A work in progress by Slingsby Theatre Company 

 Join Slingsby’s journey of creating The Tree of Light and follow their path to making their most ambitious project. Over the next three years, Slingsby is creating a new flat-pack theatre to travel the world sustainably with a triptych of plays under the banner of A Concise Compendium of Wonder.

Adelaide Festival audiences are invited to experience this work-in-progress with a development performance of the first of these works, The Tree of Light. Written by acclaimed author Ceridwen Dovey, The Tree of Light is a radical reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl for family audiences and young people.

About Slingsby Theatre Company

Founded in 2007 and based in Adelaide, South Australia, Slingsby presents emotionally challenging and engaging storytelling in rich live theatrical realms for family audiences and young people aged eight years and over.

Slingsby produces and tours original theatre productions that captivate, challenge and inspire hope through memorable theatre experiences that evoke a sense of renewed wonder in the world we live in, and the role we each can play in building a happy and harmonious global society.

“It is theatre like the work Slingsby produces which makes us all imagine a better and happier world.” - Australian Stage Online

“The world is a better place for having a company like Slingsby in it.”
- Aspire Magazine