HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales
Premiered in 2025 - now touring
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!
A Kidoons and WYRD production in association with The 20K Collective
HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales
Written and Directed by Craig Francis and Rick Miller
Adapted from the works of Hans Christian Andersen
CAST
Astrid Atherly*: Old Hans
Annie Luján*: Young Hans
Adam Paolozza*: Adult Hans
CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM
Craig Francis*: Co-writer/ Co-Director / Co-Designer
Rick Miller*: Co-writer/ Co-Director / Co-Designer / Sound Designer
Michael Scholar, Jr.: Assistant Director / Artistic Consultant
Jeff Lord: Executive Producer
Andrew Dollar*: Stage Manager
Aidan Ware: Lighting Designer / Technical Director
Irina Litvinenko: Multimedia Designer
Melanie McNeill: Props / Costumes / Puppets Designer
Rick Miller, Craig Francis: Set Designers
Rick Miller: Sound Designer
Alexina Louie: Original Music Composer / Music Arrangement
Alex Pauk: Additional Music Arrangement
Matti Pulkki: Accordion Music
Michael Bridge: Additional Accordion Music
Paul Van Dyck: Artistic Consultant
Illustrations: Irina Litvinenko, Craig Francis
Still Photography: Aidan Ware
USA / MEXICO BOOKING AGENT: Robin Klinger Entertainment, New York RobinKlingerEntertainment.com
CANADA BOOKING AGENT: Craig Francis & 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
MUSIC
Original compositions by Alexina Louie
Last Rose of Summer, traditional, based on a poem by Thomas More
Jolly Caballero, Pietro Frosini
Hot Points, Pietro Frosini
Gavotte (from French Suite No. 5), Johann Sebastian Bach
Chacun Le Sait, from “La Fille du Régiment”, Gaetano Donizetti