THE HAPPY PRINCE

ON TOUR FROM AUTUMN 2009 UNTIL SUMMER 2010

"super, wonderful, exquisite, absorbing - you name it, you were it"

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Written for his children and first published in 1888, Oscar Wilde's haunting tale of friendship

and self-sacrifice is magically brought to life in this superb adaptation.

Beautifully costumed half life size rod puppets are operated in full view of the audience,

on an imaginative setting created out of giant books.

delicate shadow sequences add a dreamlike quality to this heartwarming

piece as it moves through gentle humour and pathos to a touching climax

"it isn't often that 4-11 year olds are all engrossed at the same time - well done!"

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