Theatre-Rites

Sleep Tight

for under-5s

Toured October to December 2000 and March to June 2001. Sleep Tight travelled the length of the UK, from the south coast to Aberdeen and also spent a week in Ireland at the Belfast Festival.

The show was met with a wonderful response from children, adults and the press:

Director	Sue Buckmaster
Associate Director	Orla O’Loughlin
Installation Artist	Sophia Clist
Musical Director	Nigel Piper
Stage Manager	Juan Pascal (first tour), Amanda Tait (second tour)
Video Artists	Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie
Lighting Designer	Phil Supple
Company	Joseph Carey, Adam Bennett (first tour), Alison McGowan (second tour), Natasha Holmes

Imagine a world filled with mattresses, pillows and duvets – a cosy, soft and intimate environment where a grown-up is on his way to bed. He enters a dream landscape as the bed takes on its own life force and two moon spirits magically transform the pillows into puppets and characters of the night.

The audience recognise some of the antics that take place as the memories, dreams and imagination of the central character emerge through the manipulation of material and the creation of fantastic figures in the form of pillow puppets. Video projection and shadow puppetry add to the richness of the imaginative world created on stage. The audience feel themselves immersed in a land of extraordinary imagery and play as pillows come alive, mounds of duvets transform into vast landscapes, friendly creatures rock us to sleep and lullabies soothe our fears away.

“Anyone with a small child should make this show a priority, but so should anyone with any kind of interest in the possibilities of theatre. It is a real peach.”

The Guardian