Stopwatch is set; we hear the ‘tick, tick, tick’
Ready? Steady?
Geared up, raring to go, Hare is in training at the starting line, alert… waiting…
Who is the fastest, the best?
Old clock chimes; we hear ‘the tick and the tock’
Slowly does it, taking it easy,
Tortoise is planning winter hibernation, poised with pen and paper, pondering… resting zzzz
Steady as you go, steady as you go…
Meet two competing friends in this new fantastic adaptation of Aesop’s fable; a story about racing, opposites, time and friendship. From sun-shining spring to snow-falling winter, Tutti Frutti brings you this much loved story brimming with ideas, characters, live music and wonderful physicality.
‘The real pleasure here is the touchingly drawn friendship between Barnaby Southgate’s gangly, over excitable Hare and Luisa Guerreiro’s careful and methodical Tortoise’
– The Guardian‘Hare and Tortoise captivates immediately and draws children and their families into a beautiful world’
– The Stage