The Gruffalo

SPECTRA & Iván Fischer

family performance

music theatre

Sun 03 Apr 2022 -16.30

Last tickets

Concertzaal

start	16.30
expected end time	17.30
vanaf 4 jaar

Standaard €14.00

Reductie -26 €7.50

All prices include booking fees.

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Famous children’s book set to music by Iván Fischer

Little Mouse wants to scare off all the animals in the forest who want to eat him. That's why he invents a monstrous creature: the Gruffalo. Knowing that the Gruffalo is only made up, Mouse is very happy with his plan... But oh help! Oh no! What’s this? It has orange eyes, a tongue as black as liquorice and purple prickles all over its back. It’s a Gruffalo! Maestro Iván Fischer wrote music to accompany Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s world-famous story. Humour and rhyme, colourful illustrations and imaginative music turn this children’s classic into a funny and exciting musical story.

programme

Iván Fischer (1951)
The Gruffalo based on text and pictures by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

performers

Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler: text & images
Iván Fischer: music
Filip Rathé: musical direction
SPECTRA: musical performance
Franches Dhont (mouse), Anna Nuyten (snake), Lars Corijn (fox), Bruno De Canne, Bruno De Jonghe (owl), Wouter Vande Ginste (Gruffalo), Lissa Meyvis (narrator 1), Leander van Gijsegem (narrator 2): vocals
Korneel Alsteens/Luk Nielandt (oboe), Nico Couck (guitar), Cédric De Bruycker (clarinet), Lukas Huisman (piano), Francis Mourey (cello), Frank Van Eycken (percussion), Tille Van Gastel (flute), Wim Van Volsem (bassoon), Pieter Vandermeiren (trombone) & Anne Zeuwts (harp): music
Yannick Willox: sound
Yannick Verweij: light
Birgit Eckenweber: direction, concept scenery & costumes
Sabine Lindner: costume & set design
Kathleen Van Mechelen & Cindy Dierckx: costume design
Gabriele Nellessen: dramaturgy
Uwe Meurer: video
SPECTRA: production
Veerle Vervoort: production management

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Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler: text & images
Iván Fischer: music
Filip Rathé: musical direction
SPECTRA: mus