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+).
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 keep their family alive as their natural habitat declines. We’ve traditionally had a male wolf, but I became increasingly interested in the story we can tell if Wolf was played by a female performer. I can’t wait to start exploring all those possibilities with Stephanie and the rest of our dazzling all female cast and I really look forward to bringing the show to audiences in Manchester.”
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 (Lyngo Theatre), 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.
Cast Francesca Anderson as Grandma Stephanie Greer as Wolfie
Fatima Jawara as Little Red
Anoosh Kendrick as Woodcutter
Creatives
Writer Kevin Dyer
Director Nina Hajiyianni
Designer Elizabeth Wright based on an original design by Sydonie Paterson
Music Patrick Dineen
Lighting Design Julie Kearney
Producers Theatre Porto, Home, Matthew Linley Creative Projects in association with Eastern Angles
Listings information
HOME Manchester
29 Nov – 6 Dec 2023
HOME
2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester M15 4FN
Morning and afternoon shows offered
Times vary, see website for details
Running time: 55 minutes
Age guidance 4+
Tickets from £8
Theatre Porto
9 Dec 2023 – 13 Jan 2024
THEATRE PORTO
Whitby Park, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 6QY
