The Best Theatrical Experience I Have Seen For Some Time
On A Cold March Evening In 2018 I Made My Way To The Buxton Opera House To Watch This Enchanting Performance.
As some of you may know I have had the privilege of working with puppets, puppeteers, actors and musicians. So to sit back in the beautiful Opera House and watch this finely crafted piece was a joy.
From the moment the lights went up the performers welcomed you into the well loved Hans Christian Anderson Tales. Both The Little Match girl and Her Puppeteer won our heart, the story teller had the auditoriums attention and we sat back and and let our imagination enjoy everything they had to share. The cast and musicians were chosen with skill and each one brought another layer to the story.
The set design was very well thought out and made a small space look vast. The lighting design complimented each scene and movement and the sound quality was superb. The direction I admired greatly and had subtle messages, that could have been seen as political, but given in a gentle back ground kind of way.
So when the inevitable happened to our Little Matchgirl at the end even the hardest of characters watching could not be left without a tear in the eye.
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