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The Tragic and Disturbing Tale of Little Lupin. is a promenade performance that tells the tale of a girl who is not like others and how life in the wild can take unexpected and sometimes rather unpleasant turns.
With its roots in the dark, rich soil of fairy tales, this show is suitable for people who have ever strayed off the path and into the woods...
Little Lupin opened to positive responses at the Bristol Do in September 2009 and sold out during its week at the Bristol Old Vic. It is one of the Theatre Bristol/Bristol Old Vic live performance commissions and has received development support from the Bristol Do and Arts Council England,
Little Lupin is on tour this summer, and can be seen at the following events:
15th and 16th May: Norfolk & Norwich Festival
29th May: Dorchester Festival
26th and 27th June: Greenwich and Docklands International Festival
2nd and 3rd July: Hat Fair, Winchester
28th, 29th and 30th July: Lakes Alive woodland Tour, Cumbria
31st July and 1st August: Stockton International Riverside Festival
6th, 7th and 8th August:Watch this Space, National Theatre, London
26th and 27th September: The Bristol Do
The audience is led through a series of scenes by three unusually hairy sisters who draw them deeper and deeper into their off kilter world. In one of the smallest cinemas in the world, the crimson curtains draw back to reveal a hand drawn animation with an original score by Richard Hughes.
After the film, the audience is taken back to real life and left there to fend for themselves...
Little Lupin is available for bookings in 2010
"I would highly recommend Little Lupin as a great small/mid scale show for any festival. It is different to anything else out there at the moment. It made me howl with laughter and the audiences loved it." Claire Teasdale, Joint Festivals and Events Manager, Bristol City Council
Pick of the week twice in The Guardian
"It is quirky, clever and extremely amusing. The animation has an attractively simple feel, and there is something slightly magical about being in an audience of only a dozen or so people." Reviews Gate
"Luci Gorell Barnes employed three distinctly hairy usherettes to unite an audience in some lupine bonding activities, before showing her beguiling and funny animation." Venue
You can watch a clip of the animation if you go to my CV page. You can also see some of the show and hear about the background to it by visiting Bristol Old Vic's online archive at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMy1cZ_7K8c