These adaptations by Little Ones of Wilde’s stories for children are minor gems, perfect distillations of form and content. ★★★★ "Director Stephen Nicolazzo has constructed an exquisite ode to Romanticism in this adaptation, as detailed and precise as anything he’s put on stage before. Sound Design and Composition: Daniel Nixon With: Jennifer Vuletic, Brigid Gallacher, Yuchen Wang The Nightingale and the Rose received two Green Room Award nominations including Best Performer (Jennifer Vuletic) and Best Lighting Design (Katie Sfetkidis). It played at Theatre Works from 30 May until 10 June, 2018. The second part of Little Ones Theatre's proposed Oscar Wilde trilogy resonated with audiences and critics alike, garnering standout reviews. Told through a highly stylised, visual, and queer aesthetic, Little Ones Theatre’s exploration of Oscar Wilde’s most bewitching and melancholic fairy tale will unpack the adult longing laced within Wilde’s poetic prose, highlighting idealistic and cynical perspectives of love with all his decadent symbolism, sweeping romanticism and biting wit. On her quest to retrieve the red rose for the lovesick student, the nightingale is confronted with a haunting decision that will shake her and the very universe to its core, her life and voice for a red rose, or eternal heartbreak. By Oscar Wilde, Presented by Theatre Works and Little Ones Theatre, 2018Ī lush gothic fable, The Nightingale and The Rose, explores the beauty of love, art, creation, and song from the perspective of an effervescent nightingale who hears the longing cries of a young student desperate to find a red rose to give to his sweetheart.
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