Revival of original Christmas play to mark 25 years of the Space
Now in its 25th year, the Space is starting a series of events to celebrate their anniversary by reviving The Saving of Santa by Lobelia Golightly. First produced in 2009, the play has been adapted as an online, interactive Christmas adventure and will be performed on zoom.
Artistic Director, Adam Hemming says, “The play sees fairies, elves and a giant seal come to Santa’s aid. The characters are magical, larger-than-life, almost cartoon-like so we’re having lots of fun working with zoom backgrounds and filters. We’ve worked in some interactive moments, where audience members will be able to join us on screen and do their bit to rescue St Nick.”
The play was inspired by bedtime stories that Golightly would tell her daughter at Christmas and by the desire to raise concerns around climate change. On the decision to bring this particular show back, Hemming reveals, “We thought about the different Christmas shows in our history and this one is definitely the most joyous. After such a challenging year, we wanted our final flourish of 2020 to be a positive one. It’s a fun show for all the family and we’re delighted to be sharing it with our online audience.”
The cast includes many faces who will be familiar to Space regulars and viewers of the weekly ‘Live @ 5’ Monday Facebook broadcast. Hemming continues, “As my regular co-host had been furloughed, my daughter Phoebe (aged 8) was helping me out. She began doodling during broadcasts and that’s now a regular feature on our show, in fact, her doodles raised over £500 for our crowdfunding campaign in September. Phoebe’s built a bit of a fanbase and now she’s performing in the Saving of Santa, which is a nice callback to the original production, when I performed in the show!”
The performance details are:-
The Saving of Santa
20th-23rd December (all online via zoom, performance on 20th BSL interpreted)
Oh no! There’s something wrong with Santa. It’s up to chief elf ‘n’ safety officer Nordstrom, Aurora, the cleverest fairy and YOU, to save Christmas.