There is an absolutely super event starting this Friday in central London.  There are three very exciting components to this event and to sum it up in one sentence (if that’s possible): it’s a grown-up’s sleep-over, with cocoa, beds and entertainment provided and no hanky-panky involved.

Lullaby is what happens when three powerhouses come together. The divine Toast, the sublime Duckie and the glorious Barbican have put together this year’s number one event. The Barbican’s Pit is going to be transformed into one giant (pit- ‘arf ‘arf) bedroom filled with beds (single, doubles and triples for the more daring) all made up in Toast’s beautiful and cosy bedlinen. The audience will be invited to change into their pyjamas before settling down in bed surrounded with luxurious cushions and quilts along with a nightcap or a mug of cocoa to watch the relaxing ‘gentle slumber’ evening show which has been designed by Duckie to literally put the audience to sleep (I recommend watching their movie- Very funny, completely nuts. Click here). Duckie are an award-winning south London performance company, co-founded by producer Simon Casson and  the exquisite Amy Lamé, that unite genres to produce an hybrid fusion of creativity, exuberance, wild-imaginings, in amongst dance, art, theatre and performance. Then before you know it, after the best night’s sleep in history, you’re being woken up in the morning with the prospect of showering using mini Toast soaps before being served breakfast on Toast’s crockery! Hotel Toast…(Ohhhh, now there’s a thought)

I’m so excited I don’t think I’ll sleep tonight!

Lullaby with H Plewis, Tim Spooner, Harriet Plewis, & Matthew Robins. Photo: Pau Ros

Some of the Toast bedlinen being used in Lullaby