Award-winning company 1927 returns to the UK for the first time since 2020 with a national tour of its new show Please right back, which comes to the Courtyard Theatre at Leeds Playhouse from 15-19 October.
Combining handcrafted animation and bold storytelling, Please right back sweeps audiences into a magical, mischievous world, inspired by a true story. Kim and Davey’s dad, Mr E, has disappeared. When he writes to his children to tell them what has happened, his imagination takes over. Reality collides with fantasy, as we travel on a fast-paced journey through his wild adventure stories.
Mr E’s letters are staged using song, dance and absurd, subversive animations, as his stories become a kind of game between him and his children – a cathartic release in the face of distress.
Please right back explores the difficulties children go through when a parent leaves the family, while celebrating the power of the imagination to overcome hardship.
1927 was founded in 2005 by Co-Artistic Directors Suzanne Andrade (Writer and Director) and Paul Barritt (Illustrator and Animator). Since its 2007 debut, the company has worked across theatre and opera to craft multi award-winning productions of ambition and scale that synchronise performance and live music with handcrafted animation.
Please right back is written by Suzanne Andrade, directed by Esme Appleton and Suzanne Andrade, with Animation and Video by Paul Barritt, stage design by Paul Barritt and 1927, music and sound by Laurence Owen, costume by Sarah Munro and dramaturgy by Andreas Karlaganis, Ben Francome and Shelley Hastings.
Listings info
1927 presents
Please right back
Courtyard Theatre, Leeds Playhouse
15-19 October
1hr 45 mins (inc interval)
Age 8+
Box office 0113 213 7700
Book online at leedsplayhouse.org.uk
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