-profit organisation, donating all the profits from our productions to charity. To date we have raised over £7000 for various charities (Including ParalympicsGB, Age UK Gloucestershire, and MS Society, amongst many others).

06/07/2026

🎭 We’re delighted to announce our February 2027 pantomime…

🌲🐺 RED RIDING HOOD! 🧺❤️

Join us for a brand new, laugh-out-loud adventure packed with larger-than-life characters, toe-tapping songs, plenty of audience participation, and all the fun you’ve come to expect from a BADCo pantomime!

We’re especially excited to share that this year’s production has been written and will be directed by Jess Barker and Daniel Collett. We can’t wait to bring this fresh new version of the classic tale to the stage!

🎭 Auditions will take place this September, and everyone is welcome to audition. As always, we’d love to see lots of familiar and new faces. However, we can’t guarantee a role for everyone, as cast numbers are limited by the size of our stage and health and safety requirements.

More information about audition dates and how to get involved will be coming very soon.

Who’s ready to take a trip through the woods? 🌲👵🐺

05/07/2026

👀 Something wicked this way comes…

The wait is almost over! Our Production Team have been busy behind the scenes, and we can’t wait to reveal what magical adventure will be taking to the stage in February 2027.

Will there be heroes? Villains? Laughs? Plenty of audience participation? (Of course!)

Keep your eyes peeled… our next pantomime will be revealed very soon! 🎭✨

08/04/2026

Break a leg, GangShow.Glos! 🎭💥

Opening night is finally here!

Wishing all our friends at Gloucester Gang Show an incredible show week. We know how much hard work goes into getting to this moment, so go out there and enjoy every second 🙌

Smash it, soak it up, and enjoy that opening night buzz ✨

We’ll be cheering you on! 💛

From all of us at BADCo 💛

04/04/2026

The news we’ve been waiting to share with you… 🎭💥

You showed up, you supported, and you made it our biggest panto EVER 🙌

And because of that…

💫 We’re donating £3,500 to Let's Talk Well 💫

Our largest donation to date and we couldn’t be prouder 💛

Every ticket, every laugh, every round of applause helped make this happen.

THANK YOU for being part of something so special ✨

Here’s to doing it all again in 2027… 👀🎭

NODA South West BBC Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Live

03/04/2026

Director’s Top 20 🎭

We couldn’t not end on this one… 👀

Saved the best for last (and yes… we know it’s technically more than one photo! 😅)

This was a moment we were all desperate to rehearse with real props, and the first time we did, the rehearsal room absolutely erupted with laughter.

Thankfully, it had exactly the same effect on our audiences every single night, much to Tracy’s delight! 💥

Amelia and Sophie handled it like absolute pros 👏
…and as for Daniel - well, he definitely learned the hard way how difficult it is to keep long hair out of food! 😂

A chaotic, hilarious, perfectly executed moment to finish on ✨

💬 Who remembers this scene? And did you laugh as much as we did? 😆

02/04/2026

Director’s Top 20 🎭

We couldn’t do it without her 💫

It’s our wonderful director, Tracy - surrounded by the BADCo Minis 💛

We absolutely love this photo. It captures the joy, the pride, and the connection that runs right through BADCo. Tracy loved every second of bringing Snow White to life, and this moment says it all.

The enthusiasm, the teamwork, and the love for what we do… it’s right there in this picture ✨

💬 What was your favourite moment from this year’s show?

01/04/2026

Director’s Top 20 🎭

Now that’s an action shot! 💥

Vikki absolutely nailing this moment with a pose full of energy, character, and pure stage presence 👏

This perfectly captures what Vikki brings to every role - commitment, movement, and a performance that fills the stage.

And something Tracy especially loves… the support from the rest of the cast. Just look at everyone around, fully invested and cheering each other on 💛

That’s what BADCo is all about.

💬 Who else loves a big, high-energy moment like this?

31/03/2026

Director’s Top 20 🎭

We all know what’s coming next… 👀

The apple moment 🍎

A key part of the story, and one that even our youngest audience members were eagerly waiting for - one little theatre-goer told us it was their favourite part before it had even happened! 😄

A huge shoutout to our incredible props team for creating this beautiful sparkly apple ✨

…and of course, to Snow White for delivering one of the most dramatic stage-deaths we’ve ever seen 👏

💬 Be honest… were you shouting “DON’T EAT IT!”? 😅

30/03/2026

Director’s Top 20 🎭

Who you gonna call…? 👀

Cora, Harold and Harry bringing the house down with Ghostbusters! 👻

Tracy loves this action shot - full of energy, character, and classic BADCo fun. We’re always up for a bit of audience participation, and let’s be honest… “they’re behind you!” never gets old!

A proper panto moment that had everyone shouting along 🎭

💬 Did you spot the ghosties and ghoulies in this scene? 👀

Address

BADCo Performs At St Barnabas Church Hall, Stroud Road
Gloucester

Website

http://www.badco.org.uk/

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