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There is a place at the very heart of the forest. A place where things are not quite what they seem. People become animals, birds become music, wood becomes water, leaves become light. Everything moves (can you hear it?) everything changes (can you see it?). It’s all around you. It’s full of adventure. It’s bursting with life.

It’s the forest.

The Forest is the first in a new series of projects for children that explores different kinds of landscapes, and will be followed in 2010 by Freeze, a response to landscapes of snow, frost and ice.

A dance piece, aimed at children aged 3 to 7, The Forest starts with ideas and images to do with real forests, with the forests of myth and fairytales, and with the forests of our imaginations. Strikingly visual and full of movement, it plays with ideas about getting lost, creating a path and weaving a way home; about nature, animals and transformation; about scale, space, distance and time; about light, darkness and the weather. Like a forest, it contains many points of view, and is full of movement and rhythm and texture and sound and sensuality. Like a forest, it is complex and strange and beautiful, and a place of heightened perception and of surprise.

“Fevered Sleep is a brilliant company, so head for The Forest whether or not you’ve got a child aged 3-7. The Forest treats its audience with respect and intelligence, recognising that small doesn’t have to mean small-minded or obvious. The show is like a beautiful object that is constantly assembled and reassembled by its playful cast.”
The Guardian ****

“Exquisite…It’s like the dream of a night in a forest. There’s a grace to this show that captivated and moved me.”
The Times ****

“Those who lament the overbearing presence of the high-tech in children’s lives will be enchanted by The Forest”
Evening Standard ****

“A set that would be at home in Tate Modern”
The Sunday Times ****

“A beguiling show that draws on small children’s capacity to play.”
The Financial Times ****

“There’s an ethereal beauty about this delicately-choreographed piece.”
The Stage

“This is clearly the future of young people’s theatre: collaborative, spatial, experiential.”
Review Gate

“A treat for the imagination and the senses.”
British Theatre Guide