tutti frutti present a one hour show for children aged 3+ and their families. Perfect for weekend, half term and twilight family shows or for school performances.
Available to tour from 8th October – 31st December 2022
When temperatures drop and cold snaps come, that means only one thing: Jack Frost is here!
Jack Frost is a mischievous young boy with a frozen touch. His magic transforms the landscape and brings the colours of autumn and the chill of cold winter. He freezes the orange and red leaves, and covers the trees and ground with a glistening blanket of ice and snow.
But this year when winter comes around the snow begins to melt and along with it Jack’s extraordinary magic fades. With his powers lost he becomes just an ordinary boy.
In this wintery tale, Jack and his new found friend, search for winter and attempt to restore Jack’s special gift. Circling the globe they meet characters who share their own special shimmering seasonal winter magic, but will Jack’s magic return?
Join tutti frutti for this enchanting new play by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho with important environmental themes, a touch of wintery fun and original live music.
To book
For fees and to discuss availability, please contact tutti frutti on 0113 388 0027 or sophie@tutti-frutti.org.uk.
For more details about working with us please see our Venues or Schools sections.
Tour Dates
Date & Time | Venue | Address |
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8th Oct 2022 10.30; 1.30 |
Leeds Playhouse |
Playhouse Square, Leeds LS2 7UP To book tickets: 0113 213 7700 https://leedsplayhouse.org.uk/ |
11th Oct 2022 |
Shine |
Closed schools performance |
12th Oct 2022 |
Robert Mellors Primary and Nursery School |
Closed school performance |
15th Oct 2022 11.30; 2.30 |
The Alnwick Playhouse |
Bondgate Without, Alnwick NE66 1PQ To book tickets: 01665 660550 www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk/ |
16th Oct 2022 11.00; 2.00 |
Skipton Town Hall |
High St, Skipton BD23 1AH To book tickets: 01756 706407 |
17th Oct 2022 |
Pickering Infant and Nursery School |
Closed school performance |
18th Oct 2022 |
Thornton Dale Primary School |
Closed school performance |
20th Oct 2022 |
Reinwood Infant & Nursery School |
Closed school performance |
21st Oct 2022 4.00 |
Steiner Academy, Arts Alive rural touring scheme |
To book tickets: www.artsalive.co.uk |
22nd Oct 2022 2.30 |
Stamford Arts Centre |
27 St Mary’s Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2DL To book tickets: 01780 763203 www.stamfordartscentre.com |
23rd Oct 2022 2.00 |
Waterside |
Waterside Plaza, Sale, M33 7ZF
To book tickets: 0161 912 5616
watersidearts.org
|
24th Oct 2022 2.00; 6.00 |
Princess Alexandra Auditorium |
Yarm School, Spitalfields, Stockton-on-Tees TS15 9EJ
To book tickets: 01642 792587 https://www.thepaaonline.org/ |
26th Oct 2022 2.30 |
Guildhall Arts Centre |
St Peters Hill, Grantham, Lincs, NG31 6PZ To book tickets: 01476 406158 http://guildhallartscentre.com/ |
27th Oct 2022 - 30th Oct 2022 |
Jackson's Lane |
269a Archway Road, London, N6 5AA To book tickets: 020 8341 4421 www.jacksonslane.org.uk |
9th Nov 2022 |
Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School |
Closed school performance |
10th Nov 2022 4.00 |
Armathwaite Old School Hall, Highlights Rural Touring Scheme |
To book tickets: highlightsnorth.co.uk |
11th Nov 2022 4.00 |
Bardon Mill & Henshaw Village Hall, Highlights Rural Touring Scheme |
To book tickets: highlightsnorth.co.uk |
12th Nov 2022 2.00 |
Hamsterley Village Hall, Highlights |
To book tickets: highlightsnorth.co.uk |
13th Nov 2022 |
Otley Courthouse |
Courthouse Street, Otley, LS21 3AN To book tickets: 01943 467216 www.otleycourthouse.org.uk |
15th Nov 2022 |
Adswood Primary School |
Closed school performance |
16th Nov 2022 |
Stannington Infant School |
Closed school performance |
17th Nov 2022 |
Seacroft Grange Primary School |
Closed schools performance |
19th Nov 2022 11.00; 2.00 |
Lighthouse Poole's Centre for the Arts |
21 Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1UG To book tickets: 01202 280000
https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/ |
20th Nov 2022 2.00; 4.00 |
Aberystwyth Arts Centre |
Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DE To book tickets: 01970 623232 www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/ |
21st Nov 2022 11.00; 1.30 |
SpArC Theatre, Arts Alive rural touring scheme |
To book tickets: www.artsalive.co.uk |
24th Nov 2022 - 26th Nov 2022 |
Half Moon |
43 White Horse Road, London, E1 0ND To book tickets: 020 7709 8900 www.halfmoon.org.uk |
27th Nov 2022 |
artsdepot |
5 Nether Street, Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley, London, N12 0GA
To book tickets: 0208 369 5454 www.artsdepot.co.uk Visiting family information is here. |
29th Nov 2022 |
Templegate Tots, Whitkirk Primary |
Closed schools performance |
30th Nov 2022 |
Bankside Primary School |
Closed schools performance |
1st Dec 2022 |
Dixons Trinity Chapeltown |
Closed school performance |
4th Dec 2022 - 10th Dec 2022 |
Canada Water Theatre |
Canada Water Library, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, SE16 7AR To book tickets: 0207 525 2931 www.canadawatertheatre.org.uk |
13th Dec 2022 - 31st Dec 2022 |
Sheffield Theatres Crucible Studio |
Sheffield Theatres, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA To book tickets: 0114 249 6000 www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk |
Creative Team

Director- Eleanor Manners
Eleanor Manners is a Theatre Maker, Voice & Dialect Coach and facilitator, having graduated from The Arden School of Theatre, Birmingham Conservatoire and Rose Bruford she now works nationally in theatre across the UK. As a Theatre Maker she was an Associate Director on The Wizard of Oz at Leeds Playhouse, Assistant Director on Searching for the Heart of Leeds and is currently part of the RTYDS New Directions programme.
Eleanor also works as voice & dialect coach on productions at theatres including The Royal Court, The Bridge, Talawa Theatre, Young Vic and The National Theatre. Eleanor Has always had participation work at her core starting initially working with young people and is a member of the award winning Creative Engagement department at Leeds Playhouse as their Associate Participation Practitioner.
Lighting Designer- Callum Macdonald

Music Composer- Tayo Akinbode

Production Manager- Danielle Harris

Set & Costumer Designer- Warda Abbasi

Movement Director- Sundeep Saini
Sundeep is a movement director & choreographer passionate about driving narrative through physicality & immersive performance. As a parent to two young children she is committed to making excellent theatre for young audiences and their families.
Sundeep’s has recently worked on the immersive open air production of “Squad Goals” at Dagenham & Redbridge FC. She was the Movement Director and choreographer on the National Theatre’s Public Acts production of “As You Like It” and has worked for many regional theatres including Watford Palace Theatre, Queens Theatre Hornchurch and The New Wolsey.

Writer- Joseph Coelho

Wendy Harris
Artistic Director, Chair of PYA England
I have held the position of Artistic Director at tutti frutti since 2005 and have directed all but one production in partnership with York Theatre Royal, touring nationally and internationally and co-producing the Little Feet Festival of Children’s Theatre and the First Words writers’ development programme
Before working with tutti frutti I was Artistic Director of Red Ladder Theatre Company, and previous to this; Merseyside Young People’s Theatre Company in Liverpool. Over the years as a freelance director work has included; Everyman Theatre Liverpool, Crucible Theatre Sheffield, Hope Street Ltd, Oxford Stage Company, Unity Theatre Liverpool, European Stage Company, Theatre Royal Stratford East, and Contact Theatre Manchester. I currently live in Leeds with my partner Mark and two sons Louie and Eliot.
Touring Team

Calum Clark
Technical Stage Manager adventuring with tutti frutti for the second time. Other recent escapades include Slung Low's Fairy Portal Camp (RSC), The White Whale (Leeds Dock), 59 Minutes To Save Christmas (Sheffield Theatres) and Emergency Story Penguin (UK Tour).
Calum was the company stage manager for Prime Theatre/Bolton Octagon's 2016 tour of The Macbeth Curse by Terry Deary and has toured extensively with Red Ladder and Phoenix Dance Theatre, Leeds.
He is a graduate in Fine Art from Staffordshire University and co-founder of street theatre troupe Artemis Productions UK, Liverpool.
