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Annie Sioddons
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Kneeghigh
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Oberon Books
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Rapunzel
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Product details
- ISBN 9781840026986
- Dimensions: 130 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 2006
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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After a happy childhood picking herbs, making potions, healing the sick and helping the local villagers, Rapunzel grows into a beautiful young woman - and suddenly finds herself locked in a tower. But this is Rapunzel as you've never seen her before - tough, sassy, a survivor, a lover, a fighter - and life has a whole lot more in store for her yet....
Set in Italy, the home of this ancient folk tale, Rapunzel or The Magic Pig is a lively, funny, passionate story of abandonment and loyalty, love and betrayal, complete with mafia bosses, magic bushes, evil princes and a wonderfully helpful pig.
Annie Siddons (she/her) is a writer, performer and dramaturg from South-East London. After a misspent youth, Annie wrote Rapunzel in 2005 for her then very young daughters. Rapunzel was first performed by Cornish legends Kneehigh Theatre, directed by Emma Rice, opening at BAC in December 2006, then touring 2006-8, including playing Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2007 and the New Victory Theatre, New York, in 2008. Subsequent remounts have included Creation Theatre, (2010)The Citz’,(2015) the Egg, Bath, (2019) and the Watermill in 2022.
Annie’s shows as writer/performer are Raymondo (2014-2015), How(not) to Live in Suburbia (2016-18) both dir. Justin Audibert and Dennis of Penge (2018 dir Laura Keefe) (2022 remount dir. Emma Baggott for Guildhall), all published by Bloomsbury.
Other writing includes The Passion of Jesus Christ (BOV, 2005) Nutcracker and Mouse King (Unicorn, 2014, dir. Ellen Macdougall), Babylon Beyond Borders (Bush Theatre, 2019 dir. Ruthie Osterman) Ant and Hop (Unicorn, 2019, part of the Aesop’s Fables season, dir. Rachel Bagshaw) The Tower (audio, 2020, dir. Kate Chapman). Signs from the Divine (Living Newspaper 4, Royal Court, 2021). She’s currently working on solo and collaborative projects across TV, theatre, and prose. anniesiddons.co.uk
