Photography by Rah Petherbridge © Naiad's Foundry 2020

Photography by Rah Petherbridge © Naiad's Foundry 2020

The Cast

Ella is an actor, writer, and standup comedian. As well as scriptwriting Forest Fables at Mottistone Manor,Ella plays The Botanist. Her one-woman play, Recovery Town, was set to debut at Vault Festival 2020 but

was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19. Credits include: Max, Recovery Town (Dir. Elle Dillon-Reams); Red Palace (Dir. Celine Lowenthal); Circus of Oz (Dir. Jessica Hall); The Wonderwoods (Dir.

Jessica Hall); Secret Cinema presents Bladerunner: The Final Cut; Secret Cinema presents BazLuhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.

Emer is an actor, musician and recording artist who’s diverse career has found her performing with theRSC and singing to the masses at Glastonbury Festival. Emer graduated from the Royal Central School ofSpeech and Drama in 2017, That same year, she secured a publishing deal with Hospital Records and has

various musical releases to her credit. Her recent run of comedy musical Insane Animals with cabaretlegends Bourgeois Maurice finished days before the first lockdown began. Theatre includes: Shamhat inInsane Animals (HOME Theatre, dir. Philly MacMahon); Gretel in Red Palace (The Vaults, dir. CelineLowenthal); Helena in Mid Summer Nights Dream (dir. Claire Dunlop); The Grim (Collab Theatre, dir.

Liam Fleming); Turfed (Hackney Downs Studios LIFT, dir. Renato Rocha); The Dark Side of Love(Camden Roundhouse, RSC, dir. Renato Rocha Keziah Serreu)

Shaka is an actor and recent graduate from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Shaka was cast toappear in several exciting projects this year which were unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19. Theatre

includes: Echion/Chorus in Antigone (dir. Orla O'Loughlin); Jay in The Royale (dir. Ameera Conrad);Chibuzor in Provok’d – A Restoration (dir. Jamie Bradley); The Boy in The Wheel (dir. Caroline Byrne);Menelaus in The Trojan Women (dir. Patsy Rodenburg); Eddie Souther in Sister Act: The Musical (dir.

Brodie Ross)/Other: Tiny the Wonder in Beasts of London (Voiceover), Museum of London

Jack Stigner is an established theatre practitioner, actor and Artistic Director of the award-winning theatrecompany FoulPlay Productions. He currently delivers one-man family performances of the comedies AMidsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It that he was commissioned to write For Shakespeare'sGlobe as Globe Storyteller. Theatre includes: Hamlet (Edinburgh 2018) as King Claudius/Laertes and

Macbeth (Edinburgh 2019) as Malcolm/Macduff, and this summer was scheduled to play DonJon/Benedick in a production of Much Ado About Nothing that was sadly cancelled due to Covid-19. Jackis also a regular performer and collaborator with the immersive, puppet and comedy companies: Shotgun

Carousel; Colossal Crumbs and Magnificent Bastard.

Livi is a performer, creative, and illustrator. As well as shaping all things creative for Forest Fables atMottistone Manor, Livi is also playing Nature. With one foot behind the scenes and the other on stage,Livi’s passion for enchanting audiences thrums through her veins. Credits include: Circus of Oz (Dir.

Jessica Hall); The Wonderwoods (Dir. Jessica Hall); Secret Cinema presents Bladerunner: The Final Cut;Secret Cinema presents Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet; Secret Cinema presents Baz Luhrmann's Moulin

Rouge.

Photography by Rah Petherbridge © Naiad's Foundry 2020

The Team

Our Partners

A Digital Adventure withGreengage Ventures

The National Trust

We know that not everyone could make it out to see ourin-person show. So, for those who couldn't make it, and forthose who would like to re-live the experience or share itwith loved ones, Forest Fables has been adapted for yourscreens. Screening on-demand from the 1st January 2021,this filmed version of the show has been reimagined as a

digital adventure.

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We partnered with the National Trust to bring this originalpiece of theatre to the Isle of Wight. With conventional

theatre settings a no-go, we wanted to make use of a spacethat would otherwise sit empty. The beautiful setting of

Mottistone Manor and Gardens was the perfect spot. Wewould like to extend our thanks to all of the National Trust

staff who made this show possible.

Show Photography

Rah PetherbridgeLighting by George Thompson

Set Decorators

Constance CanavarroDaniel Southwell

Lauren SandercockLuke Russell

Marianne Lang

Construction

Sean Turner

Show Runners

Ben Walters Helen Sceales

Sophie Whitehead Theo Seely

Special Thanks to

Caroline Sheldon Literary AgencyThe Delphie Lakeman Memorial Trust

The Herapath Shenton TrustShide Trees

To the Friends and Family of the Cast and Crew

Will HinchEd HinchScott King

Sandra HinchcliffeAndrew Butcher

Iona Stewart RichardsonJack Ralls

Tiras VereyThe National Trust Volunteers

To the Little Folk of the Isle of Wight, thank you for your hospitality.

To look after the land,And look after the forest.

To take care of the creatures,from the birds to the bees;

To look after the flowers,To look after the trees.

To promise from now to be as you as can be,for when you are not,

that’s when things get wonky.

And most important of all,hold your dream glimmers tight,

Stop and listen close,To share with others your light.Know the love in your hearts,

it sets you apart.Let it shimmer and glimmer,

Now, time to depart.

'Til next time,

Let us Make a Promise