''Shockheaded Peter'' is a 1998 musical using the popular German children's book ''

Struwwelpeter ''Der Struwwelpeter'' ('Shock-Headed Peter') is an 1845 German children's book written and illustrated by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each cautionary tale has a clear moral lesson ...

'' (1845) by

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as its basis. Created by Julian Bleach, Anthony Cairns,

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, Graeme Gilmour, Tamzin Griffin, Jo Pocock, Phelim McDermott, Michael Morris and

The Tiger Lillies The Tiger Lillies are a British musical trio formed in 1989 by singer-songwriter Martyn Jacques. Described as the forefathers of Brechtian Punk Cabaret, the Tiger Lillies are known for their unique sound and style which merges "the macabre m ...

( Martyn Jacques, Adrian Huge and Adrian Stout) the production combines elements of

pantomime Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment, generally combining gender-crossing actors and topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or ...

and

puppetry Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – wikt:inanimate, inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. S ...

with musical versions of the poems with the songs generally following the text but with a somewhat darker tone. Whereas the children in the poems only sometimes die, in the musical they all do. Commissioned by the

West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1990 in the Quarry Hill area of the city as the West Yorkshire Playhouse, successor to the original Leeds Playhouse, and was rebranded in June 2018 ...

in Leeds and the

Lyric Hammersmith The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a nonprofit theatre on Lyric Square, off King Street, Hammersmith, London."About the Lyric" > "History" ''Lyric'' official website. Retrieved January 2024. Background The Lyric Theatre ...

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, the show debuted in 1998 in Leeds before moving to London and subsequently to world tours.

Productions

* 1998

* 1999

New Victory Theater The New Victory Theater is a theatre (building), theater at 209 42nd Street (Manhattan), West 42nd Street in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, near Times Square. Built in 1900 as the Republ ...

* 1999 Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater * 2000

American Conservatory Theater The American Conservatory Theater (ACT) is a nonprofit theater company in San Francisco, California, United States, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions. It also has an attached acting school. History The American ...

San Francisco * 200
Athenaeum Theatre
Chicago * 2004

* 2005

Little Shubert Theatre Stage 42 (known as the Little Shubert Theatre until July 2015) is a theatre in New York City on Theatre Row, about half a mile west of Broadway. Its address is 422 West 42nd Street, between 9th Avenue and Dyer Avenue. It was built in 2002 and ...

* 2006 ETA Hoffmann Theater Bamberg * 2008 Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach * 200
die SCHOTTE. Erfurt
* 2009

Burgtheater The Burgtheater (; literally: "Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater", originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in ...

* 2010 Grillo-Theater Essen * 2011 Theater Heidelberg * 2013

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ()Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 19 ...

* 2013 Freilichtspiele Schwäbisch Hall * 2014

Staatstheater Cottbus The Staatstheater Cottbus is the only state theatre of the German federal state of Brandenburg in Cottbus. It has its own ensemble presenting plays, operas, operettas, Musical theatre, musicals, orchestral concerts and ballet. The theatre had more ...

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Company One
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Green Valley Theatre Company
* 2015 Schauspiel Hannover * 201
Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica
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Black Button Eyes Productions, Chicago
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Utah State University
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Jobsite Theater, Tampa
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New Moon Theatre, Memphis
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Staatstheater Meiningen
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Scala Wien

Awards and nominations

Awards * 1998 Barclays/ TMA Best Director Award * 1999

Critics' Circle Theatre Award The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, known as the Drama Theatre Awards until 1990, are British theatrical awards presented annually for the closing year's theatrical achievements. The winners, from theatre throughout the United Kingdom, are selec ...

for Best Design * 2002

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Family Show is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 ...

* 2002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Martyn Jacques) Nominations * 1999 South Bank Show Award Theatre * 2000 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience * 2000 Drama Desk Award for Best Set Design for a Musical * 2000 Drama Desk Award for Best Costume Design * 2002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director * 2002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design * 2002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design

References

External links

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Awards and nominations

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