Production Archive
The Ugly Duckling
A Travelling Light / Tobacco Factory Theatre co-production
Spring is sprung, and Mother Duck is delighted when her eggs begin to hatch. But the last duckling to emerge looks nothing like his fluffy yellow siblings. She loves him just as much, but the other animals pick on him because he is scruffy, clumsy – and different. Lonely but undaunted, the ugly duckling sets off on an epic journey to find the place where he truly belongs.
Travelling Light tours nationally and internationally and its work is admired around the world. The team behind Clown, Shadow Play and We’re Going on a Bear Hunt bring their imagination and originality to this new adaptation for the youngest audiences.
Press and Audience Quotations
It’s a wonderful production and not to be missed.Bristol Evening Post
a triumph; a must-see Christmas treatThe British Theatre Guide
[a] delightful hour’s entertainmentThe Stage
beautifully crafted, wonderfully acted and quietly enchantingMetro
A thoroughly satisfying show, poignant, comic and bright with theatrical inventionThe Times
Excellent adaptation - well delivered - good costumes and props. The children were captivated despite their young ageAudience member