Tearing the Sugar Coating from Disney's vision of the great storyteller. 
This show weaves between Andersen's unconventional life, the stories he stitched his experiences into, and our own modern obsessions with living ‘happily ever after’.

"I heard on the radio that Andersen wrote The Little Mermaid on an island where he’d gone to escape the wedding of the person he loved. I thought, that doesn’t sound like a story that involves singing lobsters...’

A compelling, bittersweet kaleidoscope of young love, forgotten fairytales and Joni Mitchell. Award-winning contemporary storyteller Rachel Rose Reid’s acclaimed new play weaves between the love stories we tell – and the ones we never finish – to rediscover Hans Christian Andersen for our time.

Directed by Phillip Breen, whose work includes shows for the RSC, Citizen’s Theatre Glasgow, and Perrier-nominated Cowards. He has twice won Edinburgh’s prestigious Fringe First Award, including for Tom Basden’s Party.

PERFORMANCE DATES Wednesday 8th April & Thursday 9th April at 8pm.

Directed by Phillip Breen | 75mins (no interval)

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