Little Red Riding Hood Tour

We’re thrilled to announce that our highly successful production of  Little Red Riding Hood will tour to 26 community venues and libraries across Birmingham and the West Midlands during January and February.

Audiences have been loving this charming re-telling of the famous fairytale, which ends at The Rep on Sat 6 Jan. The tour, presented by Birmingham Rep and the Library of Birmingham, gives more people the opportunity to see the show beyond its run here, which started on Thu 7 Dec last year.

Tickets will be free or at low cost thanks to the generous support of the Sir Barry Jackson Trust and Arts Council England.

The production is directed by Rep Associate Artist Caroline Wilkes and written by Katherine Chandler, who also directed and wrote last year’s family favourite Jack and The Magic Beanstalk, making it another Rep Original that has been created especially for children aged three to six years old (and their grown-ups).

Robert Bruce, Chief Executive Officer of Smethwick’s Dorothy Parkes Centre, added:

The Dorothy Parkes Centre is delighted to be hosting another Birmingham Rep production. Following on from last year’s sell-out for Jack and the Magic Beanstalk, this year we will welcome Little Red Riding Hood and we are all looking forward to enjoying this show and banishing the winter blues.

This is a great opportunity to bring a high quality show to Smethwick for families who may be facing a cost of living crisis and it gives young children a chance to experience theatre at a young age. We are extremely grateful to The Rep and The Sir Barry Jackson Trust for providing us with this opportunity.”

Director of Little Red Riding Hood, Caroline Wilkes, said:

We are truly thrilled to extend the enchantment of this magical production to a wider audience of young children across the West Midlands beyond our successful run at The Rep.

We’re delighted that hundreds more children can relish the joy of live theatre, perhaps marking the beginning of a lifelong love for the performing arts, a gift they might not have encountered otherwise.”

Little Red Riding Hood takes the audience on an exciting adventure, which sees Red and her Nana outwit the Big Bad Wolf through being brave, kind and a little bit chatty!

CBeebies presenter Nisha Anil plays Nana. The role of Red is played by Siobhan Cha Cha and joining them as the Wolf/Robin is actor and musician Ben Simon.

Little Red Riding Hood is also a Green Book sustainably made theatre production. Green Book productions are part of a theatre industry initiative to tackle climate change from waste reduction to printing posters on recycled paper.

Claire Cochrane from the Sir Barry Jackson Trust said; “The Sir Barry Jackson Trust is committed to the enrichment of the community experience of live theatre in all its diversity. We are delighted to support this hugely enjoyable and fun retelling of a much-loved fairy tale, which will enthral young children and their families. We’re especially proud that the show is a Green Book production, with sustainability at the heart of its set design.”

The Little Red Riding Hood set has been constructed to minimise its carbon footprint. A large portion of the wooden elements were made using offcuts from other Birmingham Rep productions, including Sinatra The Musical and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and leftover paint has been used to reduce waste.

In addition to the tour, a number of the venues and libraries will be offering a workshop that explores the production with its creatives. Please check with the individual venues as to which ones are hosting a workshop.

Tour Schedule

Supported by the Sir Barry Jackson Trust

Supported by Arts Council England