The Ugly Duckling

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Standard £8

Location

Sterts Arts & Environmental Centre, Liskeard

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Dates

Fri 5th December, 2025 — Sat 6th December, 2025
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11:00 am |
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When Mother Duck’s eggs start to hatch, one of her ducklings is a little bit different from the others.

Hans Christian Andersen’s

THE UGLY DUCKLING

Directed by Mike Shepherd-KNEEHIGH

Puppets by Lyndie Wright

Performed by Mike Shepherd and Rachel Leonard

When Mother Duck’s eggs start to hatch, one of her ducklings is a little bit different from the others. He’s larger, clumsier and just, well, not quite like the rest…

This beautiful new show from Kneehigh’s Mike Shepherd fuses storytelling, music and puppets from Lyndie Wright (The Little Angel) to bring the beloved Hans Christian Andersen tale to life in a sweet, silly and sometimes sad show for children aged three and up.

The Ugly Duckling is 45 minutes long.

Mike Shepherd started Kneehigh in 1980 and remained in ‘the middle of things’ for over 40 years. Mike is an actor, teacher and director who continues to run the Kneehigh Barns in Cornwall as a home for artists, community and creativity, aiming to ‘tickle, jolt and edify the numb parts of us all back into being’. Mike’s recent work includes: Calvino Nights, a show for everyone; a pop-up version of The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings; and films Cyrano and Princess and Peppernose with Joe Wright.

Lyndie Wright is founder of the legendary Little Angel Theatre in Islington, London. Her artistic vision has played a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of British puppetry and made Lyndie a luminary in the world of puppetry. Designing and making for theatre and film, Wright’s puppets have performed for companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company; Kneehigh; Wise Children; and the National Theatre. Lyndie is still making full-time and teaching, passing on her skills to the next generation of artists, and inspiring audiences young and old with her creations.

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03336 663 366 | https://sterts.co.uk/whatson

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If you have any accessibility requirements please let us know in advance as this is an interactive performance. Contact us on 01579 632682 or email [email protected]. All our seating is unreserved. If you need to reserve a seat due to an accessibility requirement, e.g. you need to sit near the front to lip read, please contact us directly after booking your ticket and we will make the necessary arrangements. We do not currently have an ear loop installed. This is a provision we are committed to and hope to provide in the near future. If you require a free carer ticket, please contact our Box Office on 0333 666 3366. For any other access requirements please flag this when you book. We have two accessible toilets and a changing place facility on site. The changing place provides a larger accessible space with equipment including a changing bench and a hoist to support disabled people who need assistance.

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