Don Quijote
A hilarious madcap rendition of Cervantes’ masterpiece.Don Quijote
A hilarious madcap rendition of Cervantes’ masterpiece.★ Winner of The Stage Award for Acting Excellence ★
★ “Highly Commended” VAULT festival ★
Two feisty senoritas and a downtrodden Englishman embark on a journey through Spain. Accompanied only by a guitarist whose presence there makes no sense whatsoever, they will lead you to joy, pain, and ultimate wisdom. Eighty glorious minutes which conclude with the common sentiment: “These guys did not read the book”.
Little Soldier Productions presents an imaginative and provocative adventure of epic proportions, to be taken with a pinch of salt and a handlebar moustache.
Touring
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De la Mancha has been performed more than 130 times in 5 different countries. It is Little Soldier’s internationally renowned show and premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014, receiving The Stage Award for Acting Excellence.
In 2015 the show opened at our London’s partner venue Jacksons Lane before touring the UK extensively. The show was included in the HOUSE touring network scheme as well as touring in venues including The Unity, Tobacco Factory, The Drum (Theatre Royal Plymouth) & Brighton Dome. The show was performed in London for the last time as part as VAULT Festival program 2018, receiving a highly recommended award.
International dates include:
- Cultural Caja de Burgos (Spain, 2019)
- Teatro Jovellanos (Spain, 2018)
- Chicago Physical Fest (USA, 2018)
- Festival de Teatro Clasico MX & Festival Shakespeare y Cervantes viven (Mexico)
- Festival OFF of Almagro, Spain (Spain 2015)
- English Theatre Company (Poland, 2015)
This show can be performed in English and Spanish (with surtitles).
To book this show in your venue or for more production details contact us.
★★★★★ ‘Technically brilliant and jaw-droppingly entertaining.’ THE STAGE
★★★★★ ‘Three players put the audience in fits of laughter with every other line.’ BROADWAYBABY
★★★★★ ‘perfect blend of chaos and control.’ EDINBURGH SPOTLIGHT
★★★★ ‘Hilariously dirty adaptation’. TIME OUT
★★★★ ‘Inventive and smartly silly delight.’ EXEUNT
★★★★ ‘Undeniably charming.’ A YOUNGER THEATRE
★★★★ ‘Brilliantly innovative.’ THE SKINNY
★★★★ ‘Anarchic, funny, witty.’ FRINGE REVIEW
This show is available to watch at LIVR.
“These clowns know exactly what they are doing.”
Credits
Directed by Ian Nicholson
Dramaturgy by Tiffany Wood
Developed and Performed by Stephen Harper, Mercè Ribot and Patricia Rodríguez
Live Music Performed and Composed by Maria Camahort
Set and Costume Design by Sophia Simensky
Lighting Design by Seth Rook Williams
R&D Collaboration from Aitor Basauri, Simon Day and Dennis Herdman
Produced by Bridget Floyer, Larking Arts
Tour Manager Fergus Waldron
Photography by Alex Brenner and Gustaf Nilsson
Graphic Designer Júlia Solans
Supported by
Produced in association with Jacksons Lane.
Supported by Spain Arts and Culture (Spanish Embassy), The Cervantes Institute, British Council, Embassy of Spain, Wines of Spain, Alhambra & Hispania.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
