Zog

Zog is so eager to win a golden star at Madam Dragon’s school, where young dragons learn all the things they need to know. Zog tries perhaps too hard, and he bumps, burns and roars his way through years one, two and three. His friend the plucky Princess Pearl patches him up ready to face his biggest challenge yet… a duel with the knight, Sir Gadabout the Great!

Adapted and directed by Mike Shepherd (Kneehigh) and with a sumptuous folk score from Johnny Flynn (award-winning actor and singer-songwriter) played onstage by live musicians, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved Zog comes to life in a real and fantastical world.

Getting to light for Mike Shepherd and to see his process for making new work close at hand was a real highlight for me. And the rest of the team equally strong: Johnny Flynn brought a totally original style of music for children’s theatre, so many years of experience in puppet-making and puppeteering from Lyndie Wright and her daughter Sarah, and finally Katie Sykes designing, whose work I’ve admired on Hetty Feather and La Strada.

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Photographs by Helen Maybanks / helenmaybanks.com

Author
Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Adapted by
Mike Shepherd
Director
Mike Shepherd
Music & Lyrics
Johnny Flynn
Set, Costume
Katie Sykes
Puppet Des.
Lyndie Wright MBE
Lighting
Ric Mountjoy
Sound
Julian Starr
Puppet Dir.
Sarah Wright
Movement
Tom Jackson Greaves
Producer
Freckle Productions & Rose Theatre Kingston
Venues
Rose Theatre, Kingston; Jan 2019
National Tour; Feb – July 2019
Cadogan Hall, London; Summer 2019

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