My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice
by Dead Rabbits Theatre Companytheatre
True story of three explorers in 1897 who took to the North Pole in a hydrogen filled balloon leaving their wives behind
about the production
Three explorers prepare for the adventure of a lifetime, packing up their balloon to travel to the farthest reaches of the world: the North Pole. Solomon, his sister Matilda and her husband Nils are ready to throw themselves into the unknown in search of . . . well, just in search of new adventures. This heart-warming yet tragic tale uses ensemble storytelling and a highly visual style including: live music, puppetry and a large dose of humour. Winner of multiple awards at the Edmonton Fringe including "Pick of the Fringe" and "Best Emerging Artits"
about the artist
Dead Rabbits Theatre Company are interested in telling stories from the perspective of women, using a strong female protagonist, a cast of second generation migrants, a guy from Essex and with company direction and leadership from Kasia, “a foreigner and a woman.”
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stage dimensions
width: 4 metres
height: 3 metres
depth: 4 metres
LX - Cool General Cover. Strong Blue Wash. Greens, Pinks and Reds useful. The ability to focus 5 specials.
We tour one LX fixture to create "Northern Lights"
SND - We tour a mac - require mini jack into PA
Support focussing and fitting up parachute useful, although the compnay is pretty self contained.
If intelligent lighting, please support out Tech ASM to programme.
We prefer to 'live mix' lx states using submasters (We know this is odd but it changes the quality of the light changes)
We are very interested in working with young people doing there GCSE's and A Levels.
The work has been enjoyed by audiences 12 plus
★★★★★* “at turns both hilarious and heartwarming… My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice is what makes the Fringe a magical, special place. It’s definitely a must see”
It's not often a play will take you from cheerfulness to sadness to contemplation in the span of an hour, but My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice does exactly that
Masters of stagecraft... slip expertly from silly to sincere.
The work is designed to be toured internationally. To that end the storytelling uses highly visual images and song to help progress the narrative aided by text.
The Company deliver the following workshops
Playfulness, Spontaneity and Physical Comedy - 1/2 Day Workshop (£200) Day workshop (£350)
Everyone starts somewhere! This workshops aim is to build confidence and self-belief and is geared towards young people and people from underprivileged backgrounds who would like to perform or become actors.
This is a half day course (£200 Negotiable)
Approaches to Devising - Workshop series of Up to 5 days (£1500) or £350 a day
Technical Theatre for non-technical people: Touring fundamentals Up tp 2 Days
Please request details about locations on tour (Woolwich and Twickenham available)
£700 +VAT Guaranteed with Box office split (60:40 dependant on the size of the venue - Negotiable).
