CDP Theatre Producers, The 13 Story Treehouse US Tour

ABOUT

A CDP Kids production

THE 13-STORY TREEHOUSE

By Richard Tulloch
Adapted from the multi-award winning book by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton


Please welcome to the stage, direct from Australia…
Andy and Terry!

Yes that's right. Andy Griffiths' and Terry Denton's New York Times best-selling book, the one and only, super-famous, ultra-brilliant The 13-Story Treehouse has been turned into a show for the theatre, and you're invited!

There's just one problem – they forgot to write it! Where will they find flying cats, a mermaid, a sea monster, an invasion of monkeys, and a giant gorilla?

With sold out seasons across Australia, including Sydney Opera House, The 13-Story Treehouse is set to take the USA by storm, brought to life by a seriously funny cast with magical moments of theatrical wizardry and a truckload of imagination!


"My eight year old co-reviewer loved the show… has the kids engaged and amused from the outset."

THE AUSTRALIAN

"Wow!…goes to the edge of the ridiculous to get a laugh."

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD



* Age recommendation: 6 – 12, and their adults
Duration: 60 mins, no interval


Australia Council For The Arts

THE CAST


Edwin Beats

EDWIN BEATS – Terry

Having completed his Bachelor of Performing Arts in Musical Theatre at the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art, Edwin toured New Zealand with The Ugly Shakespeare Company before relocating to Auckland in 2013. He has seized opportunities in theatre with both hands and enjoyed performing in shows such as Not Psycho with Fractious Tash, Billy Elliot The Musical with Auckland Theatre Company and, most recently, the 2017 revamp of Victor Roger's play Ranterstantrum.

He has also been developing himself as a screen actor and hopes to soon balance out his experience on stage with more screen work. Recent months have seen Edwin take part in a handful of sketches for the popular New Zealand news and entertainment television show, Jono and Ben. Edwin is overjoyed to be joining this tour of The 13-Storey Treehouse and looks forward to sharing his passion for the stage with American audiences.



Ryan Dulieu

RYAN DULIEU – Andy

Ryan Dulieu studied at The Actors Program, Auckland in 2013. His immeasurable love for live performance means Ryan is a regular, well known, fixture on the Auckland Theatre scene, as well as performing in award-nominated short films and television.

This year has seen Ryan take up the Assistant Director position for AUSA Summer Shakespeare's As You Like It, as well as bringing back The Last Man on Earth is Trapped [in a Supermarket] to Auckland's Q Theatre for a second season, receiving rave reviews.

Other credits include Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Ariel in The Tempest, both for AUSA Summer Shakespeare, and Warren in This Is Our Youth for Basement Theatre.



Elle Wootton

ELLE WOOTTON – Val

As a child Elle Wootton had many aspirations: to become a teacher for hearing impaired children, to open a bakery in a small town and engage in witty banter with the regulars, or to become a prison psychiatrist to assess the minds of criminals and try to make the world a safer place. When she realised she could be all of these and more by becoming an actor that seemed like the best choice.

Elle is delighted to be working with CDP on its production of The 13-Storey Treehouse. Some of her career highlights include performing in Edinburgh, Perth and Adelaide in the multi award winning production The Road That Wasn't There with Trick of the Light Theatre, starring in world premiere of lost Shakespearean play The History of Cardenio with Victoria University of Wellington, and in the 2015 Capital E National Theatre for Children tour of Stealing Games by Gary Henderson.

Elle recently won a Playmarket Plays for Young Award for her first play: Te Tane Iti/The Little Man. Elle is a Theatre and English Literature graduate of Victoria University of Wellington and a qualified English Language teacher. She has trained with renowned teachers including: John Bolton, Miranda Harcourt, Jacquie Drew and Matt Skrobalak. Elle is a proud member of Actors Equity NZ.



CREATIVES

a CDP Kids production
THE 13-STOREY TREEHOUSE
By Richard Tulloch
Adapted from the book by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

Artistic Director: Julian Louis
Associate Director: Sharna Galvin
Set / Costume Designer: Mark Thompson
Lighting / AV Designer: Nicholas Higgins
Sound Designer: Jeremy Silver

Set manufacture: Thomas Creative
Large puppet manufacture: Marty Jay, with Celia Curtis (Art Finishing) and
Steve Howarth (Consultant)
Smaller puppet manufacture: Kay Yasugi
Costume manufacture: Matthew Aberline
Prop manufacture: Evie Meikle, Georgina Buchanan


CREW

Company Stage Manager: Imogen Millhouse
Technical Production Manager: Mark Middleton

REVIEWS

" There are no limits to the heights of creativity….be transported back to the guileless wonder of childhood….great charm..great fun…cheerful and brisk production..brings manic energy to the action that has the kids engaged and amused from the outset. When a child's imagination is at work, the sky is no limit "

Stephen Romei, The Australian

" The awesome book... has been turned into an even better play "

By James (aged 8) and Felicity (aged 10), Stage Noise

" Andy Griffiths' 13 Storey Treehouse goes to the edge of the ridiculous and beyond to get a laugh. From start to finish it is a riot of prop gags... demented energy and adroit interplay "

Jason Blake, Sydney Morning Herald

" ★★★★★
Really clever hilarious humour… every scene was hysterical… one of the cleverest, funniest and most interesting plays I have seen "

Armadeep Gill (age 9), Timeout

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TOUR DATES


2018 US TOUR DATES



12 January 2018
Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, Harrisonburg VA


16-18 January 2018
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach FL


23 January 2018
Broadway Theatre League, Huntsville AL


25 January 2018
Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis IN


25 January 2018
Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis IN


27 & 28 January 2018
August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh PA


31 January 2018
Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon NH


4 February 2018
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Detroit MI


6 February 2018
McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn IL


8 February 2018
Cincinnati Arts Association, Cincinnati OH


12 February 2018
Grand Theater, Wausau WI


14-16 February 2018
Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale AR


20 February 2018
The Thomas H. Bowlus Fine Arts & Cultural Center, Iola KS


23 February 2018
The PACE Center, Parker CO


24 February 2018
Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley CO


27 February 2018
WYO Theater, Sheridan WY


1-2 March 2018
The Myrna Loy Center, Helena MT


6 March 2018
Person Theater, Santa Rosa CA