Please note that this is an overdue event

The Ant And The Grasshopper

Tickets
Address
Contacts

A classic fable from Aesop The Ant and the Grasshopper will be showing at the SOTA Drama Theatre from 18th February to 19th March 2017!

A fast-paced and interactive production full of fun, specially created with the younger – Primary and Pre-primary audience in mind, but with unexpected twists and turns to keep even the grownups engaged, involved and on their toes! This is one of those stories you really think you know – until you examine it a little closer. In the original Fable by Aesop, the ants work all day, never taking time to appreciate the world around them. Whilst he Grasshopper does not see the value in working.

The play will explore key themes of: friendship, rewards for hard work, how to use your time wisely, balancing the arts, leisure and work, generosity and judging others

Synopsis

Once there lived an Ant – a hard-working and every-busy Ant who never seemed to have time for play or relaxation. And then there was Grasshopper, with time on his hands and nothing much to do all day. And visiting from time to time, there was Caterpillar!
Somehow they were friends. All day long Ant would work hard, without stop or rest, collecting grains of wheat and storing them carefully in her larder.
And the Grasshopper would laugh, and say “why do you work so hard, dear Ant? Come, and rest awhile, listen to my song. Summer is here; the days are long and bright. Why waste the sunshine in labour and toil?”

But summer does not last long – and soon Winter and the frozen cold will come…
What will happen to Grasshopper then?
What exactly will Ant do?
And where will Caterpillar go?

Creative: Written and Directed by Brian Seward
Music composed and arranged by Julian Wong

Photo credit: Image from I Theatre Facebook