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Now taking bookings for 2025
This original show for families introduces a new legendary figure to British drama: the ‘Swiss Robin Hood’, Wilhelm Tell, who refused to bow to a tyrant and famously had to shoot an apple off his child’s head with a crossbow as a punishment.
Join plucky Will as she rides off on a chivalric quest to rescue her folk hero father Wilhelm Tell from the Big Bad Baron’s deepest darkest dungeon. Inspired by that great righter of wrongs Robin Hood, Will knows all about standing up to tyrants but is clueless when the Baron's daughter Edel falls madly in love with her and wants to be rescued too. So can Will with just pots and pans for armour and a donkey for a steed, defeat the Bad Baron and free her dad and Edel?
Don’t miss this fun-packed comic adventure which promises capers around castles, Strictly Come Medieval Dancing and a nail-biting joust on life-size horse puppets, all woven together with engaging storytelling and catchy original songs.
Production Style
Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron fuses Fideri Fidera’s characteristic rich mix of storytelling, comedy, music and song, and audience participation with Commedia dell-Arte style slapstick, buffoonery, heroes fighting against injustice, and satirical digs at contemporary public figures.
“A cracking show delivering the right dose of comedy magic. The adults in the audience were laughing as much as the kids”
Laura Crichton, Edinburgh With Kids
★★★★★
“They’ve roared out of lockdown doing what they do best, making children laugh while they think”
Get Your Coats On
★★★★★
“We had a whale of a time! The company were brilliant and unflappable, responding to the laid-back atmosphere we want to create at Stade Hall. It was everything we wanted it to be and more. The show went brilliantly. We were so, so glad to have it, and the audience loved it.”
Dan at Stade Hall, Hastings
“This is a lovely feel-good tale for children”
Fairy Powered Productions
★★★★★
“There's singing along to genuinely funny songs, hilarious dancing, great puppetry and a few 'he's behind you' pantomime moments, which had the kids in the audience shouting, clapping and laughing along throughout and the genuinely loud laughs seemed to be shared equally between young and old”
Neil Jones, ManchesterTheatres.com
★★★★★
“A great family show. Highly recommended”
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Creative Team
Written and directed by Colin Granger
Cast: Natasha Granger and Jack Faires
Design and puppets: Marina Kobler
Costumes: Holly M Costume
Physical Theatre coach: Ketch (Gamarjobat)
Lyrics and music: Natasha Granger and Jack Faires
Orchestration Music and track production: Martin Higgins
Photos: Amber Tanc and The Brighton Studio
Poster illustration and design sketches: Lisa Smith
Print and website design: shootingstar.uk
Bikes: Mike Pattison
Set: Paul Harrison
Additional set painting and design: Della Granger
Show Info
Age: For the whole family. Recommended 3+
Will Tell works equally well in small and mid-sale spaces with seating for audiences up to 500. Please contact us for more information.
Running time: 60 minutes with or without an interval.
The show can be performed outdoors.
Festivals, Libraries, Community, school, rural touring performances
The show is suitable for non-theatre performances and travels with its own lights and sound.
Workshop
Details to be announced.
Marketing
Included in the fee
- Dedicated marketing support from Theatre Fideri Fidera’s experienced marketing team with ideas on how to sell the show to children and their families, including social media support.
- A video trailer link that venues can add to their own websites.
- A free programme for audiences with show-themed games for the children to play after the show.
- Print: Posters and flyers.