18 May 2019 - 13 Jul 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

by Brendan Murray

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine is a charming new play about two friends who learn to communicate about their feelings. Award winning writer Brendan Murray collaborates with Tutti Frutti again to bring you a show full of beautiful multi-coloured delights, for children to think about, be inspired by and enjoy.

 

Yoshi and Hani are as different as chalk is to cheese:

One big, one small

One noisy, one quiet

Side by side they play by the blue sea, run through the green fields and dance in the yellow sunshine. But one day the sky turns grey and everything starts to change…

Will the sun ever come out again?

This is a BSL (British Sign Language) integrated show, for both deaf and hearing audiences to enjoy. There are three actors in the piece who tell the story of two friends: Yoshi (who communicates through BSL), Hani (who communicates though spoken word), and Kite/Magpie (who communicates through dance).

‘Where this production succeeds is in its seamless integration of the British Sign Language that Yoshi uses throughout. It’s a lesson in how accessibility can be embedded in the creative process, as well as how – with minimal fuss or fanfare – children can be introduced to different forms of communication’
– The Guardian

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Tour Dates

Previous Dates

18 May 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

The Carriageworks
21 May 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Clifton Green Primary School
22 May 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Lawns Park Primary School
23 May 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Burley St Matthais CE Primary School
24 May 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Harehills School, Shine Building, Leeds
28 May 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Astley Cheetham Art Gallery
29 May 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Birdhouse Theatre Festival
31 May 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

The Grand Venue
2 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

The venue MK
12 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

St Andrew’s C of E Primary
13 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Seven Arts, Leeds
14 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Pickering Infant and Nursery School
15 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Old Town Hall
16 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

artsdepot
19 Jun 2019
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22 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

York Theatre Royal
24 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Stannington Infant School
25 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Swarcliffe Primary School
26 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

The Big Malarkey Festival
27 Jun 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Morley Newlands Academy
2 Jul 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Thorpe Primary School
6 Jul 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Curve
8 Jul 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Spalding Parish Church of England Day School
9 Jul 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Hillcrest Academy
10 Jul 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Ryecroft Academy
11 Jul 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School
13 Jul 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Waterside Arts Centre
14 Jul 2019

Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine

Henley Festival

Creative Team

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.

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.

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.

Christella Litras

Musical Director

Christella Litras is a songwriter, musician, composer, vocal arranger, record producer, creative support officer (Leeds Playhouse) and founding member of Caution Collective. She composed the musical score for Windrush: Movement of the People by Phoenix Dance Theatre, which celebrated the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush.

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.

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.

Connor Bryson

Connor graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2018, part of the inaugural class of the BA Performance in British Sign Language and English. Since then, he has been a BSL advisor for the hit BBC Comedy Two Doors Down, working with Joy McAvoy and Sophie Stone.

Phoebe Stapleton

Graduated from East 15 Acting School in 2017 and gained a BA (HONS) in Contemporary Theatre. Previous credits: Lead children’s presenter on Let’s Get Active! A children’s TV show in China, Laura Turner. Hani, UK Tour - Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine, Wendy Harris, Tutti Frutti. Maurice, LORD OF THE FLIES, Ricky Dukes, at Greenwich Theatre.

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