Lotte

Part of the annual Transmission residencies showcase. Discover work-in-progress sharings of new circus and physical theatre, with tickets priced at just £1.

1920’s Berlin. Eleven years before Disney made Snow White, German filmmaker Lotte Reiniger pioneered multiplane shadow puppetry and animation.

Mixing theatre, dance, acrobatics, shadow puppetry and movement, Akimbo Theatre tell the story of Lotte Reiniger and her revolutionary work in film and animation, turning fairytales into feature-length magic.