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An American Girl’s Fund for Children Family EventTall Stories

Twinkle, TwonkleAdapted by the company from the nursery rhymesof Mother Goose and the science of the Big Bang

Produced in association with the Royal Society

Music Production Scientific Advisor Shock Productions Deirdre Black

Scenic ConstructionDome Guys International

Directors General Manager Projects Manager Olivia Jacobs & Toby Mitchell Siobhan Higgins Lisa McLean

Funded by Arts Council England and John Lyon’s Charity

THANKS TO Everyone at Holden and Arts Associates; Amila at Geodesics Unlimited; Matt at Dome Guys Int; everyone at the Royal Society; the Tall Stories board members; all at Jacksons Lane; workshop devisers Kelly Bibb, Neil Connolly, Sam Donovan, Caroline Garland, Luanna Priestman and Kai Simmons; original cast Paul Curley and Nuala Cavanagh; Edgar Mitchell; Andrew Green from Stardome Planetariums; the Armitage family from Halfpenny Lane School, Pontefract; Abigail Goodman; Chris Riddell for the fantastic publicity image.

This show is for those who walked on the moon... and for everyone who has ever dreamt of doing so.

for info contactTall Stories, Jacksons Lane, 269a Archway Road, London N6 5AA

info@tallstories.org.uk | tallstories.org.uk facebook.com/TallStoriesTheatre | twitter.com/TallStoriesNews

US Tour Agents: Holden and Arts Associates, holdenarts.org

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This program is part of Overture’s Community Ticket Program. Funding for the Community Ticket Program is provided by American Girl’s Fund for Children, a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, and by contributions to Overture Center for the Arts. Learn how you can help make arts experiences real for hundreds of thousands of people in the greater Madison area at overturecenter.com/contribute.

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TWINKLE TWONKLE

TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY

A long time ago...“If you look at the universe today,

everything is getting further away from everything else. If you run that film back you find that 13.7 billion years ago everything was on top of everything else.

So something interesting

happened 13.7 billion years ago. It may have been the origin of space and time, or it may have been some strange occurrence in a universe that’s been here for ever. We don’t know...

But something happened 13.7 billion years ago. We call that the Big Bang.” (Professor Brian Cox)

Tall Stories was founded in 1997 by joint artistic directors Olivia Jacobs and Toby Mitchell. The company has grown to become a highly acclaimed, internationally touring company. We present old, new and timeless stories in a physical, visual style,

always acknowledging the presence of the audience. We tour to theatres, community venues and schools in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia. Our productions are created in a collaborative style and link original music with movement and lots of laughs.

CAST AND CREW

TOM GILLIES, Ryan, trained at the Dance School of Scotland and Arts Ed. Theatre credits include The Snow Dragon (Tall Stories), Peter Pan (National Theatre of Scotland) and Benjamin in Joseph (Adelphi, West End). TV and recordings include Any Dream Will Do: The Winner’s Story, Marks & Spencer Ice Hotel Commercial and Merlin/Big Bad Wolf in Fantasia of Fairy Tales.

LUCY GRACE, Stella, Lucy studied Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick. Theatre credits include An Inspector Calls Back (Cheltenham Everyman), Coffin (Kings Head), Listed Lido (UK tour), Salome (The Roundhouse) and The Human Tuning Fork (Edinburgh Festival). Lucy has also featured in recent commercials for Xbox, Nokia and Comedy Central.

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CAST AND CREW

TOBY MITCHELL, Director, studied at Cambridge and trained at Central. Directing credits for Tall Stories include Does a Monster Live Next Door?, Cat and No Mouse, The Snow Dragon (UK, USA and Singapore), The Owl and the Pussycat, The Egg and Alice and Mr Dodgson. Other directing/devising work includes A British Guide to French Pop, The Island of First Loves and The Truth. He is co-founder and joint artistic director of Tall Stories.

OLIVIA JACOBS, Creative Producer, trained at Central. Directing credits for Tall Stories include Mr Benn (UK, Edinburgh), The Gruffalo (UK, USA and DVD), The Gruffalo’s Child (UK), Room on the Broom (UK, US) How the Giraffe got its Neck, Monster Hits,

Them with Tails, Mum and the Monster and Snow White (UK and USA). For Camden People’s Theatre: The Monkey’s Paw and The Necklace. She is co-founder and joint artistic director of Tall Stories.

ISLA SHAW, Designer, trained at Wimbledon School of Art and Swinburne University, Australia. Other design for Tall Stories includes The Gruffalo and Snow White (UK/US tours) and UK tours of Monster Hits, Something Else and Mum and the Monster. Also The Wedding Singer (UK Tour), The Taming of The Shrew (Creation Theatre), The Argument and Three Dark Tales (international tours), Desire under the Elms (RSC) and Clown (Travelling Light UK tour).

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The Kid Brotherstarring Harold Lloyd There’s nothing quiet about this classic silent film series! Each movie features live music performed by a talented organist on the Grand Barton Organ.

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CAST AND CREW

WILL EVANS, Lighting Designer, trained at Central. Shows for Tall Stories include The Snow Dragon, William’s Monsters and Cat and No Mouse. Other lighting credits include The Tempest (Winchester Theatre Royal), Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Buxton Opera House) and The Night Before Christmas and Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Big Wooden Horse Theatre).

ADAM MCCLELLAND, Stage Manager, studied at Mountview. Since graduating in 2009 his stage management credits include Caucasian Chalk Circle (UK Tour, Blackeyed Theatre), Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (UK Tour, Big Wooden Horse), Twinkle Twonkle (UK Tour, Tall

Stories) and Aladdin (Hackney Empire Pantomime 2009/2010). Other work includes Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (UK Premiere).

SHOCK PRODUCTIONS, Music & Sound. Jon Fiber and Andy Shaw of Shock Productions have composed music for theatre since 1997. For Tall Stories, their work includes The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, Monster Hits, Snow White, Something Else and The Owl and the Pussycat. Besides their theatre work, Shock also composes and records music for TV and provides sound systems for concerts, festivals and events.

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Overture Center for the Arts would like to recognize our sponsors and thank them for all they do to support Madison’s thriving arts community.

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The Bruce Company of WisconsinCUnA Mutual groupproVideoUnity

University of Wisconsin Hospital and ClinicsUniversity of Wisconsin Medical FoundationUniversity research park

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Bell LaboratoriesCapital newspapers, Inc.deWitt ross & StevensFood Fight, Inc.gammexMadison Investment Holdings

Moe’s & Icon restaurantsMurphy desmond, S.C.SVASupranet CommunicationsTOMCAT productsWebcrafters

SILVer SpOnSOrS

goodman’s JewelersJ.H. Findorff & Son Inc.Outrider Foundationpepsi Cola of Madison

Smart Motors Stafford rosenbaum, S.C.State Bank of Cross plainsTdS Telecommunications

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Custer Financial ServicesThe Fiore Companies, Inc.Hovde propertiesMullins grouppark BankThe robert H. Keller Co.

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