I Wish I Was a Mountain

Show times: 11am and 3pm, Thursday 16 February 2023

“…a wonderful gift for language, a deep sensibility and a penetrating sense of perspective.” – Sir Ken Robinson

“With wonder, wit and sophisticated storytelling, I Wish I Was a Mountain embraces big questions about time and contentment.” – Chris Wiegand, The Guardian

On the day of the famous annual fair, the town of Faldum receives an unexpected visit. A wanderer offers to grant a wish to anyone who wants one. Before long, the city is transformed. Mansions stand where mud huts once squatted, and beggars ride around in horse drawn carriages. And one man wishes to be turned into a mountain.

Written and performed by former Glastonbury Poetry Slam Champion Toby Thompson, I Wish I was a Mountain uses rhyme, live music, and just a smattering of metaphysical philosophy to boldly reimagine Herman Hesse’s classic fairytale. Do we really need the things that we need? What do mountains feel? How did time begin? Adults are kindly requested to leave all answers to these questions at the door. Children, come as you are.

You can read Chris Wiegand’s full review in The Guardian here.

Co-produced by The Egg Theatre and Travelling Light Theatre Company Written and performed by Toby Thompson Direction and dramaturgy by Lee Lyford Designed by Anisha Field