Inspired by the real life historical events of the Czech Kindertransport, where Czech-Jewish children were evacuated to Britain just before outbreak of the Second World War.
Escaping on a Kindertransport train, one small Czech-Jewish girl embarks on a mighty adventure.
Crossing between the past and present, Babi travels across Europe; from bon bons in Germany to the smell of the sea in Margate, she discovers how tiny acts of kindness can change the course of a person’s life.
Joyful, moving and poignant, Kinder features beautiful table top puppetry and cinematic shadow play, as Babi tries to assemble the parts of her broken identity, to find peace in her future.
Kinder is a multi-award winning show, from puppetry and visual theatre company Smoking Apples. Inviting you to take a seat inside an immersive set, the story unfolds through a series of playful hatches and openings.
✮✮✮✮✮ “Unmissable” Everything Theatre
OFFIE WINNER: Production 2023
OFFIE WINNER: Production 2023
ETTIE WINNER: Best production 2023
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Enterprise Arts Trust.
Part of Harrogate Comedy Festival 2023
A Storytelling Show by Gav Cross perfect for children aged 7+
Nominated for ‘Best Kids Show’ at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2023
Lurking on our bookshelves, forgotten and dusty from lack of love, sit short sinister stories.
Hiding in plain sight.
Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales.
Some famous.
Some lost.
For good reason?
You’ll find out…
Join Gav Cross for nonsense, nastiness and roaring chaos as we turn childhood tales upside down and find out what they’re really about.
Full of laughter and surprises, this is a storytelling show designed to make you laugh, think carefully and approach that children’s library with caution.
A shadow show in a box!
The light comes on, the stars glow and as the doors open the scenery starts to scroll before your eyes…
‘There was once an old lady who wanted to play with the stars…’ so begins the traditional tale which then takes off on an adventurous romp amongst the wild beasts of the stars.
Fantastical shadow puppets leap across the scrolling background and even fly out of the box onto a large paper screen.
Afterwards the audience are invited to stay and play with the puppets inventing their own adventures among the stars.
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