Kidoons, WYRD Productions and The 20K Collective are thrilled to announce that our fourth family production, HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales, will have its world premiere this June at Young People's Theatre in Toronto as part of the Luminato Festival!
The world premiere of HANS: My Life in Fairytales by Craig Francis and Rick Miller, uses puppetry, video, and clowning to bring Hans Christian Andersen’s extraordinary stories to life.
A cast of Astrid Atherly, Annie Luján, and Adam Paolozza bring to life 6 of Andersen's beloved fairy tales, within his life story. The creative team includes Aidan Ware (Lighting Design), Irina Litvinenko (Multimedia Design), Melanie McNeill (costumes, props, and puppets), and a score composed by Canadian icon Alexina Louie.
Luminato Festival returns June 4-22 to ignite Toronto with bold, playful, and of the moment art experiences that transform the people, places and possibilities of the city. Under the visionary leadership of CEO Celia Smith and Artistic Director Olivia Ansell, Luminato enters a new era with a bigger and more ambitious 19th edition of the festival that invites the public to encounter the city like never before.
The theme of Luminato 2025, DAY:NIGHT explores how we inhabit the city in a 24-hour cycle. From dusk to dawn and dawn to dusk, any given day can be ordinary or extraordinary. Artistic Director Olivia Ansell says “First breath, dawn light through to last dance and final word - the 2025 program asks us to reflect on the cycle of our collective lives and how we engage, disrupt and exist in time and space as a community. Be it the first or the last of things, we invite locals and visitors to encounter Toronto differently.”
Don't miss your bedtime story! HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales plays June 14-15 at YPT.
Info and tickets: https://www.luminatofestival.com/hans-my-life-in-fairy-tales
