Welcome to Captain Breadbeard Productions’ website

Shamelessly pun-tastic theatre. Committed to creating loaf-out-load, fast-paced, wholemeal bun for audiences of all ages. Made for grown-ups, suitable for children, may contain gluten!

⋆ Reviews ⋆

“This is brave, childishly satisfying & silly comedy at it’s best… just the whey I like my cheesy – bread based comedy… well done Captain Breadbeard”

― Adam Hotchkis, audience at The Warren at Brighton Fringe

“Who would have thunked that bread 🥖 could be the central joke of an entire show!? I will never look at a grainy loaf the same way again, never hum the Star Wars theme tune without chuckling to myself, never deliver another pun unless it is ‘Bready brilliant’. Great show, looking forward to seeing it … Continue reading Adam Purcell, audience at Camden People’s Theatre

― Adam Purcell, audience at Camden People’s Theatre

“Captain Breadbeard and Davy Scones were definitely not pitta-full. They definitely had it all wrapped up. I’d be brown bread if I carried on all this crumby stuff – (mum jokes are the worst in my house). These guys weren’t half baked but fully risen performance artists. Not a stale joke in sight. Fresh and … Continue reading Angela Dye, Faversham Radio

― Angela Dye, Faversham Radio

“Two superlative performers (one a firm favourite here at CSF) who have the time of their lives on stage and welcome you to join them. Our only quibble – not enough Shakespeare related content. Perhaps an excerpt from Baking Lear next time, eh?”

― Canterbury Shakespeare Festival

We had a great time watching Captain Breadbeard and company at the Brighton Fringe this year, we look forward to breaking bread again soon!

― Christian Villa, audience at The Warren, Brighton Fringe.

“Love this amazing double act of Wavey Davey Scones & the Breadbeard bard. Wonderful hilarious puns. Although very big stars they took the time to sign my copy of their very funny book & chat to me after the show. Even laughed at one of my bread-based jokes…”

― Donald Train, audience at Camden People’s Theatre

★ ★ ★ ★ What I love about theatre is that very occasionally you’ll happen upon a show which is so totally, absolutely, barking mad bonkers and bizarre that there’s no way it should work, but it does. Captain Breadbeard’s Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook is one such show. It’s difficult to describe exactly what Captain … Continue reading Elisha Aylmore‏, Page on Stage

― Elisha Aylmore‏, Page on Stage

What the two performers in this show create is at the same time both eye-wateringly hilarious and  indescribably sweet. Baguette a move on and buy your tickets

― Elliot D Huxtable

Great show. Fast paced entirely bread-based. Laughed from start to finish. An hour of sketches, songs, bread facts, and more from Captain Breadbeard and Davey Scones. Bready Brilliant!

― Elsa Lewis, audience at The Warren, Brighton Fringe

A brilliant pun or should I say bun based comedy. The energy Captain Breadbeard gives throughout the whole show is amazing! I really didn’t know you could have so much fun with bread! Bready brilliant would certainly not be an ovenstatement!

― Johnathan Sheers, audience at The Warren, Brighton Fringe.

★ ★ ★ ★

What I love about theatre is that very occasionally you’ll happen upon a show which is so totally, absolutely, barking mad bonkers and bizarre that there’s no way it should work, but it does. Captain Breadbeard’s Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook is one such show. It’s difficult to describe exactly what Captain Breadbeard is whilst doing it justice, but indulge me while I try: Captain Breadbeard’s Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook is an hour long show packed full of delightfully groan-worthy bread based puns and sketches, it’s not only suitable but also enjoyable for all ages, and offers some pure silly escapism, which can be really undervalued particularly in theatre these days.

Captain Breadbeard, the sailor with bread for a beard, and his colleague Davy Scones take us through a witty range of bread based skits, games, songs and sketches, which include plenty of audience participation and are guaranteed to leave even the most pun hating cynic chuckling. I’m generally a fan of any show which gives me food upon arrival, and it’s difficult not to enjoy yourself watching some first rate out of the box clowning with a tummy full of gingerbread. I’ll admit that usually I’m not a big fan of puns and visual gags, and as the show opened with Captain Breadbeard and Davy Scones playing various types of bread as different instruments and singing a bread themed song I was wondering what exactly I was about to put myself through, but it didn’t take long for me to get sucked into the charming dough based world of Captain Breadbeard and I was hooked right through to the smashing poppadum based finale! This show will batter you over the head with a baguette until you can’t help but get sucked into its odd bready universe.

It’s a fast paced show with a lot of variety, with gags and jokes which will appeal to all ages. At times it feels like the props round of an episode of Whose Line is it Anyway where all the props are bread items, and at other times it does something which would fly right over most kids heads, like its homage to Samuel Beckett with the skit ‘Waiting for Toasto’. There are celebrity and pop culture references of all kinds, with song parodies throughout, and a particularly amusing set of Star Wars gags.

Dave Watt and Nick Surridge, who play Captain Breadbeard and Davy Scones respectively, are so engaging and absolutely give their all in this joyful sketch show. Their physicality, their engagement with the audience, and their commitment to fun and silliness make this show what it is, and I can’t imagine Captain Breadbeard working half as well without the dedication to pure entertainment they so clearly value here. It feels very much like a kid’s show made for adults, and if you thought there couldn’t possibly be enough bread based puns to fill a non-stop hour then you are sorely mistaken, my friend. It feels a little like the audience participation sidekick characters from a pantomime got loose and went AWOL, then decided to create their own show.

A wonderfully funny and playful hour of entertainment that will make you laugh your socks off all the time you’re prepared to sit back and just roll with it.
(Pardon the pun.)

Captain Breadbeard’s Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook ~ [The Camden People’s Theatre] ~ Review
★ ★ ★ ★

Elisha Aylmore‏, Page on Stage

A brilliant pun or should I say bun based comedy. The energy Captain Breadbeard gives throughout the whole show is amazing! I really didn’t know you could have so much fun with bread! Bready brilliant would certainly not be an ovenstatement!

Johnathan Sheers, audience at The Warren, Brighton Fringe.

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