5 Apr 2014 - 14 Jun 2014

Monday’s Child

by Brendan Murray

With a magical mix of music, movement and beautiful design, Monday’s Child has been made especially for children aged 3-7 years, their families and teachers.

Join us for a funny, tender exploration of worlds old and new.

 

Monday’s Child tells a simple poetic story of the unique bond between a grandmother and a little girl.  We share the delights and surprises of the respective stages of their lives: discoveries, memories, imaginings…

Together they love to sing and dress up, and are often oblivious of the challenges that the real world throws at them. The little girl delights in discovering her world and loves learning new things – how to count, the different colours and the simplicities of abc and 123.

Written by award-winning writer Brendan Murray (Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, Best Children’s Play 2012), and with live music and dance, this imaginative dream-like yet funny story explores how we learn, remember, grow old and cope with new challenges.

‘Tutti Frutti is one of our most consistently inventive and unpredictable young people’s theatre companies’
– The Guardian

‘Tutti Frutti, having already established itself as one of the country’s leading children’s theatre companies, has truly excelled with this piece.’
– Morning Star

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Creative Team

Brendan Murray

In 2001 Brendan won The Brian Way Award and in 2009 The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Play: Children & Young People. He was the Visiting Gulbenkian Fellow at King's College Hospital (2002-03) and artistic director of Oxfordshire (Touring) Theatre Company from 2003 to 2008.

Dominic Sales

Composer

Dom loves writing music, playing music, recording music and listening to music. He has written music for lots of different people, from Atomic Kitten to Opera North and the BBC to a feature film starring John Rhys-Davies. Dom is director/producer for the record label Jellymould Jazz and also plays the triangle.

Catherine Chapman

Set and Costume Designer

Catherine has been a freelance designer for fifteen years. Her designs have travelled the world with audiences seeing her work in Toyko, New York and Kong Hong. She first worked with Tutti Frutti in 2005 and over the years has designed many shows for the company including Ugly Duckling, Rapunzel, Hare and Tortoise, Monday’s Child, and The Princess and The Pea.

Wendy Harris

Artistic Director, Chair of PYA England

Wendy has held the position of artistic director at Tutti Frutti since 2005, touring nationally and internationally, co-producing the Little Feet Festival of Children’s Theatre, and leading on the development programmes and arts engagement work.

Touring Team

Erika Poole

Over the years Erika’s acting roles have been many and varied, though predominantly in theatre and often for children. Erika also appears on the Cartoonito Channel in the BAFTA nominated children’s programme Ha! Ha! Hairies in which she plays the eccentric Nanna Ha! Ha! She will be on your screens in series five of ‘Grandpa in my Pocket’ as Wanda Whoops on CBeebies.

Josie Cerise

Theatre credits include The Gruffalo: West End/UK Tour, Room on the Broom: Sydney Opera House/Australian Tour and My Brother the Robot: Poland/UK (Tall Stories), The Prince and the Penguin (Northern Stage), 4Play (NTC), Sward! (Blaize Theatre Company), Bleak Expectations and Coral (Nuffield Theatre Company).

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We create shows especially for children aged 3+ and their families and carers

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