Performer Name: Grist To The Mill
Show Name: The Ballad of Mulan
Show Description
The real heroine behind the Chinese Legend that inspired Disney’s Mulan. Woman, warrior, Legend. For ten years Mulan disguised as a man, has fought for the Chinese Empire. Now the fighting is coming to an end, one last battle and she will be going home – but can she return to her old life, become a woman again. A search for identity in a violent world. From the team behind Edfringe Sell-Out 'The Unknown Soldier' Grist to the Mill and working in collaboration with British-East-Asian theatre company Red Dragonfly, we bring you the real Chinese heroine that inspired Disney’s animation and live-feature Mulan. Grist to the Mill is VAT registered.
Self-contained - we can bring our own lighting and sound or use the venue's facilities if available.
A performance space of 4m W x 4m D x 2.5m H. We can get-in in 4 hrs, setting up our own lighting and sound - which would require at least 4 electrical socket. We do use projection in Mulan's performance. 1hr to get out of venue after the show finishes. We don't usually do intervals, but we are happy to do a post-show meet/greet/discussion and a break can be held between the end of the show and that.
We can supply A4 or A3 posters and A5 flyers, images and copies for online promotion. There is also a Mulan trailer available.
Grist to the Mill was founded in 2012 with a specific aim to bring new writing to the world’s stages. Resident writer Ross Ericson has had noted success with his critically acclaimed adaptation of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones and his play Casualties, which was nominated for Best New Play at the OffWestend Awards and published by Methuen.
The company also works closely with Red Dragonfly Productions, a British East Asian Theatre company, and has been bringing new stories and well-known classics all around the UK and regularly to Fringe Festivals.
‘The quality of the adaptation and the wit of the cast ensure that … it makes for a thoroughly entertaining evening… Exactly as promised, a delicious and varied meal is enjoyed by all’ The Public Reviews on Tom Jones