Client: Slung Low for The Barbican, London
First performances in 2012, with subsequent performances on a national tour including The Crucible, Sheffield.
Director: Alan Lane
Producer: Laura Clarke
Music: Heather Fenoughty
Sound Design: Mathew Angove
Movement Director: Lucy Hind
Album available on whichever platform streamer you choose to use…
Genuinely one of the most lovely shows I’ve ever worked on (second only to Emergency Story Penguin, I think…).
59 Minutes to Save Christmas took place originally in the gigantic foyer of the Barbican, with installations in different areas of that vast space featuring different Christmassy characters. The audience would be led around, with a mission to save Christmas from the baddie, Professor Meanwood, who turns out to just need a little love and attention to appreciate the magic of the season.
Joyous, delightful, mischeivous and a bit of a tearjerker at the end.
A little overview from its Barbican run:
And the Trailer from its Crucible run: