HOUSE OF LIFE, created by Ben Welch, Lawrence Cole and Nic Harvey, returned to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024 after a smash hit run in 2023 and transfer to Soho Theatre. It was hailed as “glittering benediction from a joyously funky double act” by The Guardian and Fringe’s “biggest feel-good sensation” by The Telegraph. It is a one-of-a-kind cabaret theater show hosted by the bedazzled RaveRend, whose sole mission is to achieve happiness, by any means. Fueled by infectious energy, the RaveRend and the ever-loyal side-kick Trev transport audiences on an eight-step guide to happiness through a funk-infused odyssey to banish blues and summon elation.  It is a “funky feel-good confessional” (The List).

RAVEolution TEAM:

BEN WELCH (The RaveRend) trained at BAFTA award winning Television Workshop in Nottingham and set up Sheep Soup Productions in 2013 alongside fellow alumni Nic Harvey.  Sheep Soup create non-traditional music theatre shows that often cross over forms through gig, cabaret and theatre. Shows have included Mrs. Green (***** Metro), The Leftovers and Hoarding which was developed both at NT Studios and in Toronto with Come From Away originating producer Michael Rubinoff. Ben’s work as an actor has included Call Me Vicky (Offie Nominated for Best Supporting Actor) Mythic (Off West End), Jack Rooke’s Happy Hour (Soho Theatre) and Channel 4’s Big Boys.   Ben is also director of Hockley Hustle Music Festival in Nottingham, has produced numerous music videos with artists including Louis Theroux ft Amelia Dimoldenberg (Jiggle Jiggle), Jessie Buckley + Two Door Cinema Club.

LAWRENCE COLE (Trev) is an actor, musician and comedian hailing from Nottingham. He’s a long-time collaborator with Sheep Soup. As a musician, Lawrence has toured the UK and Europe extensively, played major UK festivals and even appeared on an episode of Skins. On top of this he has obtained acting credits on major productions such as Supacell (Netflix) and Three Little Birds (ITV).

PRODUCER BIOS:

RODEO PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is an independent production company, set up to develop, produce and general manage new and exciting, high-quality theatre and entertainment across the globe. Founders Rebecca Quigley and Aidan Grounds are at the heart of the theatre industry, creating and managing new musicals and plays in the West End, on Broadway and internationally. Current productions include Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular (London); & Juliet (UK Tour & Germany); Indigo (Curve Leicester); and House of Life (London & NYC). & Juliet is also currently running on Broadway and on tour across the USA. The show has previously run in Canada, Australia and Singapore. Rodeo is developing a number of new projects with world-leading composers, writers and creatives with several projects opening over the next 12 months. Rebecca and Aidan also provide consulting and executive producing services to companies including The Seelig Group, The Roald Dahl Story Company, Tilted, Sheep Soup and P3.  Recent productions include work with Greene Light Stage and Rocket Stage on James Graham, Jake Shears and Elton John’s Tammy Faye, and A Mirror starring Johnny Lee Miller in the West End.

SHEEP SOUP (Producer) hails from BAFTA award-winning Television Workshop, the Midlands training ground that counts Samantha Morton, Vicky McClure and Jack O’Connell among its glittering roster of alumni. Collaboration is at the core of their work, bringing artists together from a huge range of performance fields to create truly original and inspiring live performances. The company fills every venue with their signature brand of genre-busting musical theatre and comedy and they specialize in telling stories set where music happens naturally – front rooms, open mic nights, recording studios – all featuring multi-skilled actor-musicians live on stage. The company were invited to Toronto, Canada to develop their show Nel’s Place, as well as at National Theatre Studios, Liverpool Everyman, The Lowry and Curve, Leicester and have just produced a sold-out show in Liverpool, You’re A Vision. Artistic Director Ben Welch has been in Channel 4’s Big Boys. Previous shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe include Mrs. Green: The Musical, Invention of Acting and Ben Welch starred in Jack Rooke’s Happy Hour (2017).

TILTED (Producer). Tilted is an award-winning production company founded by Sam Hodges. Tilted develops and produces new content, including musicals, plays, films, and podcasts adapted for the stage.  In collaboration with Eleanor Lloyd, they produce Tilted Sessions, live stage shows based on award-winning podcasts, including sell-out national tours of the hit podcast Uncanny. In collaboration with acclaimed pop-writer Miranda Cooper, they develop and produce new musicals. Current musicals in development include Son of Rambow (based on the film), The Prancing Elites and Everything’s Fine. Tilted also manages one of the UK’s largest theatre investment funds in partnership with tech entrepreneur and investor Simon Nixon, through which it finances and co-produces commercial theatre ventures globally. Current productions include: Every Brilliant Thing (West End), House of Life (London/New York), Uncanny (UK tour), Brown Girls Do It Too (Edinburgh/London). Recent theatre credits — As Co-Producer: The Seagull (Barbican), The Years (West End), Giant (West End); Unicorn (West End); Sunset Boulevard (St. James); Oedipus (West End); Juno & the Paycock (West End); House of Life (Edinburgh Fringe); A Mirror (Trafalgar); Calamity Jane (UK Tour); Shifters (West End); Hello Dolly (Palladium); Cabaret (August Wilson); The Piano Lesson (Ethel Barrymore); A Doll’s House (Hudson). As Associate Producer: & Juliet (UK Tour); Two Strangers [Carry A Cake Across New York] (Criterion); Dr Semmelweis, The Human Voice (Pinter); A Strange Loop (Barbican). www.tiltedco.com

P3 PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is an award-winning producing team led by Ben Holtzman, Sammy Lopez, and Fiona Howe Rudin, dedicated to uplifting new voices and communities. Upcoming on Broadway: Call Me Izzy starring Jean Smart, opening this month at Studio 54. Other credits include Job at The Hayes Theater and How To Dance In Ohio at the Belasco Theatre. P3’s co-producing credits span Broadway, the West End, and National Tours, including Sunset Boulevard, starring Nicole Scherzinger, The Last Five Years, Alex Edelman’s Just For Us, A Strange Loop, The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol, The Kite Runner, Orlando, and Next To Normal (West End). Learn more at www.p3.productions or follow @p3productions.nyc.