Nominated for THE STAGE DEBUT DESIGN AWARD 2017

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"Cook's words are anchored to Jessica Staton's beautiful production design.

She makes wonderful use of the Orange Tree's in-the-round space, as streams of brightly coloured elastic are looped around the audience."

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ADAPTED BY  ELINOR COOK​​

FROM THE BOOK BY  MAC BARNETT​​

ILLUSTRATED  BY  JON KLASSEN

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DIRECTOR  IMOGEN BOND

COMPOSER  TOM DEERING

LIGHTING DESIGNER  CHRIS McDONNELL

PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHER  ROBERT DAY

THE ORANGE TREE THEATRE, RICHMOND

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SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER

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On a cold, dark day in a dull, grey town, Annabelle discovers a box of brightly coloured yarn. She knits a cosy jumper to keep herself warm and finds, to her surprise, that she still has extra yarn. So she decides to knit her dog Mars a jumper too but she still has extra yarn!

Annabelle knits and knits and, soon, she's blanketed the entire town in a rainbow of colour. Her fame spreads far and wide. it doesn't take long for the evil Archduke to set his beady eyes upon Annabelle's magical box yarn but, little does he know, you have to have a bit of magic inside your heart for it to work...