April 2019
Based on a book by Michael Morpurgo
Adapted by Daniel Buckroyd
Puppet design & direction - Maia Kirkman-Richards
Set & Costume Design - Lizzy Leech
Sound Design & Composition - Anna Cock
Theatre Director
"What a radiant production Jessica Daniels has made" The Guardian
"A tremendous and deeply moving production from Jessica Daniels" The Stage
A new adaptation by Anna Wheatley
South Street Arts Centre, 2021
THE SNOW QUEEN
We find ourselves in a country called Denmark, in a city called Odense in a time unspecified. It is mid-winter. A dusting of frost clutches at window panes, the crisp air nips at your nose. The city is beautiful and busy. Houses are huddled so close together that their rooftops kiss. And it is here, in the embrace of two touching rooftops, that we find our heroes.
Gerda and Kai are inseparable, pals since birth, nothing can tear them apart. Until one winter’s day, Kai mysteriously disappears and Gerda is forced to set out on a treacherous journey across Scandinavia to find him.
Join Gerda as she sails the seas, breaks into palaces and wrestles her way out of forests to find Kai. Oh and you might learn to speak some crow along the way!
CAST
Maryam Grace
Ajjaz Awad
Tom Myles
(Photos by Tim Beavis Photography)
SET AND PUPPET DESIGN BY
Casey Jay Andrews
COSTUME DESIGN BY
Pollyanna Elston
SOUND DESIGN BY
Benjamin Hudson
MOVEMENT DIRECTION BY
Sabina Netherclift
LIGHTING DESIGN BY
Michael Brenkley