After a sold out run at the Baxter Theatre in 2017, The Lilliput Children’s Theatre Company will be performing one of their most successful shows, PINOCCHIO for the school holidays. PINOCCHIO is back by popular demand and will run from Monday, 2 April until Saturday 7 April in a new time slot – 10am at the Nassau Theatre at Groote Schuur High School, in Palmyra Road, Newlands.
PINOCCHIO is based on the original Carlo Collodi classic of the little wooden puppet who has to prove himself to be honest and trustworthy before he can become a real live boy, with help and guidance from Jiminy Cricket and the Blue Fairy.
Fairytale for the whole family
Follow Pinocchio and Gepetto on their adventures to Stromboli’s Puppet Theatre and inside a whale. Watch Pinocchio’s nose grow as he lies to Gepetto and see Jiminy Cricket magically turn into a life-size cricket. A fairytale
classic for the whole family over the school holidays.
Pinocchio is one of the world`s best loved fairytales and is adapted and directed by Elton John Duffy, who has been producing Children’s Theatre and delighting audiences for the past 25 years. This is a true traditional fairytale with a modern twist.
Plenty of stars!
This production stars Desle McConney as Jiminy Cricket, Dean Van Der Ventel as the Fox, Elton John Duffy as Gepetto, Buddy-Bo Butler as the Blue Fairy and Mar-li Van Der Merwe as Pinocchio.
What: PINOCCHIO
Where: Nassau Theatre, Groote Schuur High School, Palmyra Road, Newlands
When: 2 – 7 April, 2018
Tickets: R80
Book: www.computicket.com
School block bookings: 083 364 8284, 021 558-2650, elton@lilliputplayers.co.za Information: www.lilliputplayers.co.za
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