Theatre
The Little Matchgirl and Other Happier Tales
- Artists
- Emma Rice
Emma Rice’s “exquisite” (Daily Telegraph) production comes to Bristol this Christmas following its critically acclaimed premiere at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Struggling to keep warm on the freezing winter streets, our impoverished heroine begins to strike her dwindling stock of matches. Each match she strikes conjures a new story, and while it burns she escapes into an enchanting world of magic and mystery.
Inspired by the beautiful Hans Christian Andersen tales, we follow her through the spell-binding stories of The Princess and the Pea, The Emperor’s New Clothes and Thumbelina.
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For adults and brave children alike this will be a truly remarkable theatre experience, full of music, laughter, puppetry and magic which asks us to consider the true meaning of Christmas spirit.
“Theatre to snuggle down into on a frosty night” – The Guardian
“An exquisite spell of a show…irreverent and funny” – Daily Telegraph
“A hilarious and heartbreaking collection of fairy tales” – Time Out
A Bristol Old Vic and
Shakespeare’s Globe co-production. Written and co-adapted by Joel Horwood, directed and co-adapted by Emma Rice.
Read our review here.
TIMES: 7pm (2pm matinees), 4pm 26th Dec & 1st Jan – see Tickets link below for full timings. £35.50-£7.50, ages 8+. Running time TBC.
For more info, visit bristololdvic.org.uk/the-little-matchgirl.html
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