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3 February - 17 April 2010
Trestle and Moon Fool present

"their reconfiguring of Shakespeare plays like jazz variations, beautifully orchestrated" - Observer
Clare Brennan

Living forever's not easy nowadays - if you're a fairy. The forests are diminishing and humans are so...

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The Glass Mountain

24 September - 14 November 2009

In a world of diverging paths and rocky roads, how do we choose which way to travel? The Glass Mountain told the story of Olek, Polish baker by day, dreamer by night, who boards a bus for England and finds himself on a much bigger journey than he had bargained for.

Little India

27 September - 10 November 2007

Little India told a tale of love, loss, mischief and mayhem.

The Smallest Person

4 August - 4 December 2004

In The Smallest Person the true story of 19½ inch tall Caroline Crachami and her short lived celebrity in Georgian England was told alongside that of a contemporary family seeking a cure for their seriously ill son.

The Adventures of the Stoneheads

28 June 2002 - 1 March 2003

The Adventures of the Stoneheads told the story of an eccentric and colourful family and their quest to survive when they are washed up on an unfamiliar shore.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

17 September - 3 November 2000

In the hands of Trestle, The Barretts of Wimpole Street became an offbeat and haunting production about an insular family slowly falling apart.

This was the first time that Trestle had worked with an existing script, The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier and integrated masked and unmasked characters. The production won the Stage Award for Acting Excellence (Best Ensemble) at the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Lola

17 September 2008 - 1 April 2009

Lola told the true story of the infamous 19th century Spanish dancer who stormed her way through life on a tumultuous journey of seduction, sorrow and success.

Beyond Midnight

3 August - 25 November 2005

Written by the award-winning Diane Samuels (Kindertransport), Beyond Midnight told a familiar story in unfamiliar ways.

Cinderella is dead and the glass slipper is back. Welcome to a world beyond Happily Ever After! This dark, witty and fantastical production was the first Trestle production commissioned and directed by the Company’s new Artistic Director, Emily Gray.

Tonight We Fly

6 August 2003 - 18 April 2004

Tonight We Fly was a vibrant, fast-paced and emotional production based on the extraordinary life of Marc Chagall.

From his turbulent beginnings in a burning town to becoming one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, Tonight We Fly brought Chagall and his pictures to life using masks, text, puppetry and live Klezmer music. Tonight We Fly was a co-production between Trestle and the Watford Palace Theatre.

Blood and Roses

7 March - 27 October 2001

As a boy, Lambert Simnel was taught to forget that he was ever anything other than a prince, yet he would spend the rest of his life trying to forget that he was ever anything other than an ordinary man.

Set in 1507 in the heart of the royal kitchens, Blood and Roses recounted the life story of this pretender to the throne of Henry VII. This was the first Trestle production using half-masks, giving masked characters a voice.

Island

22 June - 28 August 2000

Island recreated the final expansive moments of Mildred Thomas; an imaginary life that was full of perverse fate, missed opportunity and abandonment.

Wild fantasy and grim reality merged in this humorous and moving story about chance, life choices and the isolation prevalent in people’s lives at the start of the 21st century. Island toured three times over a three-year period throughout the UK and Holland.

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