Theatre Porto and HOME announce all female cast for acclaimed family production Little Red coming to Ellesmere Port and Manchester this winter

Touring December 2023 – January 2024

Further Information:

• Find out more about Little Red here 

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• 29th Nov – 6th Dec 2023 (HOME, Manchester)
• 8th Dec 2023 – 13th Jan 2024 (Theatre Porto, Cheshire)

HOME and Theatre Porto are delighted to announce the full cast for critically acclaimed Little Red coming to HOME Manchester this winter. Packed with irresistible adventure, superb visual storytelling and songs that you will be humming all winter, the show is a playful twist on a familiar tale, providing a perfect festive treat for families with little ones (4+).

Cast

Francesca Anderson as Grandma
Stephanie Greer as Wolfie
Fatima Jawara as Little Red
Anoush Kendrick as Woodcutter

For the first time since premiering in 2016, the role of Jazz–singing ‘Wolfie’ will be played by female performer Stephanie Greer (The Man Who Left Is Not The Man Who Came Home (Farnham Maltings, also written by Kevin Dyer), And Now It’s All This (Liverpool and Los Angeles), and Sealskin (Liverpool Everyman), completing the all-female cast.

Theatre Porto Artistic Director and Director of Little Red Nina Hajiyianni said:

“In our Little Red, Wolfie is battling to stay alive as their natural habitat declines and hunger kicks-in. We’ve traditionally had a male wolf, but I became increasingly interested in the story we can tell if Wolfie is played by a female performer. I’m really looking forward to recreating the show with Steph, and a dazzling, all female ensemble cast. We can’t wait to bring the show to North West audiences.”

Performer Stephanie Greer had this to say:

“I am delighted to be joining the cast of Little Red as Wolfie. As a North-West based performer I’m so excited to be working with Nina and Theatre Porto again. I’m especially looking forward to getting my acting teeth into Wolfie – its a fantastic role in such a wonderful show that quite literally has something for everyone.”

The original script by the award-winning Kevin Dyer was developed using a devising process led by Director Nina Hajiyianni. Joining Stephanie in the all-female cast are Francesca Anderson (Eastenders (BBC), Jane Eyre (DOT productions ), and Hansel & Gretel in Seoul, South Korea (Lyngo Theatre), as a very cheeky, trophy hunting ‘Grandma’, Fatima Jawara (DOG SQUAD (CBBC), Kidnapped (National Theatre of Scotland), and The Snow Queen (Lyceum Theatre)), as feisty heroine ‘Little Red’, and Anoosh Kendrick (The Pyjama Game (The Pleasance Theatre), Mickey and the Wondrous Book (Disneyland Hong Kong), as the loving mum and Woodcutter.

Little Red was originally commissioned by Unity Theatre, Liverpool in 2016. The show is returning to the North West in a new production by Theatre Porto, HOME, MLCP and is in association with Eastern Angles.

★★★★★
“Witty and intelligent…”
The Reviews Hub

★★★★★
“Sheer bliss from beginning to end”
Northern Soul

★★★★
“A genuine Christmas treat”
Whats On Stage

★★★★★
“An atmospheric show which children cannot help but be drawn into”
Liverpool Arts Scene

★★★★
“Lovably scary storytelling”
The Stage

★★★★
“A masterclass in sophisticated storytelling”
Liverpool Echo

Text – Kevin Dyer
Director – Nina Hajiyianni
Designer – Elizabeth Wright based on an original design by Sydonie Paterson
Composer / Musical Director – Patrick Dineen
Lighting Design – Julie Kearney
Producers – Theatre Porto, HOME, Matthew Linley Creative Projects in association with Eastern Angles

Age Guidance 4+

Performance Dates:

29th Nov – 6th December
HOME, Mcr
2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, M15 4FN
https://homemcr.org/production/little-red/

9th December – 13th January
THEATRE PORTO
Whitby Park, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 6QY
https://theatreporto.org/little-red-live/

Production / cast shots of previous runs of Little Red