A Shakespeare’s Globe and Bristol Old Vic Co-Production
The Little Matchgirl (and Other Happier Tales)
From the Story by Hans Christian Andersen and Other Storytellers
Tuesday 20-Saturday 24 February
The Lyric
Emma Rice’s ‘exquisite’ (Daily Telegraph) production comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth following its critically acclaimed premiere at Shakespeare’s Globe.
As our destitute heroine struggles to survive, she strikes her matches to keep warm. Each match will conjure a new story, a new vision, and we will hold her hand as we tumble down the rabbit hole together. Inspired by the beautiful and devastatingly sad Hans Christian Andersen tale, The Little Match Girl, and combining Andersen’s other tales, The Princess and the Pea, The Emperor’s New Clothes and Thumbelina, The Little Matchgirl (and Other Happier Tales) reveals a spellbinding world of magic and mystery.
Steeped in the metaphor and meaning that runs through the veins of Andersen’s enduring stories, this will be a night to delight, transport and surprise. For adults and brave children alike, expect music, puppetry, dark magic… and perhaps some modern truths that we would all rather remain hidden.
An out-and-out triumph. Endlessly inventive, gloriously silly,- WhatsOnStage
Theatre to snuggle down into on a frosty night.- The Guardian
__She drew out a match – ‘Scratch!’ How it sputtered as it burnt! It gave a warm, bright light, like a little candle, as she held her freezing hand over it. It was really a wonderful light.
Age Guidance: For adults and families with children aged 9+
For more information see:
https://www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2018/the-little-matchgirl-and-other-happier-tales/