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New Voices 3: Fairytales from Home

English Theatre Leipzig and Neues Schauspiel Leipzig present

6 countries. 6 stories. 6 languages. 6 women.

Old fairytales and legends passed down through generations. 
New stories devised by an ensemble of women.  
A reflection on home, migration, war and the power of storytelling to connect us. 

A play performed primarily in English, with elements of Ukrainian, Portuguese, Italian, Vietnamese, Irish and Farsi.

Ensemble

Karen Mesquita | Brazil | Iara, the Mother of Water
Maria Gallo | Italy | Saint Maria Goretti, the virgin
Tetiana Bielun | Ukraine | The fortune-teller of St Andrew’s Eve
Asisa Schlechte | Iran | Arash the Archer
Aoife McGovern | Ireland | Selchi, the Dancer in the Moonlight
Jun | Vietnam | Toad is Heaven’s Uncle

Production

Devising Director | Josiane Segar
Artistic support & outside eye | Letizia Rivera
Acting coach & production | Connor Fox
Stage manager & production | Sophie Schulze
Hair, Makeup & Costume | Amy Varcoe
Ukrainian writer | Alina Kuvalina
Musician | Ingmar Staude & Suki Florence

Special thanks to: Peter Hubbard, Andrea Baccomo, Sariel Castaño Díaz and the Folklore Ensemble «Oseredok», under the direction of the Honored Artist of Ukraine, Viktoriіa Osypenko.

This production is kindly supported by Kulturamt - Stadt Leipzig.

Solidarisches Preissystem:
10 € / 15 € / 20 €