Kate de Freitas & the Babacools

Kate de Freitas grew up loving stories, being read to and making up plays. She was always travelling to made up countries and even invented languages for them. (She tried to write a dictionary for one of them aged 9 but understandably gave up!) 

When asked at school what she wanted to do when she left she answered. “ I can’t decide between becoming an actress or making toys.”  Now she kind of does both.

In addition to Hullabaloo Kate works as an actress, writer, drama teacher and sings with her jazz band Kate de Freitas & The Babacools. She has written most of the Hullabaloo songs herself.

Having her three children has made her realise how important it is to let children’s imagination flourish and how at school it can often be ignored so she started Hullabaloo Puppet Theatre as a way to introduce children to stories and theatre with puppets and music in a fun quirky often unconventional way to encourage a passion for creativity and to basically just put people in a good mood.

Kate has been influenced by the words of Roald Dahl, the Magic Faraway tree, the Muppet Show, The Clangers Bagpuss and the Magic Roundabout.