Paper Balloon began their work with Pegasus young people in 2007 and have maintained close links with the theatre ever since, including first bringing this captivating story in winter 2014 to delighted audiences. Once Upon A Snowflake uses Paper Balloon’s trademark mix of humour, live music and puppetry. Liza has gone missing, and no-one knows where she can be. One thing’s for certain: those mysterious Winter Sprites have something to do with it. Appearing every winter, these tiny elf-like creatures can be found hiding in pockets, shoes and sock drawers, watching everything and hearing everyone. But how are they connected with Liza’s disappearance? Will they help to find her? And what is inside the mysterious Winter Sprite’s strange white suitcase? Follow Liza into a colourful whirlwind of stories and adventure, led by a tiny Sprite with a fascination for snowflakes to where things may never be the same again. The production has a truely Oxford involvement, designed by Pegasus Head of Production Nomi Everall with movement direction by Oxford based Karl Sullivan and original technical design by former Pegasus technician and Oxford based Production Manager James Ball. Artistic Director Alex Kanefsky is originally from Oxford and worked with Pegasus Youth Theatre 2007-8 before returning as a Supported Artists in residence in 2012. Using a captivating blend of shadow puppetry, storytelling and enchanting original songs, Paper Balloon presents a funny, quirky and enchanting show for family audiences
Once Upon a Snowflake from Tuesday 13 to Saturday 24 December, various times at Pegasus, Magdalen Road, Oxford, OX4 1RE
Tickets £9, £6 concessions
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