The Little Match Girl
The Lucky Chance, Frome 2024
As the Little Match Girl struggles to survive, she strikes her precious matches to keep warm. Each match conjures a new story, and we hold her hand as she tumbles down this rabbit hole of folk tales. Inspired by the beautiful and poignant Hans Christian Andersen tale, and interweaving it with The Princess and the Pea and The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Little Match Girl and Happier Tales reveals a spellbinding world of magic and mystery.
Steeped in the metaphor and meaning that run through Andersen’s enduring stories, this will be an event to delight, transport, move and surprise. For adults and brave children alike, expect music, puppetry, dark magic... and perhaps some modern truths that we all might rather remain hidden.
Matthew Churcher
Edie Edmundson
Tom Fox
Mirabelle Germaud
Patrycja Kujawska
Katy Owen
Robyn Sinclair
Ian Ross
Playwright: Emma Rice & Joel Horwood
Director: Emma Rice
Composer: Ian Ross
Designer: Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer: Malcom Rippeth
Sound Designer: Simon Baker
Puppetry Designer: Lyndie Wright
Choreographer: Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster
Costume Supervisor: Liz Evans
Stage Management: Helen Comerford
Head of Wardrobe: Annelies Henny Peek
Venue Technician: Merlyn Pip Salter-Ling
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Reviews
★★★★
“Theatre to snuggle down into on a frosty night.”
The Guardian
★★★★
“An exquisite spell of a show... irreverent and funny.”
The Telegraph
★★★★
“A hilarious and heartbreaking collection of fairy tales.”
Time Out