Rabbit Round Up

Hugh Hughes' USA tour of Story of a Rabbit came to a close last week and this morning I gathered and filed away all the press coverage from the tour. There are some wonderful comments, both from newspapers and the Blogosphere.

One review, on the Charleston City Paper's Spoleto Buzz Blog, began with these words:

"Hugh Hughes made me cry. It's a good thing."


The same blog also named Story of a Rabbit the best show at the festival, calling it,

"Pitch-perfect theater"


The Lantern tells us that in Ohio,

"some in the audience were left with tears in their eyes, while others had smiles on their faces"

Which leads me to my absolute favourite. A review in the Charleston SC newspaper urged people to go and see Story of a Rabbit with a wonderfully Hugh-ish call to arms!

"embrace it, and remember that Life IS spectacular!"

Internal flights

Right now, according to the tour schedule, Hugh Hughes is up in the air, somewhere between South Carolina and Minneapolis.

Maybe he's listening to the CD I made him before he left. Or maybe he and Aled are having a chat and looking out of the window at the view. Behind them is the wonderful Spoleto Festival. Ahead, more performances of Story of a Rabbit at the Walker Center, Minneapolis.

Story of a Rabbit received its USA premiere two weeks ago. And Hugh and Aled have just waved a cheery goodbye to all the friends they made at Spoleto Festival in South Carolina. Spoleto is an annual arts festival, which programmes an incredible range of classical and contemporary theatre, dance and music.

Hugh and Aled were delighted to have been billed alongside their good friends, 1927, as well as fellow Britons Kneehigh, who have been performing their production of Don John.

Story of a Rabbit has been a huge hit with USA audiences, with some very warm reviews coming in. The Charleston SC Newspaper's review describes the show as one "that links the audience together with laughter, song and tears" whilst the Charleston City Paper enthuses, "you're going to be talking about how inventive and charming it is for the rest of the festival."

Story of a Rabbit will receive three final USA performances at the Walker Art Center this week, from Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th May at 8pm.

Thanks to sjotero for the photo!

Wexner Center Podcast

Final preparations are underway for Hugh Hughes' tour to the USA with Story of a Rabbit. Tom, our Production Manager, will be boarding his plane on Monday, with Hugh and Aled following soon after!

We're extremely excited to be visiting the Wexner Center in Ohio, Spoleto Festival in Charleston and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Click here for the full tour schedule and for details of how to book tickets.

Our friends at the Wexner Center have just released a podcast, in which Chuck Helm, their Director of Performing Arts, discusses his memories of seeing Story of a Rabbit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007 and explains why he's so excited to have to show in Ohio. Click here to have a listen!

Thanks to plemjr for this photo of the Wexner Center!