'HORRID HENRY LIVE AND HORRID!' Opening In London On 11/21

HORRID HENRY LIVE AND HORRID!
adapted by John Godber from the books by Francesca Simon and the CITV series by Novel Entertainment a great Christmas treat! Opening at Trafalgar Studios on November 21st, 2008.

Kids adore Horrid Henry. Currently, he’s one of the most popular characters in children’s fiction and is coming to the West End in Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid! opening at the Trafalgar Studios on November 21st for a limited Christmas run until January 11th.

Brought to life by acclaimed playwright John Godber from the best-selling books by award winning author Francesca Simon, Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid! is the first time the tales of the adorably horrid Henry have been performed on stage.  

Along with his long-suffering parents, his smelly- nappy-baby brother, Perfect Peter and the rest of the gang, Horrid Henry’s war on grown ups, rules and all things boring is recreated featuring original music, song and dance.  Funny and fast moving, this family show tells the familiar stories that have captured the imagination of a nation of young people.

With kids able to see it for half price at all performances including Sundays, Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid! is a great Christmas treat.

Horrid Henry is one of the most famous children's literary characters in the UK second only in terms of book sales to Harry Potter.

Since 1993, when the first book was published, Horrid Henry has become a publishing phenomenon- the series has sold over 12 million copies in the UK alone and has been published in 25 languages in 27 countries worldwide. 

The latest book in the series, Horrid Henry Robs the Bank, went straight to number one in the children’s bestsellers list when it was published in June 2008. Meanwhile, its predecessor – Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman- was voted Children’s Book of the Year at the 2008 British Book Awards, affectionately known as ‘The Nibbies’. 
 
Horrid Henry is also a top-rating and hugely successful ITV animated series, made by Novel Entertainment for CITV.

Award-winning writer and director John Godber has been the Artistic Director of Hull Truck Theatre Company since 1984. Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid! is the first time Godber has written a family show. A prolific playwright, his many works include Blood, Sweat and Tears; Teechers; Up ‘n’ Under (Olivier Award for Best New Comedy), and Bouncers (7 Los Angeles Critics’ Circle Awards). For television, he wrote and co-directed The Ritz and its sequel, The Continental. He also wrote the screenplay for My Kingdom For a Horse, and devised Chalkface.  

Rising talent Hannah Chissick directs. Hannah became one of the country’s youngest ever Artistic Directors when she took over at Harrogate Theatre in 2003. Whilst there, she directed many acclaimed productions including Ghosts, Ain’t Misbehavin’, House and Garden - and Steaming in Harrogate’s Turkish Baths!  Her other credits include the smash hit Boeing Boeing (Chissick directed the subsequent casts in Matthew Warchus’ production at the Comedy Theatre, including such stars as Patricia Hodge, Rhea Perlman, Kevin McNally and Amy Nuttall), Side by Side by Sondheim (The Venue) and the national tour of Grumpy Old Women.  

Horrid Henry - Live and Horrid! has set design by Pip Leckenby, lighting design by Richard G Jones and music by Lester Barnes who created the music for the TV series. 

Michael Edwards and Carole Winter in association with Novel Entertainment and Sheffield Theatres present the Watershed production of Horrid Henry- Live and Horrid!

PERFORMANCE DETAILS:
Trafalgar Studios 1, 14 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY
Booking to 11 January 2009
Age range 5+
Kids go half price for all performances
Tickets priced from- 
Adults: £35/ £30
Kids: Half price for all performances- £17.50/ £15
Schools: £13.50/ Buy 10 tickets get the 11th free
Groups: £15/ Buy 10 tickets get the 11th free
Box Office: 0870 060 6632
Website: www.horridhenryonstage.co.uk
 
Full Performance Schedule 
Friday 21 November – 6pm
Saturday 22 November – 11am, 2.30pm & 6.30pm
Sunday 23 November – 11am & 2.30pm
Monday 24 November – No performance
Tuesday 25 November – No performance
Wednesday 26 November – 6pm
Thursday 27 November – 11am & 6pm
Friday 28 November – 11am & 6pm
Saturday 29 November – 11am, 2.30pm & 6.30pm
Sunday 30 November – 11am & 2.30pm
Monday 1 December – No performance
Tuesday 2 December – No performance
Wednesday 3 December – 6pm
Thursday 4 December – 11am & 6pm
Friday 5 December – 11am & 6pm
Saturday 6 December – 11am, 2.30pm and 6.30pm
Sunday 7 December – 11am & 2.30pm
Monday 8 December – No performance
Tuesday 9 December – No performance
Wednesday 10 December – 6pm
Thursday 11 December – 11am & 6pm
Friday 12 December – 11am & 6pm
Saturday 13 December – 11am, 2.30pm & 6.30pm
Sunday 14 December – 11am & 2.30pm
Monday 15 December – No performance
Tuesday 16 December – No performance
Wednesday 17 December – 2.30pm
Thursday 18 December – 11am & 6pm
Friday 19 December – 11am & 6pm
Saturday 20 December – 11am, 2.30pm & 6.30pm
Sunday 21 December – 11am & 2.30pm
Monday 22 December – No performance
Tuesday 23 December – 11am, 2.30pm & 6pm
Wednesday 24 December – 11am & 2.30pm
Thursday 25 December – No performance
Friday 26 December – No performance
Saturday 27 December – 11am, 2.30pm & 6.30pm
Sunday 28 December – 11am & 2.30pm
Monday 29 December – No performance
Tuesday 30 December – 11am & 2.30pm
Wednesday 31 December – 11am
Thursday 1 January – No performance
Friday 2 January – 11am & 2.30pm
Saturday 3 January – 11am, 2.30pm and 6.30pm
Sunday 4 January – 11am & 2.30pm
Monday 5 January – No performance
Tuesday 6 January – 6pm
Wednesday 7 January – 2.30pm & 6pm
Thursday 8 January – 6pm
Friday 9 January – 6pm
Saturday 10 January – 11am, 2.30pm and 6.30pm
Sunday 11 January – 11am & 2.30pm 
Box Office: 0870 060 6632
Website: www.horridhenryonstage.co.uk
 
Horrid Henry facts….
* More than 12 million Horrid Henry books have been sold in the UK alone

* Most recent Horrid Henry storybook- Horrid Henry Robs the Bank- went straight to number one in the children’s bestseller charts on release in June 2008

* In 2007, Horrid Henry appeared on the children’s bestseller list 50 weeks out of 52
* In 2008, at least one new Horrid Henry title or compilation has been  released every month
* Horrid Henry’s Bedtime (published specially for World Book Day) was the first title in the UK to knock Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code off the number one spot
* All 17 Horrid Henry storybooks are available as an Audio Book- all read by actress Miranda Richardson. More than 1 million have already been sold and 2 out of 3 children in the UK now own a Horrid Henry book on audio CD or cassette
* The first animated television series of Horrid Henry for ITV1 and the CITV channel debuted in October 2006 (produced by Novel Entertainment)
* The 52 episodes achieved CITV’s highest ever ratings and Horrid Henry became ITV’s most successful children’s character of all time. It’s currently shown seven days a week (and several times a day) with a combined weekly total of more than 4 million viewers
* The second series (a further 52 episodes) will start to air in February 2009
* CITV commissioned two special interactive games on their dedicated Horrid Henry website. At last count, they have been played on more than 3.5 million occasions and the website has been visited almost 5 million times
* Horrid Henry’s debut music album will be  released on EMI Records in December 2008
* April 2009 sees Horrid Henry launched in the United States, with four books published concurrently to mark the start of Henry’s adventures on the other side of the Atlantic, just as the 18th Horrid Henry storybook- Horrid Henry Wakes the Dead- is published in the UK.