New Vic marks the spot as Treasure Island maps a course for Staffordshire

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As an annual alternative to Pantomime, the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle Under Lyme will be marking the spot with Treasure Island as its seasonal family show this Christmas.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel will be fully transformed into a thrilling on stage tale of adventure set on the high seas, featuring a treasure trove of live music, comedy antics and parrot puppetry, buccaneers and buried gold, epic sword fights – and a bevvy of rum guzzling pirates.

The show will be adapted and directed by New Vic theatre’s Artistic Director Theresa Heskins and run from Saturday 18 November 2017 – Saturday 27 January 2018.

Supporting her to bring the swashbuckling adventure to life will the same creative team behind previous successful family favourites staged at the venue, including The Snow Queen, The Borrowers and The Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Of course this production will provide a full 360 degree re-telling of the tale, performed ‘in-the-round’ on the New Vic stage.  Just make sure you book a seat out of line of the cannonballs!

Theresa Heskins, who is tasked with bringing the story to the stage, said: “Plays that speak to audiences across the generations makes for my favourite kind of theatre. Knowing that so many children will experience their first taste of the magic and wonder of theatre by coming along makes this time of year all the more special to the New Vic. The great thing about theatre-in-the-round is that the audience feels swept up in the action and this year we’re going for out-and-out adventure. 

 

ABOUT THERESA HESKINS

Theresa Heskins is the Artistic Director of the New Vic Theatre. Recent productions have included Kiss Me Quickstep, Robin Hood & Marian, Unearthed (developed in association with the National Theatre Studio; one of the Guardian’s top Ten Regional productions of 2015), The Throne, Dracula (one of the Observer’s Top Ten Productions of 2015), The Borrowers and Around the World in 80 Days in collaboration with Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre (nominated for ‘Best Show for Children and Young People’ in the 2014 UK Theatre Awards and the 2015 Manchester Theatre Awards ‘Best Production’).

Her adaptation of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, originally presented at the New Vic, has subsequently been produced by Northampton Theatres, the Kingston Rose and, last Christmas, by both the Edinburgh Lyceum and the Cardiff Sherman Theatre.

More About The Show

The sails will be hoisted and the rigging fully manned, just in time for the show when it sails into Staffordshire for a stay of port between 18 November 2017 – Saturday 27 January 2018.  Tickets are available now, see below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1458774858440{background-color: #e8e8e8 !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1458957047855{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”DATES, TIMES and BOOKING” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1458775149096{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1458775554849{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-12″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1491222557510{margin-right: 10px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”]

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