1001 Nights
From: Tuesday, 5th February 2013
To: Sunday, 17 March 2013
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Synopsis
In an Arabian kingdom far away, lives a young woman called Shehrazad. She is the jewel in the eyes of her father, whose daily task is to select the Sultan's next wife. But, there is one condition: each bride must meet her fate the morning after the wedding. Beautiful and brave Shehrazad offers herself as the Sultan's bride and persuades him to grant her one last request - a story for her younger sister Dunyazad. As Sherazad's tale transports her enchanted listeners to other worlds, dawn breaks and a new day begins. But how many tales will it take before the Sultan lifts his deadly curse?
Our Review:
8 February 2013
How do you dramatise the Arabian Nights given that a series of disconnected tales doesn’t have a lot of inbuilt coherence? This delightful take on it for anyone aged 6 and over solves the problem by setting the stories against a poignant 21st century plot about a father (Thomas Padden) and daughter, Shahrazad (Danusia Samal) who leave their war-torn middle eastern homeland - and worse - Shahrazad’s passportless mother (Ritu Arya), and come to grey, rainy but peaceful England. Shahrazad finds escape and consolation in retelling and dramatising the stories she loves, with her father and with an English friend, doubled by Arya.
Samal is a fine actress who knows how to light her face with smiles and warmth even when it’s not being literally lit by the light inside the book she reads from. The scenes in which she and the highly talented Arya share stories with hilarious hammy props and gestures to cover Samal’s character’s initial lack ...
Creative
Unicorn Children's Theatre (in association with Transport) (Company)
Douglas Rintoul (Director)
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