Olivia Jacobs

Tall Stories Celebrates 21st Birthday With Performances Worldwide

Features, News, Regional, Touring, West End
Tall Stories celebrates 21st Birthday

Tall Stories celebrates its 21st Birthday with a world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, productions in the USA, Australia and Around the UK, plus a West End Christmas season. Olivier award nominated and renowned theatre company Tall Stories celebrates its 21st birthday in 2018 with a stellar year of productions including a brand new show for grown-ups. The 1997 Edinburgh Fringe saw the premiere of the company’s first show, ‘The Happy Prince and Other Stories’, adapted from Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales. 21 years later, the company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with two distinctive Wilde adaptations: the world premiere of ‘The Canterville Ghost’ (definitely not suitable for under 12s) and the Edinburgh premiere of ‘Wilde Creatures’ (for ages 5 and over) – straight from London’s West End. Since joint artistic directors Olivia Jacobs and Toby Mitchell founded the company in 1997, they have co-created and staged 30 productions, in 5 languages, in … Read more

Watch Out! The Gruffalo is back in the West End

News, West End
The Gruffalo at the Lyric Theatre, London

This July everyone’s favourite furry monster roars back into the West End in celebration of his 15th anniversary on stage. Tall Stories’ smash hit production of The Gruffalo, which first opened on the 12 May 2001, 18 months after the book was first published, returns to the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue from 6 July. Tall Stories’ The Gruffalo is based on the much loved picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The most fearsome creature that never was – but is – takes to the stage in this enchanting production combining songs, laughter and storytelling theatre with just the right amount of scary fun! Olivia Jacobs and Toby Mitchell from Tall Stories said: “Back in 1999, when we asked Julia and Axel if we could adapt their then little-known book The Gruffalo for the stage, we had no idea how things would turn out. The original 2001 tour involved … Read more