The Firework-Maker's Daughter
From: Friday, 25th November 2011
To: Saturday, 7 January 2012
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Synopsis
'A thousand miles ago, in a country east of the jungle and south of the mountains, there lived a firework-maker and his daughter...' Lila wants to be a firework-maker more than anything else - but her father won't tell her the final trade secret. There's a quest, a kidnap and Crackle Dragons in this explosive story about talent, determination, luck and simply loving what you do! Age 7+
Our Review:
9 December 2011
Stephen Russell’s pantomime-inspired adaptation of Philip Pullman’s Indonesia-set novel tells the story of Lila (Vera Chok) and her journey to discover the secret of firework making so she can save the life of her father Lalchand (Ashley Alymann).
On the way to the volcano Mount Merapi to encounter the dreaded Fire Fiend, she falls in with a gang of gormless would-be pirates (Declan Wilson, Matt Nalton, Phil Corbitt and the hilarious Joanna Holden), saving them from a crocodile and a tiger.
Following her ordeal at the hand of the Fiend and some ghosts, and a meeting with the Goddess of the Emerald Lake (Laura Cox) she works against the clock to try and come up with the best firework display in the world. Along the way, she is hindered, and eventually helped, by her friend Chulak (Mitesh Soni) and his lugubrious talking elephant, Hamlet, played in best panto horse style by Jon Bonner and Matt Nalton, and encounters the pirates severa...
Creative
Philip Pullman (Author)
Theatre by the Lake (Producer)
Stefan Escreet (Director)
Martin Johns (Design)
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