tutti frutti presents a one hour show for all sleepyheads aged 3+ and their families
Leave the ordinary behind and step into a place of wonder;
Snuggle down in a place of still, silent sleepy slumber, a place just for you…
Every night bedtime comes around, but tonight Ivy cannot sleep. When she and her favourite toy rabbit, Bun Bun, find themselves alone on the moon, sleeping is not so easy. The moon can be a funny place. It has two sides and one big face. Ivy tries her best to sleep but she just can’t!
It’s too dark! The stars are too bright!
The earth sounds are too noisy! And now the galaxy is too quiet to sleep!
Join Ivy and Bun Bun as they try to find a place to sleep that is just right. If you can’t sleep, won’t sleep or love to sleep there is something in this show for you. With sublime music, songs and beautiful design, tutti frutti invites you to their new show made of dreams.
Tutti frutti has dreamed up this new play about the wonders and benefits of sleep with partners The Sleep Charity and Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. This magical new show is underpinned with research about sleep behaviours in children and families and there is helpful information available after every show. Funded by the Wellcome Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation.



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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15th May 2021 10.00; 1.00 |
Leeds Playhouse |
Playhouse Square, Leeds LS2 7UP To book tickets: 0113 213 7700 https://leedsplayhouse.org.uk/ |
16th May 2021 1.00; 3.30 |
Gala Theatre |
1 Millennium Place, Durham DH1 1WA To book tickets: 0300 026 6600 www.galadurham.co.uk |
17th May 2021 |
Shine |
Closed schools performance |
19th May 2021 |
Pickering Infant and Nursery School |
Closed school performance |
20th May 2021 |
Burley St Matthias CE Primary School |
Closed school performance |
22nd May 2021 |
The Spark Arts for Children |
Beeston Library, Nottingham |
23rd May 2021 11.30; 2.30 |
Waterside |
Waterside Plaza, Sale, M33 7ZF
To book tickets: 0161 912 5616
watersidearts.org
|
31st May 2021 11.00; 2.00 |
The Montgomery, Sheffield |
Surrey Street, Sheffield, S1 2LG To book tickets: 0114 249 6000 Visiting family information is here. www.themontgomery.org.uk |
1st Jun 2021 2.00 |
Gulbenkian Theatre |
University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NB To book tickets: 01227 769075 Visiting family information is here. http://www.thegulbenkian.co.uk/ |
3rd Jun 2021 12.00; 2.30 |
Yvonne Arnaud |
Millbrook, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3UX To book tickets: 01483 440000 www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk |
4th Jun 2021 |
The Spark Arts for Children |
The Acorn Theatre, Worksop and Mansfield Central Library |
5th Jun 2021 1.00; 3.00 |
Canada Water Culture Space |
Canada Water Library, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, SE16 7AR To book tickets: 0207 525 2931 www.canadawaterculturespace.org.uk |
6th Jun 2021 |
The Spark Arts for Children |
Southwell Library and West Bridgford Library, Nottingham |
9th Jun 2021 |
Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School |
Closed school performance |
10th Jun 2021 |
Seven Artspace |
Closed performance |
12th Jun 2021 |
The Curve, Slough |
William Street, Slough, SL1 1XY To book tickets: 01753 875533 http://www.thecurveslough.com/home/ |
13th Jun 2021 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. |
16th Jun 2021 |
Parklands Primary |
Closed school performance |
19th Jun 2021 |
Ropetackle Arts Centre |
Little High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5EG To book tickets: 01273 464440 www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk |
22nd Jun 2021 |
Moortown Primary |
Closed school performance |
23rd Jun 2021 |
Bright Beginnings Childcare Centre |
Closed performance |
24th Jun 2021 |
Bracken Edge Primary School |
Closed schools performance |
25th Jun 2021 -26 Jun 2021 |
The Big Malarkey Festival |
Creative Team

Catherine Chapman

Christella Litras

David Sappa

Dimitris Menexopoulos

Dr Dylan Yamada-Rice

Heather Elphick
Heather is Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine. Having trained at Alder Hey and Melbourne Children’s Hospitals, Heather now leads the sleep service at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, managing a comprehensive range of sleep conditions including complex sleep apnoea and narcolepsy. She was awarded the position of Professor of Child Health at Sheffield Hallam University in 2014, in recognition of her collaborative work in research and innovation.
Heather is passionate about improving sleep for children and parents and studying the mechanisms linking sleep with mental health and wellbeing. In her spare time she loves to play her clarinet in the Sheffield and Amaretti Chamber orchestras, as well as to walk and cycle with her family.

Izabela Duszenko
Izabela Duszenko is a masters student studying Information Experience Design within the School of Communication at the Royal College of Art, where we transform information and scientific research into experiences. Her current interests lie in how we communicate and interact with the inanimate world.
Her background is in Product Design, where during her final year of undergraduate studies at the University of Sussex she developed a set of educational construction toys to introduce children to the beauty of the underwater world and its species through play, to create empathy and understanding of their environment with the aim of preventing future pollution from entering our seas.

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.

Ruth Kingshott
Paediatric Sleep Physiologist
After graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Physiology from Edinburgh University, Ruth stayed on to undertake a PhD in Sleep Disorders and their effect on daytime function. Her career then took her to New Zealand to conduct further sleep research. She finally settled in Sheffield in 2002 where she works as a Paediatric Sleep Physiologist at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Ruth enjoys running and loves getting out exploring the Peak District with her family.

Sandrine Monin
After graduating from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Danse de Lyon (France), Sandrine pursued her studies in Germany as part of the European programme D.A.N.C.E and graduated from Palucca Hochschule Dresden with a Masters Degree.
As professional dancer, she worked with varied choreographers and performed for renowned companies (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Phoenix Dance Theatre) around Europe and the UK.
In parallel of her performing career, she has developed her own choreographic work, creating works on companies, youth groups and music video as well as teaching classes and workshops. She is now based in Leeds, working as a freelance dance artist and choreographer.

Vicki Dawson
Vicki is the CEO and Founder of The Children’s Sleep Charity. She set up the charity to support children to get a good night’s sleep so that they can meet their full potential. The charity has won a number of national awards and regularly appears in the media. Vicki is on the Board of British Paediatric Sleep Association and was awarded the Duke of York Community Initiative for Outstanding Leadership.
Prior to setting up the charity Vicki worked as a teacher in various roles across Yorkshire. She lives in Doncaster with her husband Nick, two sons Joe and Daniel and their various pets!

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

Bay Bryan
Bay Bryan is a performance artist based in Manchester originally hailing from the small town of Golden, Colorado (USA). Since graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow (2012) Bay has worked across the industry as an actor, singer, musician, dancer and composer.
Recently he co-composed the music to a new family musical called "The Not So Ugly Sisters," a Wrongsemble, Redladder and Leeds Playhouse production, which was set to open in April 2020 but has been postponed due to covid-19. You can find out more about what he's been up to via his website www.baybryan.co.uk.
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.
