Atelier Theatre Studio

The Nightingale

Friday 8th May : 10.30 – 11.15 Performance 1, 14.15 – 15.00 Performance 2 

VE Day Family Event : £7.00  

Location: The Orangery 

Enjoy this funny family show for ages 3 to 93, in the beautiful setting of the Orangery gardens. We are surrounded by magic but, absorbed by our own brilliance we don’t see the wonder. How amazingly beautiful is the song of the tiny nightingale, which we can hardly see, and less and less do we hear its song in our noisy utilitarian time.

Could we imagine a world without a nightingale’s song? We could, but what a world would that be? Two hundred years ago, in his playful and prophetic way, Hans Christian Andersen showed how the confrontation between humans and nature could work against each other, yielding no winner.

Cat & Nicko, two brilliant actors trained in Paris with renowned clown-master Philippe Gaulier, bring this story to life for you in Kent, the Garden of England. Bring umbrellas if wet! Suitable for ages 3+