21 November 2017
Newsdesk
This Christmas, following a highly acclaimed UK and Russian tour and a sold-out run at Pegasus Theatre, Paper Balloon’s Once Upon a Snowflake will be coming to Chelsea Theatre. Using a captivating blend of shadow puppetry, storytelling and enchanting original songs from Darren Clark (The Scarecrow's Wedding), this funny, quirky and different show follows the journey of missing Liza and the Winter Sprites.
Evoking a unique Anglo-Russian aesthetic and spritely mayhem, audiences will get the chance to get involved in the story and help Liza on her quest – helping to choose how her adventure will end!
It’s winter and Liza has disappeared. No-one knows where she can be but one thing’s clear, those mysterious Winter Sprites have something to do with it. Every winter, these tiny elf-like creatures can be found hiding in pockets, shoes and sock drawers, watching everything and hearing everyone.
Follow Liza into a colourful whirlwind of stories and adventure, led by a tiny Sprite with a fascination for snowflakes. But how are they connected with Liza’s disappearance? Can they help to find her? And what is inside the mysterious Winter Sprite’s strange suitcase?
Once Upon a Snowflake has been developed in collaboration with award-winning Russian Theatre Director Maria Litvinova (Theatre Trikster).
Artistic Associate of Chelsea Theatre, Bertie Taylor-Smith, comments, At the Chelsea Theatre our Christmas show is the highlight and the most anticipated show of the year. This year we have taken it up a notch with Once Upon A Snowflake, with its quirky and unique folklore feel and shadow puppetry, it is the perfect winter outing for the whole family. We cannot wait to share this weird and wonderful show with you all.
A festive delight to inspire young minds (Tim Hughes, The Oxford Times)
Performance Dates Thursday 30th November – Friday 22nd December
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10am & 2pm
Wednesday, 2.30pm
Saturday and Sunday, 2.30pm & 5.30pm
Additional 10am performance on 20th December
Running time 70 minutes
Age Guidance Ages 3+
Twitter @chelseatheatre, #snowflakeplay
Devised by Paper Balloon
Director Maria Litvinova
Musician/composer/lyricist Darren Clark
Movement Director Karl Sullivan
Designer Nomi Everall
Costume Olga and Elena Bekritskaya
Cast Dorie Kinnear
Joseph Hardy
Alex Kanefsky
Location Chelsea Theatre, 7 World's End Place, King's Road, London SW10 0DR, www.chelseatheatre.org.uk.
How to get there The nearest underground stations are Sloane Square and Earl’s Court. The nearest rail station is Imperial Warf.
Box Office Tickets are available priced £12 (£10 Concessions, £9 Children under 12). Available from Chelsea Theatre Box Office and www.chelseatheatre.org.uk or 020 7352 1967
