The story of Yeh Shen first appeared in 9th Century China, over 1,000 years before the first European Cinderella story. For our Jan/Feb UK touring production, Yellow Earth and Vicky Ireland reimagined this timeless tale to celebrate Chinese New Year and give everyone a chance to experience this delightful tale.

A beautiful and enchanting tale of a young orphaned girl, a magical fish, a nasty stepmother and sister, and a lost shoe. Will Yeh Shen be able to attend the New Year Festival? How can a fish, a dragon and a horse help her? Will she ever find happiness? And what happens to the shoe?

Yellow Earth brought a new version of this timeless tale to life with puppetry, live music, elements of Beijing Opera and all the excitement, colour and sounds of the Chinese Spring Festival.

UK Tour: 31 January - 5 April 2015

Wimbledon, Deptford, Nottingham, Barking, Salisbury, Finchley, Sheffield, Brentford, Greenwich, Scarborough, Bolton and Shoreditch, London.

Creative team

Writer: Vicky Ireland
Director: Kumiko Mendl
Designer: Claire Lyth
Puppet Director: Roman Stefanski
Lighting Designer: Chris Randall
Sound Designer: Gillian Tan
Original Live Music: Joanna Zenghui Qui
Choreographer: Sinman Yue
Fight Director: Haruka Kuroda
Rehearsal Company Stage Manager: Sarah Julie Pujol
Touring Stage Manager: Sam Tibbs
General Manager: Chris Corner

Cast

Kerry Gooderson
Anna Leong Brophy
Rebecca Yeo
Ashley Alymann
Chris Chan
Joanna Zhenghui Qui