Butterfly with a Bomb is a Glasgow theatre company based on the principle of collaboration. We produced Rewrite, our first full length play, in 2013 and followed this with Giving Up The Ghost in 2014. In August 2015, we took Giving Up The Ghost to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We have also been involved in community work, including a performance for East Renfrewshire Carers' Centre during Carers Week 2015. While our core membership consists of three female theatre makers, we regularly collaborate with other performers and artists in creating work. Alongside our individual projects, we are currently developing a new autobiographical devised piece.
We are:
We are:
Mary Jo Hastie
Mary Jo is a busy actor, director and mother. Her business brain, experience at getting the best out of performers, and love of experimenting with text and form help ensure that our work is always heading for new and interesting places.
Currently, Mary-Jo is studying for an M.Ed. in Learning and Teaching in the Performing Arts at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is also a regular visiting artist at Ashton Secondary School, where she works within the English department to facilitate drama workshops.
Mary-Jo is an active member of the Scottish Screenwriters Committee, and part of the Tron 100 Club and the Traverse Directors Programme. Recently, she has worked with Paragon and taken part in 'Bodies in Urban Spaces' as part of the Surge Festival.
Mary Jo is a busy actor, director and mother. Her business brain, experience at getting the best out of performers, and love of experimenting with text and form help ensure that our work is always heading for new and interesting places.
Currently, Mary-Jo is studying for an M.Ed. in Learning and Teaching in the Performing Arts at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is also a regular visiting artist at Ashton Secondary School, where she works within the English department to facilitate drama workshops.
Mary-Jo is an active member of the Scottish Screenwriters Committee, and part of the Tron 100 Club and the Traverse Directors Programme. Recently, she has worked with Paragon and taken part in 'Bodies in Urban Spaces' as part of the Surge Festival.
Claudette Baker-Park
Claudette is an experienced performer in theatre, film and television. She has worked widely in youth theatre, creating a number of performances with and for young people in the Helensburgh area. Claudette has an interest in site specific and multi-sensory theatre.
After the 2015 Fringe, Claudette welcomed her second daughter Elodie, and took a year's maternity leave. Since returning to work, she has set up a new business offering acting and voice coaching, details here: https://www.facebook.com/actingcoaching/ She is also working part time as a storyteller at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Claudette is an experienced performer in theatre, film and television. She has worked widely in youth theatre, creating a number of performances with and for young people in the Helensburgh area. Claudette has an interest in site specific and multi-sensory theatre.
After the 2015 Fringe, Claudette welcomed her second daughter Elodie, and took a year's maternity leave. Since returning to work, she has set up a new business offering acting and voice coaching, details here: https://www.facebook.com/actingcoaching/ She is also working part time as a storyteller at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Anna Blainey
Anna is Butterfly with a Bomb's playwright and co-director. She has written several full length plays and her writing has been included in events such as Stage to Page, Progressive Playwright and The Stove Network's 'Light and the Senses' event. As well as continuing to write and work on projects with Butterfly with a Bomb, she has recently qualified as an English teacher and looks forward to introducing the joy of writing to a younger generation. She has largely directed her own work, but her training in dramaturgy means that she savours the challenge of approaching texts in unorthodox ways, and looks forward to doing this more in the future.
Anna is Butterfly with a Bomb's playwright and co-director. She has written several full length plays and her writing has been included in events such as Stage to Page, Progressive Playwright and The Stove Network's 'Light and the Senses' event. As well as continuing to write and work on projects with Butterfly with a Bomb, she has recently qualified as an English teacher and looks forward to introducing the joy of writing to a younger generation. She has largely directed her own work, but her training in dramaturgy means that she savours the challenge of approaching texts in unorthodox ways, and looks forward to doing this more in the future.