The New Victory Theater Presents BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

A rowdy and rustic retelling of the familiar French fable, Beauty and the Beast features an ensemble of six actor-musicians who all play instruments whilst on stage. Devised by English/Norwegian group New International Encounter (NIE), along with Cambridge Junction and Tobacco Factory Theatres, and directed by NIE founder and artistic director Alex Byrne, this play with music weaves spellbinding narration, clever dialogue and a Jazz Age score into a ferociously fun show about love, family and the notion that beauty-and beastliness-are only skin-deep. Brimming with surprises and broad comic delights, this charming production from England features a feisty heroine, a preposterous pair of loudmouthed, spoiled sisters and an enchanted prince with some monstrously bad pick-up lines. See it for yourself on the New Victory stage from October 26 - November 11, 2018!

NIE (Museum of Memories, New Vic 2015; Past Half Remembered, New Vic 2008), recipient of the ASSITEJ Award for Artistic Excellence, is an international and multilingual theater company based in Cambridge, England and Asker, Norway, that produces work for and with young people. NIE delivers high-quality creative projects with an international outlook, working in a way that allows people of all abilities to access their work as audience, participants, collaborators and creative artists. Bringing together theater artists from different countries to combine physical theater, multiple languages, live music and storytelling, NIE has created 32 shows and toured to 34 countries, across four continents, since 2001.

Beauty and the beast is directed by Alex Byrne, featuring Martin Bonger as Beast, Sara Lessore as Isabella, Elliot Davis as Anastasia, Samantha Sutherland as Latrice, Ben Tolley as Maurice and Greg Hall as Ensemble / Musician. On the creative team, Byrne is joined by associate director Michael Judge, designer Stefanie Mueller, assistant designer Fiona Rigler and lighting designer Trui Malten. Movement input has been provided by Kasia Zaremba-Byrne. Touring support provided by Arts Council England.

Learn more about Beauty and the Beast at NewVictory.org.