Tea Break Theatre present new online re-working of Sleeping Beauty?

Credit: Lisa Ott

Tea Break Theatre have announced that they will present their new re-working of Sleeping Beauty? in a live and interactive Zoom adventure, streaming from 17-30 December.

Featuring puppetry, original music and comedy, this 21st century fairytale will transport audiences into a magical fairytale world, while exploring the feelings of loneliness, community and isolation that have been heightened during the Covid-19 lockdowns.

Written and directed by Katharine Armitage (Big Finish’s Doctor Who Audio Adventures; Funny  Women Writing Award finalist, 2020), the 50-minute show features Felicity Sparks (Golem, BBC Four; A Christmas Carol, Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Alicia  McKenzie (Blond Bombshells of 1943, Pitlochry Festival Theatre; The Wind in the Willows, New Vic  Theatre), Chris Dobson (In The Night Garden Live, UK Tour; Bobbin, Little Angel Theatre) and Molly  Small (A Wake In Progress, The Bunker, Pleasance and Underbelly; Beauty and the Beast, Sutton House). The performers will engage with families directly in this live spectacle, while audiences remain on mute to  enjoy this home adventure in their own individual way. 

Armitage said: “The power of theatre is  that it is always there for us, whatever is happening, whatever the challenges, theatre finds a way to  tell stories which both distract us and allow us to process the world we find ourselves in. By taking  theatre online, but keeping it live and interactive, I hope to create something new and exciting: a  form of theatre that actually would never have existed without the pandemic! I want to tell a story  which will transport you and your kids to an epic adventure with all the magic, hope and joy we need  right now.”

Ensuring theatre is accessible for all families this Christmas, Tea Break Theatre will be using a ‘pay  what you can’ ticketing system, where low cost and free tickets are available for those who need  them most.

To book tickets, please click here.