HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales

Premiering in 2025

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! 

NEW for 2025: this new work from Kidoons by Craig Francis and Rick Miller and, the creators of the hit multimedia family plays Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (Off-Broadway 2016, international tour), Jungle Book (Florida-California 2018, Canada / US international tour 2019-20 including Off-Broadway), and FRANKENSTEIN: A Living Comic Book (Canadian Tour 2022-24). A delight for school children, grownups, and the whole family.

Age Range: 4+

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 




For Booking Details, Tour routing, full-length Archival Videos, Scripts, Study Guides, Press Kits, and Tech Riders, please contact:
Robin Klinger: (516) 318-5405

HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales was developed with assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts.

*Kidoons and WYRD Productions engage, under the terms of the Independent Theatre Agreement, professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales is presented under the Reciprocal Agreement Between Actors' Equity Association of the United States and Canadian Actors' Equity Association.