I think this show last had an airing (in Birmingham at least) in December last year at the Town Hall in it’s musical version (storyteller Paul Murphy is the lead singer of The Destroyers). I’m happy to be corrected on that though. Here’s an animated trailer for that show:

This is a bit different to that though – the show can be presented in musical, storytelling and animated forms. This’ll be the storytelling version. It’s aimed at predominently at youngsters and I gather it’s the sort of storytelling suited to dark and stormy nights, so here’s hoping for bad weather.

Set in no particular time this opera draws freely from past, present and future to create an upbeat cautionary tale for discerning audiences of adults and children

It’s a family affair by the looks of things, and will be taking place on Sat 6 Dec at the Town Hall between 11am and 1pm.  The first 45 mins will be a workshop to prepare the kids for singing roles in the chorus for the performance, which will start at 12pm.

Pete at Spaghetti Gazetti reminded me of this. His post also has the flyer and a story about Paul Murphy from back in the day.