Tickets: £6.50. Family of four: £24

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The Hawth
Hawth Ave
Crawley,
West Sussex
RH10 6YZ

Research and development supported by ACE and artsdepot.

Age range: for children 3 years + their families.
Duration: 50mins, including story and a short origami experience.
Performance area: 6m x 6m square open space.
Get-in/out: 1.30mins get in, 1 hour get out
Audience number: Unlimited.
Technical requirements: Theatre venues: Lighting plan to be submitted in advance.Rural Touring: flexible.
Music: mini disc.
Number on tour: 3

Come and hear enchanting, bewitching and hair-raising stories of magnificent Mount Iwate who blew hot and cold, the humble woodcutter and his beautiful but strange bride and the snorting, burping Ogre of Rashomon Gate.
These three delightful traditional Japanese tales are brought to life through inventive storytelling, puppetry and music.

Age range: for children 5 years + their families.
Duration: 45mins
Performance area: 20mx20m square open space.
Get-in/out: One hour
Audience number: 100
Technical requirements: A simple lighting rig.
Music: mini disc

Inspired by Kamishibai (traditional and much-loved Japanese paper theatre) and Washi (Japanese paper) this vibrant, physical theatre piece blends words, pictures, imagination and heaps of paper to create a birthday story for Rabbit in the Moon, followed by a hands-on paper making experience.

The two performers arrive with a small “theatre” on the back of their bicycle which contains a story, illustrated by drawings and quite a few surprises.
A charming theatrical experience for younger audiences, 3yrs+.

Age range: for children 3 years + their families.
Duration: 50mins, including story and short paper-making experience.
Performance area: 20m x 20m square open space.
Get-in/out: One hour.
Audience number: Ideally 30 children accompanied by adults.
Technical requirements: A simple lighting rig. Four trestle tables.
Music: mini disc.
Availability: Touring from 2010.

Available for booking.

Creative Team
Vicky Ireland Director) trained at Central and then worked as an actress in TIE and repertory theatres all over Britain. She presented BBC’s TV’s WORDS AND PICTURES for twelve years. From 1989 to 2002 she was Artistic Director of Polka Theatre for Children, London and is now a freelance director and writer.
In 2002 Vicky received an MBE for services to Children’s Theatre, the first of its kind.

Kumiko Mendl (Performer/collaborator/workshop leader) trained at the Jacques Lecoq Theatre School in Paris. Since then she has worked as an actress, teacher, movement director and director. She is one of the founding members of the award-winning British East Asian theatre company – Yellow Earth and is currently their Education Associate. Kumiko and Vicky set up A Thousand Cranes in 2006

Haruka Kuroda (Performer /collaborator) trained at Guildford School of Acting. She now works in TV, Film and Theatre. She also works as a voice-over artist and as a teacher of stage combat and martial arts. Haruka regularly appears as Yasuko in the long running series Ideal for BBC and was Shi Han for Brain Jitsu for CBBC.

Julian Butler (Composer) trained in music at Liverpool University and in acting at LAMDA. He now
works as a composer, musical director and teacher of piano, guitar, singing and music theory. Recent credits include: Charlie and Lola’s Best Best Bestest Play (Polka Theatre/Watershed tour) The Princess and Pea (Banyan Theatre) , The BFG (Polka Theatre), Flat Stanley (Nottingham Lakeside)

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