Details

This heart-rending story about a Swallow's faithful love for the golden statue of a Prince is told through a seamless fusion of dance and song. This modern musical adaptation is set in an unpleasant 1920's Laundry House from which the potent technicolour world of the fairy tale evolves. Dark humour, greed and corruption are at work as the malevolent designs of a despot Mayor drive a town into bankruptcy and ruin. Drawing parallels to the world today, walls are being built to divide societies, so the Statue of a Prince, trapped behind the walls of his own palace, must win over the heart of a Swallow to save his people. A Showcase Performance. Oscar Wilde's beloved fairy tale is re-imagined for the stage in a modern musical adaptation starring Phil Daniels (Quadrophenia, Eastenders), Olivier-award winner Janie Dee (Follies, National Theatre), Sam Archer (Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands) and Sophia Hurdley (Cinderella). A seamless fusion of dance and song, The Happy Prince tells the story of a swallow's faithful love for the golden statue of a Prince and their race against time to save their town.

Cast/Performers

Janie Dee (Mrs Bentley), Phil Daniels (The Mayor), Sophia Hurdley (The Swallow), Sam Archer (The Prince), David Burt, Louis Gaunt, Sammy Graham, Jessica Pardoe, Edwin Ray, Ronald Samm, Cilla Silvia, Gemma Wardle, Alfie Wickham

Creatives/Company

Music: Hal Cazalet
Lyrics: Hal Cazalet
Book by: Michael Barry (from Oscar Wilde)
Producer: Wilde Theatre Productions
Director(s): Hal Cazalet, Michael Barry (movement director)
Lighting: David Howe
Choreographer(s): Sophia Hurdley, Sam Archer