William’s Monsters
2007-2008, UK, Singapore, Poland. Ages 3+
About
Originally titled ‘Monster Hits’, based on the song by Jon Fiber and Andy Shaw
There are strange noises in the attic…
William is a young boy with a lot of imagination. Grandpa is an old man with none. Staying with grumpy Grandpa for the first time, William tries to go to sleep in his spooky attic room. But monstrous music is coming out of the darkness…
How will William ever get to sleep when there are monsters hiding in the walls? A riotous world where friends are found in unlikely places…
Tour
Xmas 2008
As ‘Monster Hits’:
May 2008
12-16 Warsaw
17 Norwich and Norfolk Festival
21-27 Singapore Arts Festival
December 2007
1 University of Hertfordshire
5-29 Norden Farm, Maidenhead
November 2007
2 The Riverfront, Newport
3 Buxton Opera House
4 Watermans, Brentford
6 Inspiration Festival, Glasgow
8 The Round, Newcastle
10 The Lights, Andover
11 The Albany, Deptford
14 Peepul Centre, Leicester
17 The Lyric, Hammersmith
18 ArtsDepot, Finchley
20 Theatr Gwynedd
24 Chats Palace, Hackney
26 Welfare Theatre, Ystradgynlais
27 Wyeside Arts Centre
October 2007
6 Theatre Royal Winchester
7-9 Cheshire Rural Touring
11-13 East Renfrewshire
14 Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy
16 Byre Theatre, St Andrews
19 Frensham Heights
20 Mansfield Palace Theatre
21 Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
23 Newbury Corn Exchange
24 The Gulbenkian, Canterbury
26 The Met, Bury
27 Compass Theatre
28 Midland Arts Centre
30 Theatr Mwldan
August 2007
2-27 C Too, Edinburgh Fringe
Team
Devised by Olivia Jacobs and the company from the song by Jon Fiber and Andy Shaw
William
Paul Curley (original production)
Grandpa
Thomas Warwick (original production), Patrick Bridgman
Megarumpus
David Garrud (original production)
Beaky
Sarah Goddard (original production), Laura Murphy
Director
Olivia Jacobs
Creative Producer
Toby Mitchell
Designer
Isla Shaw
Lighting Designer
Will Evans
Choreography
Morag Cross
Scenic Construction
KW Props
Costumier
Pip Hazell
Music and lyrics
Jon Fiber, Andy Shaw and Robin Price
Additional lyrics by Olivia Jacobs
Music production by Jon Fiber and Andy Shaw for Shock Productions
Thanks to
Additional devisers Lucien MacDougall, Tom Gillies, Andrew Paton and Alex Perkins; Axel Scheffler (for the fantastic illustration); all at the Compass Theatre, Ickenham; Melvyn Care; all at Quicksilver; Bethan Mair Hughes; Kenny Wax and Nick Brooke; the Tall Stories board members.
Reviews
There aren’t enough superlatives to express the sheer spectacularness of this show
Three Weeks
A fun, warm-hearted tale, filled with infectiously catchy songs
The List
Publicity
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