66 The Cut
Waterloo
London
SE1 8LZ
020 7922 2922
by David Almond
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TAKE TO THE SKIES WITH THIS UPLIFTING TALE FROM DAVID ALMOND, WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC BY NEIL TENNANT AND CHRIS LOWE OF PET SHOP BOYS.
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'This year's super soaraway Christmas entertainment'
The Independent
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'Radiantly barmy and quite beautiful.'
Time Out
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'An infectious sense of fun'
Evening Standard
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'Funny and inventive... wise and moving.'
Daily Telegraph
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The Guardian / Sunday Times / Sunday Express
Everyone is in a twitter – the Great Human Bird Competition is coming to town! Lizzie and Jackie have been building their nest and are preparing for take off. But Auntie Doreen disapproves and is out to bring some order back to No.2 Lark Rise!
Will the dynamic father and daughter duo get a chance to fly, or will sums, dumplings and headmasters get in their way?
With original music including 'The Dumpling Song' by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys, this enchanting play for under-10s will warm the hearts of everyone this Christmas.
David Almond, author of the best selling books Skellig and Kit’s Wilderness, is the 2010 winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal and twice winner of the Whitbread Children’s Book Award.
‘Each Christmas the Young Vic produces one of the most glowing and inventive shows of the year.’
The Observer
'How My Dad's a Birdman (and my imagination) took flight' by David Almond.
David Almond wins the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Medal. Read The Guardian's article.
Direction Oliver Mears
Design Giles Cadle
Light Giuseppe di Iorio
Music Neil Tennant and Chis Lowe
Sound Gregory Clarke
Musical Direction, Arrangement & Keyboards Phil Bateman
Movement Direction Anna Morrisey
Casting Julia Horan CDG
Dialect Julia Wilson-Dickson
Assistant Director Sandra Maturana
Dad David Annen
Mr Mint Paul Bentall
Mr Poop Sam Cox
Lizzie Charlie Sanderson
Aunt Doreen Tracey Wilkinson
Percussion Gregory Pringle
