oRLA tour
(suffolk libraries &
london creative futures early years festival 2018)

musical performance FOR 0-3 YEAR OLDS
by  Zoë Palmer and Jack Ross

 'It’s the best thing I have taken my thirteen-month-old daughter to so far.'

Spurred on by an overwhelming demand from families, libraries and Early Year’s organisations for more high-quality live performances for 0-3 years and their parents and carers, Wonderful Beast revived and developed both Orla and the Sun, and Orla’s Moon, our interactive music-theatre-storytelling shows. We were on the road for a three-week tour of libraries in Suffolk and an Early Childhood Festival in Queens Park, London, curated by Creative Futures UK. Our free booklets and CDs of the shows were snapped up by parents as a valuable legacy to be enjoyed and shared with their little ones. Audio versions of the stories have now been made available online through Shining Cat, and you can listen here: Orla and the Sun / Orla's Moon.

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AUDIENCE COMMENTS:

'Brilliant! Far exceeded expectations. Boys, 3 months, 2 years and 4 years all loved it.'
- ORLA'S MOON, MILDENHALL LIBRARY

'Wonderful. Full of joy. Amazing to see how the babies responded. Such a safe atmosphere full of magic.' - ORLA AND THE SUN, EARLY YEARS FESTIVAL, LONDON

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CAST

creatives

ORLA'S MOON
Orla: Abimaro Gunnell
Silver: David Ogle
Many Moons 1: Jack Ross
Many Moons 2: Rosie Adediran
ORLA AND THE SUN
Orla: Abimaro Gunnell
The Sun: David Ogle
The World: ​Rosie Adediran, Jack Ross, Sara Cubitt & Pete Truin

Writer/Director: Zoë Palmer
Composer: Jack Ross
Choreography: David Ogle
Designer: Sarah Booth
Lighting Designer: Eren Celikdemir
Stage Manager: Zoë Wells
Producer: Alys Kihl

funders

Arts Council England, Suffolk Community Foundation, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils. Thanks also to: The Marchus and The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trusts, Frank Jackson Foundation, and the Lowestoft Cultural Educational Partnership

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