'Grotesque fun and heart felt intensity’
– London Lite
'Powerful and inventive'
– Three Weeks
'Criminally Funny. Totally faultless drama'
– Remotegoat
'Dark, funny and aesthetically stunning'
– Time Out
New Wimbledon Studio
10 December 2008 - 11 January 2009
When little boy Kay is stolen away by the wicked Snow Queen, fearless friend Gerda will stop at nothing to rescue her playmate...
Finger in the Pie combine the magical allure of the original story with an earthy sense of humour and bold characterisation. Expect extreme physicality, Mask, puppetry and songs combined to create a magical world of frozen wastes, enchanted gardens, robber queens, talking reindeer, beautiful princesses and a small girl’s quest to save her friend. The perfect treat for both children and adults on a wintry night.
‘Beautiful sequences of near-silent physical performance... the company achieve some wonders on a shoestring: spiky gothic vistas conjured by a puppet witch, snowflakes hanging eerily in the air, a breathless reindeer ride across the snows of Lapland, and Gerda’s pilgrimage through frozen mountains accompanied by the keening strains of the harmonium’ – London Theatre Blog
Songs from the Snow Queen Journey Over the Ice Floes by Isabel Nelson Bac's Journey by Isabel Nelson The Snow Queen Song by Isabel Nelson The Flower Lady Song by Tara Siddall The Spring Song by Tara Siddall |
Cast and Crew
Alice Fernbank Snow Queen / Robber Girl
Robin Guiver Kay / Bac
Ana Mirtha Gutiérrez Gerda
Tara Siddall Grandma / Flowerlady / Raven
Director - Alexander Parsonage
Musical Director - Isabel Nelson
Costume Designer - Suncana Dulic
Lighting Design - Sean Goodman
Technicians - Adrian Atkinson, Jessica Mullins
Project Manager - Laura Bridges
Voice-Over - Sandi Toksvig
Script devised by the company
Music by Isabel Nelson and Tara Siddall
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