27 Sep 2018 - 31 Dec 2018

Snow Queen

by Mike Kenny

Join us on our winter journey about friendship, loyalty and the dangers of the unknown.

 

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?

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.

‘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

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Tour Dates

Previous Dates

27 Sep 2018
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13 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

York Theatre Royal
14 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Ilkley Literature Festival
15 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Harehills School, Shine Building, Leeds
17 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Seacroft Grange Primary School, Leeds
18 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Moorside Primary School
20 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Wilsden Village Hall
21 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham
22 Oct 2018
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23 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Farnham Maltings
24 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Uckfield Civic Centre
27 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Junction Goole
28 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Huntley Village Hall
29 Oct 2018

Snow Queen

Redbridge Drama Centre
2 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Tarvin Community Centre
3 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Worleston Village Hall
4 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Aberystwyth Arts Centre
14 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Seven Arts, Leeds
15 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Thornton Dale Primary, Pickering
16 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Kings Theatre
17 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

The Citadel Arts Centre
18 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Cambridge Junction
20 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Spalding Parish Church of England Day School
21 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School
23 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Sheepscombe Village Hall
25 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

artsdepot
27 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Green Lane Primary Academy
28 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Beechwood Primary School
29 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Otley Courthouse
30 Nov 2018

Snow Queen

Tintwistle Primary School
1 Dec 2018

Snow Queen

Skipton Town Hall
3 Dec 2018
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8 Dec 2018

Snow Queen

Bush Theatre
11 Dec 2018
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30 Dec 2018

Snow Queen

The Point

Creative Team

Holly Irving

Movement Director Holly is a performer, teacher and movement director. Holly has always been passionate about how dance and theatre can be used to educate, inspire, and entertain a diverse range of audiences. Credits include: Open Clasp Theatre Company's Key Change (Best of Edinburgh Award, Fringe 2015), and Take Off Festival Scratch Artist 2015.

Ivan Stott

Composer 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.

Kate Bunce

Set & Costume Designer Kate has designed shows for The New Vic, Birmingham Rep, MAC, Pentabus, Birmingham Symphony Hall, BAC, Polka Theatre and Northampton Royal, Tutti Frutti and Derngate. Kate has also held prop and assistant design roles for The National Theatre, BBC, RSC and Almeida.

Mike Kenny

Writer

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 internationally. Mike won the 2015 Writers' Guild Award for Best Play for Younger Audiences with Three Wise Monkeys.

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

Kirsty Smith

Kirsty is a Nottingham-based freelance stage manager. Kirsty has many years of professional experience within the theatre industry spreading out across the UK. She has toured with multiple different children's shows including The Boy Who Bit Picasso, Getting dressed, Mirror, Mirror and Tutti Frutti shows Keepy Uppy and The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

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.

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 has appeared in various adverts Boots, Wrigley's, McDonald's to name a few.

Hannah Victoria

Hannah’s theatrical performances include Gerda in Snow Queen, The Little Mix Tribute Show, and the UK and international tour of Madagascar. 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.

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