IRIS THEATRE ANNOUNCE CAST FOR
THE SNOW QUEEN: AN ONLINE, STORYTELLING ADVENTURE
Paul-Ryan Carberry, Artistic Director of Iris Theatre today announces Leda Douglas as Holly in The Snow Queen: An Online, Storytelling Adventure, adapted and directed by Natasha Rickman. The production, part of the company’s previously announced inaugural winter season, opens on 20 December, with previews from 19 December, and runs until 26 December.
“When we get to the end of the story, you will know more than you do now”
Stories get delivered to Holly’s door and then…she tells them. Easy! Right? Except today a new story has been delivered but it’s freezing cold, so cold in fact that Holly can’t even open the pages. She’s going to need a bit of help with this one…and that’s where you come in!
From the comfort of your home, join Holly this Christmas for a magical, snow-filled adventure, inspired by the classic fairy tale ‘The Snow Queen’. Clap your hands, make some magic and join in with the whole family, wherever they are in the world.
Iris Theatre presents this interactive, online, storytelling adventure for audiences aged 4+ and their big people. Using innovative new technology by loom.ai to bring the characters to life on screen, this exciting, interactive production sees families participating in the story, helping Holly in her adventure. Alongside the show, families can download a free activity pack filled with fun games and craft ideas based on the show.
The technology for the production is coordinated by early career Tech Operator Orion Slater,and Sound Design is by Matt Eaton.
Leda Douglas plays Holly. Her previous live digital credits include Alice in Wonderland: A Virtual Reality and The Time Machine (Creation Theatre). Her theatre credits include Nuclear Future (UK tour), and Shudder (Soho Theatre).
Matt Eaton is a sound designer and composer. His credits as a sound designer include All’s Well That Ends Well (Guildford Bard/ Jermyn Street Theatre – for which he won the Off West End Award for Best Sound Design), Everything I See I Swallow (for which he also composed, Edinburgh Festival Fringe) Brave New World (Creation Theatre Company), Furious Folly (14-18 NOW), Pool Panic (Nintendo Video Game), Everything Must Go (Friction Arts, Birmingham), The Crucible, Orlando (The University of South Florida), and Pyar Actually (Rifco Arts). As composer, his credits include A Page of Madness, Faust (Flatpack Film Festival), Nosferatu (Warwick Arts Centre), The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (Midlands Arts Centre), and The Picture of Dorian Gray (Trafalgar Studios).
Orion Slater is a theatre technician and designer. As an intern for Creation Theatre, he rigged and operated sound and video for Time Machine: A Virtual Reality, and was Tech Operator for the Zoom production of Merry Wives of WhatsApp. Slater is part of the National Youth Theatre for 2021.
Natasha Rickman directs. Her previous live digital work includes Time Machine: A Virtual Reality and Merry Wives of Whatsapp (Creation Theatre). Her theatre credits include Rhino (King’s Head Theatre), Twelfth Night (Rose Playhouse/RSC) and Time Machine (London Library). As associate/ assistant credits include Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Comedy of Errors (RSC), A Little Night Music (Storyhouse) and Shirley Valentine (Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds).
LISTINGS
THE SNOW QUEEN: AN ONLINE, STORYTELLING ADVENTURE
Online (via Zoom)
19 – 26 December 2020
Box Office: https://iristheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows
Ticket prices: £20 per device
Age recommended: 4+
SEASON AT A GLANCE
THE SNOW QUEEN: AN ONLINE, STORYTELLING ADVENTURE
Online (via Zoom)
19 – 26 December (excluding Christmas Day) at selected times
Ticket prices: £20 per device
MEDIAEVAL BAEBES
The Actors’ Church
4 – 5 February at 7.30pm
6 February at 5pm and 8pm
Ticket prices: £25 individual (limited availability), £50 bubble (seats two)
ST ANNE COMES HOME
The Actors’ Church
8, 9, 11, 14 February at 7.30pm
10, 12, 13 February at 5pm and 8pm
Age Guidance: 12+ (includes themes of alcoholism)
Ticket prices: £20 individual (limited availability), £40 bubble (seats two)
PLATFORM
The Actors’ Church
29 January & 26 February at 7.30pm
Ticket prices: £15 individual (limited availability), £30 bubble (seats two)