Princess of the Graveyard Palace

Produced in partnership with Face Front Inclusive Theatre & Stratford Circus Arts Centre
Supported by Arts Council England
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A Princess is anxious. Her father the King is sick. Can she cope with his death? And can she cope with the job of replacing him?
With the help of her friend Lily, a dignified acceptance of life and death sees her part of the way through.
But there is another world out there that doesn’t go by the same values - a world, sometimes stupid and sometimes cruel, that is obsessed with putting some people in boxes - and perhaps worse.
Lily and the Princess can see what is going on, but will their own values prevail? Drama, dance and music lead us through a life-and-death puzzle.
‘Engaging in both style and content, thought-provoking.’
(Gus Garside, Arts Manager, Mencap)
‘tremendously powerful, informative and moving.’
(Colm Gallagher)
‘An intriguing and exciting work that asks why, in this day and age, we still exclude some people from happiness, and from life itself.’
(Sarah Archdeacon)
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Production Team 2012
Writers: Ellen Goodey and Chris Goodey
Directors: Ellen Goodey and Ray Downing
Dramaturge: Chris Goodey
Performers: Ellen Goodey, Peter Faventi, Miranda Keeling, Mabel Cooper, Gopal, Gautam, Dipan Patel, Annie Smol
In partnership with Stratford Circus Arts Centre, Face Front Inclusive Theatre
Funded by: Arts Council England.
Production Team 2014
Writers: Ellen Goodey and Chris Goodey
Director: Ellen Goodey
Dramaturge: Toby Clarke
Production Manager: Nigel Kellaway
Producer: Ray Dowining
Music: Iris Ederer
Choreographers: Ellen Goodey and Kat Gill
Performed by: Kat Gill, Ben Myers, Delson Weekes, Annie Lee Jones, Rosie Leek
In partnership with Stratford Circus Arts Centre, Face Front Inclusive Theatre
Funded by: Arts Council England.
Production Team 2017
Written by: Ellen Goodey and Chris Goodey
Directed by: Ellen Goodey and Annie Smol
Dramaturge: Jonathan Meth
Producer: Ray Downing
Music: Iris Ederer
Graphic Design by: Nigel Kellaway
Choreographers: Ellen Goodey and Kat Gill
Production Manager: Nigel Kellaway
Artistic Enablers: Jamilah Yakubu, Penny Gkritzapi, Abigail Darton
Supported Artists: Barry Churchill, Becky Seabrook
Designer: Rūta Irbīte
Video Projections: Nigel Kellaway
Performers: Jon French, Sarah-Jane Wingrove, Adam Smith, Katy Cracknell, Delson Weekes, Dipan Patel,
Runner: Danny Charalambous
In partnership with Stratford Circus Arts Centre, Face Front Inclusive Theatre
Funded by: Arts Council England.