Christmas 2005 - A Christmas Tale

DECEMBER 2005

 

 

A Christmas Tale

Hans Christian Andersen

 

Artistic Director: Robert Rae                 Assistant Director: Nabil Shaban

 

DECEMBER 5-31 2005

 

Journey back in time to a Victorian era, that Theatre Workshop captures so magnificently this Christmas.

 

 

Theatre Workshop brings the wonder of Hans Christian Andersen to life this Christmas in celebration of his bicentenary this year. Travel back in time to the 19th Century as the master storyteller weaves his magic behind the scenes of the magnificent Royal Opera House in Copenhagen.

 

A Christmas Tale is a miraculous alchemy of four of Andersen’s best-loved tales, The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Nightingale and The Little Match Girl. This sparkling Theatre Workshop production is guaranteed to captivate and enthral audiences from three to ninety-three.

 

Take a romantic look behind the curtains of a Victorian theatre and discover the inspiration for these children’s classics as this mesmerising play-within-a-play unfolds. See how Andersen’s unrequited love for the beautiful opera singer Jenny Lind shaped these mythic tales that have enchanted children and adults alike for the past two hundred years.

 

 

Cast

 

 

Jenny Lind                                                            Marnie Baxter

 

Hannah                                                                  Dolina Maclennan

 

Carl                                                                        Nathan Young

 

Martinus Martinus Jnr                                     Robert Softley

 

Henriette “Jette” Wulf                                      Sarah Caltieri

 

Niels                                                                      Tim O’Leary

 

The Matchgirl                                                      Emily Baxter       

                                                                                Anna Kennedy

Jenni Young

 

Dramaturg: Robyn Hunt, Design: Janis Hart, Costume: Christine Ross, Music: Tim O’Leary & Daniel Williams, Animation: Sacha Kahir.

 

A Christmas Tale Hans Christian Andersen opens at the Theatre Workshop in Edinburgh on Monday December 5 at 7:30pm with a special benefit performance in aid of The Waverley Care Trust for World Aids Day.

 

Signed performance Saturday December 10 at 7:30pm.

Audio described performance Thursday December 22 at 7:30pm

 

Notes to editors:

 

The Theatre Workshop

 

·        Is an inclusive producing theatre led by a strong artistic vision to represent the voices on the margins of society

 

·        Has a commitment to high artistic values, the social model of disability and social inclusion

 

·        Adopted the social model of disability in 2000 

 

Theatre Workshop aims to produce theatre that is well crafted, moving, challenging, beautiful, accessible and honest. We believe that theatre has the potential to change the lives of the people who make it and the people who watch it. Our theatre-making is not a commercial exchange but the sharing and offering of social, political and cultural insights which can empower individuals to change themselves and the world around them.

 

Further information or to arrange interviews contact;

 Hugo Fluendy

Press Officer

Theatre Workshop Edinburgh

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