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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
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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Creative Team
- Novel by
Zizou Corder - Adapted by
Marcelo Dos Santos - Directed by
Annabel Arden - Revival director
Clive Mendus & James Yeatman - Assistant director
Rosalind Parker - Design
Jon Bausor & Jean Chan - Music composer & performer
Stephen Hiscock - Sound
Tom Gibbons - Revival associate sound
Pete Malkin - Lighting
Tim Mascall - Revival lighting
Christopher Nairne - Creative associate
Annie Castledine - Movement
Clive Mendus & Kasia Zaremba-Byrne