HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales (Promo Video 2024)

Wondrous and hilarious, HANS conjures the life and stories of Hans Christian Andersen, from his poor childhood as an “Ugly Duckling”, to fame across Europe. Beloved tales like “The Little Mermaid”, "Princess and the Pea", and “Little Match Girl” come to life as you’ve never seen them before: through puppetry, live video, clown, slapstick comedy, opera, and an original accordion soundtrack!
NEW for 2025: this new work from Kidoons by Craig Francis and Rick Miller and, the creators of the hit multimedia family plays Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (Off-Broadway 2016, international tour), Jungle Book (Florida-California 2018, Canada / US international tour 2019-20 including Off-Broadway), and FRANKENSTEIN: A Living Comic Book (Canadian Tour 2022-24). A delight for school children, grownups, and the whole family.
a Kidoons and WYRD production in association with The 20K Collective
HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales
by Craig Francis and Rick Miller
adapted from the works of Hans Christian Andersen
Directed by Craig Francis and Rick Miller
Premiering in 2025
THE COMPANY
ADAM PAOLOZZA: Adult Hans
HEEYUN PARK: Old Hans
ANNIE LUJÁN: Young Hans
CRAIG FRANCIS: Co-writer/ Co-Director / Stage Manager
RICK MILLER: Co-writer/ Co-Director / Production Manager
PRODUCTION TEAM
JEFF LORD: Executive Producer
MELANIE McNEILL: Props / Costumes / Puppets Designer
IRINA LITVINENKO: Multimedia Designer
AIDAN WARE: Lighting Designer / Technical Director
RICK MILLER, CRAIG FRANCIS: Set Designers
RICK MILLER: Sound Designer
ALEXINA LOUIE: Original Music Composer / Music Arrangement
ALEX PALK: Additional Music Arrangement
MATTI PULKKI: Accordion Music
MICHAEL BRIDGE: Additional Accordion Music
MICHAEL SCHOLAR Jr.: Assistant Director / Artistic Consultant
PAUL VAN DYCK: Artistic Consultant
Illustrations: Craig Francis, Irina Litvinenko
Still Photography: Aidan Ware
Select Video Clips: Deco Dawson
USA / MEXICO BOOKING AGENT: Robin Klinger Entertainment, New York
CANADA BOOKING AGENT: Rick Miller
INT'L BOOKING AGENT: Menno Plukker Theatre Agent (with Isaïe Richard and Magdalena Marszalek)
LOGOGRAPH: Graphic Design and Marketing
OFFICIAL SITE: hanstheshow.com
SOCIAL: @kidoons
HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales was developed with assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts.
The footage from this work-in-progress performance was taken on Sept 12 2024 at The Center for Performing Arts at Governor's State University, IL. This invited audience was organized through a 3-week residency.
*Kidoons and WYRD Productions engage, under the terms of the Independent Theatre Agreement, professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales is presented under the Reciprocal Agreement Between Actors' Equity Association of the United States and Canadian Actors' Equity Association.