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Little Match Girl
Director
Emma Rice
Company
Emma Rice Company
Role
Prince / Chancer
Type
Theatre
about the show.
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.
Reviews
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“Theatre to snuggle down into on a frosty night.”
The Guardian
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“An exquisite spell of a show... irreverent and funny.”
The Telegraph
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“A hilarious and heartbreaking collection of fairy tales.”
Time Out
CAST
Tom Fox
Robyn Sinclair
Patrycja Kujawska
Matthew Churcher
Katy Owen
Edie Edmundson
Mirabelle Germaud
Ian Ross
CREATIVE
Playwright
Director
Composer
Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Puppetry Designer
Choreographer
Costume Supervisor
Stage Management
Head of Wardrobe
Venue Technician
Emma Rice & Joel Horwood
Emma Rice
Ian Ross
Vicki Mortimer
Malcom Rippeth
Simon Baker
Lyndie Wright
Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster
Liz Evans
Helen Comerford
Annelies Henny Peek
Merlyn Pip Salter-Ling
Trailer
Behind the scenes
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