Kinder
A Smoking Apples Theatre Production
Aimed at everyone over 8
Escaping on a Kindertransport train, one small Czech-Jewish girl embarks on a mighty adventure.
Crossing between the past and present, Babi travels across Europe; from bon bons in Germany to the smell of the sea in Margate, she discovers how tiny acts of kindness can change the course of a person’s life.
Joyful, moving and poignant, Kinder features beautiful table top puppetry and cinematic shadow play, as Babi tries to assemble the parts of her broken identity, to find peace in her future. Kinder is a multi-award winning show, from puppetry and visual theatre company Smoking Apples. Inviting you to take a seat inside an immersive set, the story unfolds through a series of playful hatches and openings.
“Unmissable”
★★★★★ – Everything Theatre
Age guidance
Kinder is aimed at everyone over 8. The show contains some complex references to war and persecution, which younger audiences may find challenging. Kinder runs for up to an hour, without an interval and for the duration, the audience are seated inside a box structure. There is the option to leave and re-enter at any point.
About the company
Smoking Apples are an award-winning puppetry and visual theatre company. They work with complex subject matter to make bold, visually stunning, enjoyable theatre that holds being human at the heart of their stories. Their work includes indoor touring shows, outdoor and large scale work and outreach/educational projects. Previous indoor work has included CELL, a story about one man’s final adventure when he finds out he has Motor Neurone Disease, In Our Hands, a show about a trawler fisherman fighting to save his career and most recently, Flux, the story of a female nuclear physicist. These productions have toured nationally and internationally, including visits to Germany, Czech Republic, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Their outdoor work and education/outreach strands have also seen them travel the UK and abroad, working with some fantastic partners. These include Applause Rural Touring (Arbor the Tree & Buzz) and the Little Angel Theatre, where they run Spectrum Youth Theatre.
Credits
Director: Molly Freeman
Set Designer: Matt Lloyd
Puppet Design: Hattie Thomas
Script: Molly Freeman and George Bellamy
Shadow Puppetry Illustration: Hattie Thomas
Production Manager: Matt Lloyd
Executive Producer: Sofia Stephanou
Producer: Kate McStraw
Performer/Co-devisor: Hattie Thomas
Performer/Co-devisor: David Burchhardt
Performer: Tea Poldervaart
Co-devisor: George Bellamy
Composer: Jon Ouin
Sound Design: George Bellamy
Lighting Design: Sherry Coenen
Dramaturgy: Sam Redway
Creative Cultural Consultant: David Burchhardt
Lighting Programmer: Chris Marsh-Hilfiker
Production Electrician: Tom Lightbody
Scenic Painter: Charlotte Cross
Scenic Painter: Claire Cousins
Access Consultant: Jess Mabel Jones
SEN Consultant: Luke Breen
Marketing Support: Erin Caitlin Karn
Smoking Apples Co-Artistic Directors: Molly Freeman, Matt Lloyd and Hattie Thomas. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Enterprise Arts Trust.
Access info
Kinder has been designed to be accessible for neurodivergentaudiences. In the space, we will be providing stms (stmulatory
accessories) and actve responses to the show are encouraged. Audiences will be able to leave and re-enter the show, at any tme and there will be a chill out area (with bean bags, ear defenders and more stms) for periods of regulaton. An inclusive resource pack is available, in advance and includes a social story.
Multibuy Offer on Children’s Puppte Festival events:
(exclusions apply*)
Get 10% off when you book 2 events
Get 20% off when you book 3 or more events
How it works:
Step 1
Add a show or family workshop from the Children’s Puppet Festival to your basket
Shows in the Festival can be found here
Family workshops included in the offer (Ice Screams! and Ahoy There! Puppet Pirates) can be found here
Puppet Placations, other Family Workshops and Adult Workshops are excluded from this offer.
Step 2
If you add a second show or family workshop to your basket 10% discount applies to both shows
Step 3
If you add a third show or family workshop to your basket 20% discount applies to all shows
** Offer applies only to shows or family workshops (Ice Screams! and Ahoy There! Puppet Pirates) taking place between 1st August and 1st September only. Shows and family workshops need to be booked in the same order for the discount to apply, but if you have booked in separate orders and would like to claim the discount, please contact the box office. Please note that if you book more tickets for one show or family workshop than another, the discount only applies to the number of tickets booked on all events (e.g. if you book 3 tickets for two shows and 4 for a third show, 9 tickets are discounted 20% and the extra ticket on the one show is not discounted).
Please note the discount does not apply to any other workshops including adult workshops or puppet playcations.
Join us at a workshop
August – September 2024
Little Angel Theatre’s OFFIE award winning Children’s Puppet Festival
Jam-packed with shows and workshops for all the family and adults too!
We are delighted to announce the return of our Children’s Puppet Festival which will take place across both Little Angel venues this summer from August – September 2024. The vibrant programme will showcase a broad range of puppetry by the most exciting UK and international companies currently making theatre for young audiences.
There will also be plenty of opportunities for everyone to take part, with workshops for families, community events, fun days for children and courses for adults to try out the craft of puppetry.
