Sleeping Horses Lie

16 Jun 2012

Terrapin Puppet Theatre

This show is included in Theatre North's 2012 subscription season. Subscribers receive discounted tickets and other benefits. Click here to download the 2012 subscription booking form or visit the Box Office to buy your subscription tickets (subscription packages can't be purchased online).

 

This would be no ordinary night …

Sally Saber wanted to be a tiger - sharp-toothed, clever, and unafraid - until one night Sally found she was the only one awake in her dark house. All the familiar shapes and sounds she knew suddenly turned strange. Everything was changing. Even sleeping mum and dad were sprouting hair and hooves – twisting – into horses!

 

Tonight, Sally’s drab neighbourhood becomes a lush and exotic landscape. Populated with unforgettable characters and challenges to test her courage and ingenuity, Sally delights in her opportunity to be a big, brave girl. Never before has she felt this independent and free. 

 

But when she’s alone, Sally discovers just how daunting it is to face the unknown. Perhaps it is nice to be looked after a little.  

 

Perhaps it would be nice to go home again. 

 

Sleeping Horses Lie is a visually-stunning, poetic, and wild tale of transformation. It’s for any child who has ever dreamed of charging off on horseback for the adventure of their lives, and it’s for any child who has wanted to return home, the same, but different.