Time: 2PM // 2:45PM

Borrowers who are small people living underneath the floorboards, first documented in the book The Borrowers by Ms. Mary Norton.

Ms Kazuko Hohki arrived in London from Japan in the late 1970’s in the hope of locating the little people depicted in Norton’s historical document.

Unfortunately, she was distracted by co-founding the Japanese-American Toy Theatre of London and Frank Chickens, a subtle assault on cultural stereotyping in both directions between the “West” and the “East”. Some people didn’t notice the cultural analysis part of the work, because it was so much fun.

Now that Frank Chickens are lazy enough to perform on a more occasional basis, Ms Hohki has been able to start research work in earnest, with the cooperation of Mr Andy Cox, musicologist of the miniature, and unearth the truth that lies under our floorboards.

Come and wonder at the painstaking reconstructions of Borrower instrumentation, beautiful objects in themselves, but enhanced by Hohki and Cox’s reconstructions of authentic Borrower music. A wide variety of musical styles coming at your ears! In miniature!

Tickets: FREE