A fairytale double-bill: Being a guest of the Prospero Theatre

I've been intending to watch a performance of the Prospero Theatre for quite a while, and glad I have finally found the time on this sunny but bitingly cold Friday. Prospero Theatre's intention to create and deliver "Exceptional art that speaks with the Voice of an Inclusive Society" has been shared on many summer and … Continue reading A fairytale double-bill: Being a guest of the Prospero Theatre

The girls have spoken: Five stars for The Snow Queen at the Polka Theatre

As a lifelong Hans-Christian Andersen listener and reader, I am keen to join as many stage interpretations of my favourite fairy tale as I can, and am therefore very excited to visit Wimbledon's Polka Theatre for the first time. It is a venue dedicated to productions for children which has been based here since 1979. … Continue reading The girls have spoken: Five stars for The Snow Queen at the Polka Theatre

A London Dreamtime: The Snow Queen at the Union Chapel in Islington

Constantly yearning for more dramatizations of Hans Christian Andersen’s oeuvre, I am blocking my calendar immediately when hearing that the London Dreamtime / Cunning Folk bunch does a personal favourite of his literary fairy tales, The Snow Queen. I have been to storytelling events by Vanessa Woolf and George Hoyle before; an evening walk by … Continue reading A London Dreamtime: The Snow Queen at the Union Chapel in Islington