Petite Rouge
Scoop Amphitheatre

This stage adaptation of Mike Artell's book was a Cajun retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood fable, relocating the action to the Louisiana bayou and the streets of New Orleans.

For his second year with The Steam Industry's free open-air theatre season, Toby created a chorus of singing toads, patchwork turtles and other swamp life to narrate Petite Rouge's hazardous journey to Grand-mere's house. He was also responsible for the creation of a thriving Mardi-Gras procession, consisting of colourful animal masks, oversized parasols and silk fans, the parade could shape-shift as it moved across the stage, forming an array of psychedelic imagery.

Production photography by
Oleg Katchinski
& Sheila Burnett