Image: Trafalgar Studios
Overview
Background
From Tony Award-winning director Tom Morris (War Horse) and Kneehigh writer Carl Grose, The Grinning Man is a magical reimagining of the classic novel by Victor Hugo (Les Misérables), featuring "an outstanding score" (Sunday Times) by Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler, and set in a fantastical world brought to life with the visually stunning puppetry of Gyre & Gimble, the original War Horse puppeteers.
Following its hugely successful premiere at Bristol Old Vic, The Grinning Man invites you to be seduced by the darkness from 05 December.
Synopsis
A strange new act has arrived at the fairground.
Who is Grinpayne and how did he get his hideous smile?
Paraded as a freak, then celebrated as a star, only the love of a sightless girl can reveal his terrible secret.
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Theatre
London SW1A 2DY
Dates
Performance days & times
Monday ‑ 7‑30pm
Tuesday ‑ 7‑30pm
Wednesday ‑ 7‑30pm
Thursday ‑ 7‑30pm
Friday ‑ 7‑30pm
Saturday ‑ 7‑30pm
Thursday - 2-30pm
Saturday - 2-30pm
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Cast
James Alexander-Taylor - Wolf/Kupsak
Mark Anderson - Dirry-Moir
Julie Atherton - Queen
Sanne Den Besten - Dea
Ewan Black - Trelaw
Julian Bleach - Barkilphedro
Christina Bloom - Ensemble
Jonathan Cobb - Ensemble
Leo Elso - Ensemble
Claire-Marie Hall - Ensemble
Sean Kingsley - Ursus
Jim Kitson - King
Sophia Mackay - Mother
Louis Maskell - Grinpayne
Loren O'Dair - Wolf
Amanda Wilkin - Josiana
Creatives
Author: Carl Grose
Composer: Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler
Lyricist: Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler
Director: Tom Morris
Designer: Jon Bausor
Costume designer: Jean Chan
Lighting: Rob Casey
Sound: Simon Baker
Movement: Jane Gibson
Puppetry: Gyre & Gimble
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