tutti frutti productions and York Theatre Royal present
Snow Queen
by Mike Kenny
A one hour show for children aged 3+ and their families. Perfect for weekend, half term and twilight family shows or for school performances.
Touring from Sunday 14 October – Monday 31 December 2018
Kai and Gerda had been friends for as long as they could remember,
Day followed day,
Always the same,
Until in a whirl of magic and deception, splinters of a magical broken mirror blow in the wind, freezing hearts and changing everything! As Kai is pulled under the spell of the powerful snow queen of ice and coldness, we follow Gerda’s quest to save her friend and return life to normal.
Can things ever be the same again?
Join us next autumn on our winter journey about friendship, loyalty and the dangers of the unknown.
Mike Kenny has taken Hans Christian Andersen’s most highly acclaimed story and simplified it into a tale for the young. Ivan Stott returns to tutti frutti (Underneath a Magical Moon) to create memorable music and songs accompanied by a typically beautiful tutti frutti design.
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.
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Tour Dates
Date & Time | Venue | Address |
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27th Sep 2018 - 13th Oct 2018 |
York Theatre Royal |
St Leonards Place, York, YO1 7HD To book tickets: 01904 623 568 Visiting family information is here. www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk |
14th Oct 2018 1.00; 3.00 |
Ilkley Literature Festival |
To book tickets: 01943 816714 www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk |
15th Oct 2018 |
Shine |
Closed schools performance |
17th Oct 2018 |
Seacroft Grange Primary School |
Closed schools performance |
18th Oct 2018 |
Moorside Primary School |
Closed schools performance |
20th Oct 2018 5.00 |
Wilsden Village Hall |
Townfield, Wilsden, Wilsden, Bradford BD15 0HT To book tickets: 01535 272786 www.wilsdenvillagehall.co.uk |
21st Oct 2018 1.00; 3.30 |
Lakeside Arts |
University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD To book tickets: 0115 846 7777 www.lakesidearts.org.uk Visiting family information is here. |
22nd Oct 2018 - 23rd Oct 2018 |
Farnham Maltings |
Bridge Square, Farnham, GU9 7QR To book tickets: 01252 745444 www.farnhammaltings.com |
24th Oct 2018 11.00; 2.30 |
Uckfield Civic Centre |
Uckfield, TN22 1AE To book tickets: 01825 769694 www.civiccentreuckfield.com |
27th Oct 2018 2.00 |
Junction |
Paradise Place, Goole, DN14 5DL To book tickets: 01405 763652 www.junctiongoole.co.uk |
28th Oct 2018 |
Huntley Village Hall, Air in G |
North Rd, Huntley, Gloucester, GL19 3DU |
29th Oct 2018 1.30; 5.00 |
Redbridge Drama Centre |
London Borough of Redbridge, Churchfields, South Woodford, London E18 2RB To book tickets: 0208 708 8803 Visiting family information is here. www.redbridgedramacentre.co.uk |
1st Nov 2018 |
Bowling Park Primary |
Closed school performance |
2nd Nov 2018 6.00 |
Tarvin Community Centre, Cheshire Rural Touring Arts |
Meadow Cl, Tarvin, Chester CH3 8LY To book tickets: 01829 741962 or https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/533874
www.tarvincommunitycentre.org |
3rd Nov 2018 6.00 |
Worleston Village Hall, Cheshire Rural Touring Arts |
Main Road, Worleston, Nantwich, CW5 6DN To book tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/556152 |
4th Nov 2018 2.00 |
Aberystwyth Arts Centre |
Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DE To book tickets: 01970 623232 www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/ |
14th Nov 2018 |
Seven Artspace |
Closed performance |
15th Nov 2018 |
Thornton Dale Primary School |
Closed school performance |
17th Nov 2018 12.00; 2.30 |
The Citadel Arts Centre |
Waterloo Street, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1PX To book tickets: 01744 735436 https://www.citadel.org.uk |
18th Nov 2018 11.30; 2.30 |
Cambridge Junction |
Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7GX To book tickets: 01223 511511 www.junction.co.uk
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20th Nov 2018 |
Spalding Parish Church of England Day School |
Closed school performance |
21st Nov 2018 |
Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School |
Closed school performance |
23rd Nov 2018 |
Friends of Sheepscombe Primary, Air in G |
Sheepscombe County Primary School, Far End Cottages, Far End, GL6 7RL |
25th Nov 2018 11.00; 2.00 |
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. |
27th Nov 2018 |
Green Lane Primary Academy |
Closed school performance |
28th Nov 2018 |
Beechwood Primary School |
Closed school performance |
29th Nov 2018 10.45: 1.30 |
Otley Courthouse |
Courthouse Street, Otley, LS21 3AN To book tickets: 01943 467216 www.otleycourthouse.org.uk |
30th Nov 2018 |
Tintwistle Primary School |
Closed school performance |
3rd Dec 2018 - 08 December 2018 |
Bush Theatre |
7 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 8LJ To book tickets: 020 8743 5050 www.bushtheatre.co.uk |
11th Dec 2018 - 30th Dec 2018 |
The Point |
Leigh Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9DE To book tickets: 0238 0652333 Visiting family information is here. www.thepointeastleigh.co.uk |
Schools Activities
Snow Queen Story Board
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Holly Irving
Holly is an experienced performer, teacher and movement director. Holly has always been passionate about how dance and theatre can be used to educate, inspire, rehabilitate as well as entertain a diverse range of audiences.
After graduating from The Northern School of Contemporary Dance Holly sought to use her skills to promote the amazing possibilities in dance. She went on to work in hospitals, prisons, secure training units, specialist school and with refugees and migrants. Some of Holly’s credits include: Open clasp Theatre Company ‘Key Change’ (Best of Edinburgh Award, Fringe 2015), and Take Off Festival Scratch artist 2015.

Ivan Stott
Ivan has worked professionally in Theatre for 30 years as a Composer, Musician, MD, Sound Designer, Actor and Workshop Facilitator. He has created work for children and young people with some of the best children's companies and theatres across the UK and is recognised as a leading artist in this field. He is also Artistic Director of Hiccup Theatre, a small scale Company making work for young audiences which tours the UK.
Ivan has worked for Derby Theatre, National Children's Theatre of South Africa, The Young Vic, The West Yorkshire Playhouse, Octagon Bolton, Graeae, Polka Children's Theatre, Pilot Theatre Company, Contact, Theatre Centre, Half Moon Young People's Theatre, Dundee Rep, York Theatre Royal, and Red Ladder amongst many others. International projects include Visiting Grandad (Japan) 2002 and Musician in Residence at the Phalsbourg Festival (France) 1997. Ivan trained with Gypsy Musicians and ran workshops in Bucharest and Baccau (Romania) in 1993 and composed and sound designed the first European tour of John Godber's Teechers in 1992.
Ivan’s TV work includes Over to the East (Channel 4) BUG (BBC1 Millennium Eve) and for BBC Radio 4, Ivan composed the music for Wimmy Road and the Sony Award Nominated Blast.

Kate Bunce
Kate designed Michael Morpurgo’s ‘I believe in Unicorns’ for ‘Wizard Presents’. The show premiered at Edinburgh Festival and following a national tour enjoyed great success in the West End 2014/15.
Kate has recently worked with Tutti Frutti designing the ‘SnowChild’ and 'Wild’.
Kate has also worked as a Design lecturer for The Royal College of Art, Central School of Speech and Drama and held prop and assistant design roles for The National theatre, BBC, RSC and Almeida. She trained at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design - MA Scenography and a first class BA Hons in Theatre Design.
Kate lives in St Albans with her partner Jon and two children.

Mike Kenny
Mike Kenny is one of England’s leading writers specialising in young people’s theatre. He was included in the Independent on Sunday’s list of Top Ten Living Playwrights and his plays are performed regularly throughout the UK and all over the world. His Olivier Award-winning adaptation of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN for York Theatre Royal, has had several successful revivals at Waterloo and Kings Cross stations, as well as at the National Railway Museum. In Canada it won the People’s Choice Award following its record-breaking run in Toronto. Mike won the 2015 Writers Guild Award for Best Play for Younger Audiences with THREE WISE MONKEYS and the DeutscherKindertheaterpreis in 2012 with ELECTRIC DARKNESS. In July 2013, Mike was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Nottingham for his work in theatre for young people.
Mike’s recent productions include Batley Variations, a community opera for Batley, and Random Selfies for Ovalhouse, London (Nominated for an Off West End Award) His play The Vulture Song was a co production between Blah Blah Blah in Leeds and Yellowcat, in Delhi. Last Year he wrote This is Not For You, working with Graeae and Forces Veterans on a large outdoor piece inspired by the disabled of the First World War. This was a 14-18-Now commission.

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

Hannah Victoria
Hannah Victoria is delighted once again to be working with tutti frutti productions, after landing the role of Ivy in Sweet Dreams by Mike Kenny.
Hannah’s theatrical performances include Gerda in Snow Queen and shortly after joined The Little Mix Tribute Show. She has recently just finished the UK and international tour of Madagascar The Musical as Gloria The Hippo.
Whilst in training she was cast as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act and Crystal Gordon in Bad Girls, The Musical. Hannah graduated from Edge Hill University in 2018 with a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre. She would like to thank her family for their support and encouragement. Twitter @HannahVictor1a.

Joanne Sandi
Joanne Sandi trained as a dancer at the North London Dance School. She started her career as a backing dancer appearing on MTV Base and T4. She then went on to dance in various shows and appeared as a dancer in the Movie Mama Mia.
She performed in one of her very first Shows at Stratford East Theatre Royal (Da Boyz) followed by (Mad Blud) and then (Home Theatre) and Last year played the lead role as Rapunzel in their Panto. She has appeared in various adverts Boots, Wrigley's, McDonald's to name a few and her favourite playing Tina Turner in an advert for Swiss com alongside Tina herself.
She played the best friend in (Soul Sister) which was a musical based on Tina Turner's Life story at Hackney Empire, which was later transferred over to The Savoy Theatre and then went on a UK Tour.
Joanne is excited to be a part of the cast of Snow Queen and very happy to be performing in her very first show with Tutti Frutti.
Kirsty Smith

Mitchel Wolfe
Mitchel recently graduated with a BA (Hons) in Acting from ALRA North and also trained in Musical Theatre at the Jill Clewes Academy for Theatre Arts.
During his training he appeared in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Iphigenia, Game and Growth.
Mitchel is very excited to be making his professional debut with Tutti Frutti.
Take your children to see this show, they will engage with the themes at whatever level they are ready for, and any conversations that are opened up because of it will make you and your children better, more empathetic humans. Arts York
Theatre which aims to engage children from the age of three years old has a difficult task but the director Wendy Harris accomplishes this by never condescending to her audience. It is fresh and contemporary from the disco dancing flowers to the volatile robber girl. York Mix
Snow Queen is a magical, transporting show that appreciates the power of good storytelling. British Theatre Guide
The talented cast of three do the job of many more, bringing a moving and funny script to life with costume changes galore, physical comedy and wonderful original songs. Little Vikings
The cast all perform with great sensitivity and assurance throughout, and the friendship between Kai and Gerda is –quite literally – heartwarming. Arts York