the company’s latest show, had its premiere in October 2009. It is currently taking bookings for a tour in the Spring of 2011.

Background

In 2001 Gillian created a one person TiE programme of the same name, which toured Primary  schools in Warwickshire. The programme was literacy based (KS 2) and was developed in consultation with Miles Tandy from Warwickshire LEA.

Gillian subsequently created a ‘play in a week’ for the Belgrade Theatre Coventry which used some of the same themes: Wolves portrayed as ‘bad’ in traditional tales and the ‘Tale of the 3 Little Pigs” as starting points.

In 2004 she was awarded a Birmingham Educational Arts Legacy Bursary to develop her creative skills as a writer and as a result in 2005 attended an Arvon ‘Writing for Children’ course where the first few pages of the play were written and tried out.

Current Show

Over the past four years the play has taken on many forms and in 2007 Gillian approached Gerard Swift, a Midlands based  Actor/Musician who was carving out a career in Musical Direction and Composing to ‘take a look’ and see if he thought there was any potential for music in what was then a 3 actor show.

Potential there was; and in the Autumn of  2008 with the support of local producer Sharon Foster, they approached Arts Council  West Midlands to see if their ideas to develop the piece into a 4 person actor/musician show for families and schools would be considered for a grant.

In March 2009 they heard that their Research and Development grant had been successful and over the next few months  developed the piece , which was performed on the 16th and 17th of October at the Library Theatre, Birmingham.

Production Details

Cast:  Ash Bayliss, Daniel Finn, Ebony Feare, Laura Edghill

Filmed performers included: Ziona Lewin & Deborah Tracey

VO: Sean Connolly

(past contributers to the development process: Sean Connolly, Bella Hamblin, Juliet Fry, Jane Hicks, Paul Edwards & Anna De Vreede)

Writer/ Director: Gillian Twaite

Composer/ MD: Gerard Swift

Project Manager: Sharon Foster

Stage Manager: Liam Walsh

ASM:   Zak Hamza

Filmmaker/Editor: Stuart Mills

Mask designer/Maker: Pyn Stockman

(Wolf Mask designed and made by Jesse Inman)

Set Designer:  Andy Martin

Scenic Design: Alison Osborne

Costume Design: Jodie Gardner

Pirate Costume: Lara Bradbeer

Poster Design:  Sheldon Bayley

Dates

16th October at 1.30pm    Schools Only Performance

17th October at 11am & 2.30pm  Public Performances

Venue

Library Theatre , Paradise Place, Birmingham

Prices

Tickets:   Adults £6   Under 16 £4.50

Family Ticket (min 4 people)  Adults £5 Under 16 £4

Tickets available from 0121 303 2323 www.birminghamboxoffice.com