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Kite
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The Wrong Crowd
The Wrong Crowd in association with Soho Theatre presents…
Kite
An adventure as wild as the wind premiering at Soho Theatre as part of London International Mime Festival 2016
Kite is a new Wrong Crowd production in association with Soho Theatre, inspired by the world of indoor-kite flying and stories such as The Snowman and The Red Balloon. Kite is a play without words, with originally composed music, dance, puppetry and of course, kites. It’s for audiences of all ages, from 7 to adult. A poignant love-song to the wind, freedom and the joy of play.
A lonely girl is taken to live in her grandma’s airless flat where the windows are shut tight. Her memories of seagulls and sand dunes begin to fade in the silence. One night a handmade kite comes to life and heralds the start of a wild adventure and the chance to find what it seemed was lost forever.
Kite is an original story created by the company, directed and designed by The Wrong Crowd’s Rachael Canning, composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge with Eddie Kay as Movement Director and Mark Howland as Lighting Designer.
It follows the critically acclaimed Swanhunter in 2015 – “Music and staging are expertly crafted (Times) “”Ingenious theatrical economy” (Observer ✭✭✭✭), award winning HAG in 2013 “Deliciously dark” (Independent ✭✭✭✭)“A strong whiff of magic” (Time Out ✭✭✭✭), 2011 smash hit, The Girl with the Iron Claws “Theatrical magic” (Guardian ✭✭✭✭) “Fresh, unusual and sinister” (Scotsman ✭✭✭✭).