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Mixing storytelling, circus and live percussion, Lionboy tells the story of Charlie Ashanti – a boy who can speak to cats. When Charlie’s parents are kidnapped, he sets off on a rescue mission with a little help from a floating circus and its pride of performing lions.

A Complicité co-production with Bristol Old Vic, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Oxford Playhouse, Wales Millennium Centre and Warwick Arts Centre.

Supported by The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, John Paul Getty Jnr. Charitable Foundation

© Mark Douet

“Energetic, funny, thought provoking, full of music, acrobatics, dance and circus skills it is beautifully crafted and imagined.” South London Press
“... it is as playful as a kitten, and it twinkles with a sense of magical possibility.” The Times
“It is the no-tricks-up-the-sleeve, Peter Brook-like elegance of Arden’s production that enchants.” The Guardian

Dates

Bristol Old Vic 29 May - 1 June 2013
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse 5 - 8 June 2013
Oxford Playhouse 11 - 15 June 2013
Warwick Arts Centre 18 - 20 June 2013
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds 25 - 29 June 2013
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 3 - 6 July 2013
Unicorn Theatre, London 9 - 21 July 2013
Tricycle, London 17 December 2014 - 10 January 2015
New Victory, New York 22 January - 1 February 2015
Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds 10 - 14 February 2015
Mercury Theatre, Colchester 17 - 21 February 2015
Hong Kong Arts Festival 27 February - 1 March 2015
National Theatre of Korea, Seoul 5 - 8 March 2015
Baxter Theatre, Cape Town 18 - 21 March 2015

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