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RACHEL ROSE REID: I'M HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Saturday 12 May 2012
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Following a critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival premiere, an Australian and UK tour including London's Soho Theatre and the Bolton Octagon, RACHEL ROSE REID: I'M HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN will be featured at the Brighton Festival in 2012, which has been co-curated by Vanessa Redgrave.
Classy, compelling Independent
Immense skill and breathless conviction Times
Captivating... a fable just for adults Edinburgh Evening News
A bittersweet kaleidoscope of imperfect love and forgotten fairytales, the show weaves between the stories we read, the ones we tell and the ones we never finish, to rediscover Hans Christian Andersen for our time.
Award-winning contemporary storyteller Rachel Rose Reid has won acclaim for her one-woman theatre shows since her 2009 Edinburgh debut with AND THEY LIVED...
Recently featured as one of the Independent's top UK Storytellers, Rachel's work includes performances at the Barbican and Tricycle Theatres, Nevada's Burning Man Festival, Latitude Festival, the London Literary Festival, the Secret Garden Party and Camp Bestival. She has also performed on BBC Radio and will be featured in the upcoming series of Radio 3's The Verb.
'A glimpse of magic' - Guardian
'A rising star' - Independent on Sunday
The show is directed by Phillip Breen, whose work has won two Fringe First Awards (The Stefan Golaszewski Plays; Party) and been Perrier Award-nominated (Cowards).
CONTACT. mail@rachelrosereid.com