Details

A fairy-tale treat for families, Hans Christian Andersen's classic children's tale of adventure, friendship and bravery. Once, a wicked goblin made an evil mirror. When you looked into it, everything good and beautiful appeared worthless and bad. Then, the mirror was broken into a million pieces. Some got into people's eyes and, for them, the world became an ugly place. Even worse, some got into people's hearts and turned them into lumps of ice. That's what happens to Kai. Now he isn't happy with his home, his grandmother or his best friend, Gerda. He flies away to live with the Snow Queen in her icy palace far away in Lapland. Heartbroken, Gerda sets off alone across the wide world to find him, helped by the little robber girl, the crow and the reindeer.

Cast/Performers

Garth Bardsley (narrator), Janine Birkett (Snow Queen), Gregor Henderson-Begg (Kai), Julie Jupp (Grandmother), Hannah Kimpton (Little Robber Girl), Clive Llewellyn (Big Troll), Mess Mawle (Gerda), Kate Webster (Princess), Natalie Hall, Joe Mellor, Phillipa Higginson, Rosie Hampton, Hannah Phillips, Matt Waller, Lizzie Strange, Megan Shaw

Creatives/Company

Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Company: New Vic Productions
Adapted by: Nick Stafford
Director(s): Chris Monks, Ashley Thompson (music)
Design: Lis Evans
Choreographer: Beverley Edmunds
Lighting: Jo Dawson
Sound: James Earls-Davis