Beasts And Beauties - Hampstead Theatre
Pro reviewers average
2013-05-25
Garlanded with truly extravagant critical acclaim - and clearly the public’s favourite - the family show of 2010 returns for a much extended season in 2011 to meet public demand.
Grisly and gruesome, hilarious and hair-raisingly funny, Hampstead The...
Garlanded with truly extravagant critical acclaim - and clearly the public’s favourite - the family show of 2010 returns for a much extended season in 2011 to meet public demand.
Grisly and gruesome, hilarious and hair-raisingly funny, Hampstead Theatre's festive treat brings you Brothers Grimm and European fairy tales to make you laugh with delight and shiver with glee.
These tales are retold by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and dramatised by Tim Supple and Melly Still, who also artfully directs and designs. Still has unearthed the macabre, the magic, the mischief, the menace and the merriment in classic stories such as, BlueBeard, Beauty and the Beast and The Emperor's New Clothes.
A magical treat for children aged 8 + (and also likely to satisfy the sort of bigger kid who has pension plans and mortgages too).
4.7
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| Running dates |
from Dec 6 2011 to Jan 7 2012 |
| Theatre |
Hampstead Theatre |
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| Cheapest ticket |
£12 |
| Most expensive ticket |
£18 |
Overview, Cast and Creatives
| Genre |
Drama, Comedy |
| Synopsis |
| Garlanded with truly extravagant critical acclaim - and clearly the public’s favourite - the family show of 2010 returns for a much extended season in 2011 to meet public demand.
Grisly and gruesome, hilarious and hair-raisingly funny, Hampstead Theatre's festive treat brings you Brothers Grimm and European fairy tales to make you laugh with delight and shiver with glee.
These tales are retold by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and dramatised by Tim Supple and Melly Still, who also artfully directs and designs. Still has unearthed the macabre, the magic, the mischief, the menace and the merriment in classic stories such as, BlueBeard, Beauty and the Beast and The Emperor's New Clothes.
A magical treat for children aged 8 + (and also likely to satisfy the sort of bigger kid who has pension plans and mortgages too). |
| Author |
Tim Supple |
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Melly Still |
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Carol Ann Duffy |
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| Director |
Melly Still |
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| Producer |
Hampstead Theatre |
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| Featured Actors/Actresses |
Kelly Williams |
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Jason Thorpe |
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Jack Tarlton |
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Rhiannon Harper-Rafferty |
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Jake Harders |
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Michelle Bonnard |
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Justin Avoth |
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| Designer |
Melly Still and Anna Fleischle |
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| Lighting Designer |
Chris Davey |
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| Sound |
Matt McKenzie |
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| Music |
Dave Price |
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