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Tabard Theatre today announces full casting for their Christmas production of The Little Match Girl, based on the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The musical that launched the Christmas single Mistletoe and Wine, will be directed by the original show’s composer, Keith Strachan.
Emily Cochrane leads the company in the role of The Little Match Girl and she will be joined by Jack Ayres, Aimee Barrett, Charlotte Christensen, Julia Faulkner, Rob Hadden, Kathryn Hamilton-Hall, Matt Philip Harris, Ian McCurrach, Emily Whiting and Anthony Williamson.
Following the first performance forty years ago at the Orange Tree Theatre, it was adapted for television by HTV in 1986 starring Roger Daltrey and Twiggy. The musical includes the songs Are you An Angel, Queen of the Street and most famously Mistletoe and Wine which won the musical an Ivor Novello Award and went onto become a No.1 hit Christmas single for Cliff Richard in 1988.
Cold Victorian London and our Little Match Girl is out on the streets selling matches. She is not allowed home with her father until she has sold them. She meets Arthur, a cocky friendly lad who helps her sell her matches and who she begins to rely on as her friend. Through him she dreams of a better life. Will he prove to be her saviour? As she strikes matches to keep warm she is magically transported to a make believe world where her wishes come to life. Could this lead to a future with Arthur that our heroine dreams of?
Little Match Girl is at The Tabard Theatre 7th – 31st December 2017
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