The Little Santa Claus

How does it sound?

Every year Little Santa is the first to finish making and wrapping his presents. And yet he never gets to go with the big Santa Clauses to deliver all the presents to the children. Because he is too small. Even the children are bigger than Little Santa, say the big Santa Clauses. And his sleigh is just a fiddly sleigh, they think. So Little Santa is left alone....

Little Santa is inspired by the children's books of Anu Strohner, with drawings by Henrike Wilson and music by Toek Numan. Narrator Joep Onderdelinden, the four musicians and director Wil van der Meer together created this joyful and touching Christmas performance.

Premiere: Saturday, December 13, 2008 at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
Last played December 30, 2015.



On the stage

On the stage

Joep Onderdelinden game

The Great Little Santa Ensemble:
Angela Kreeftmeijer (bass) clarinet
Catharina Ungvari violin
Martin Bay percussion
Marijn van Prooijen double bass

BEHIND THE SCENES

Wil van der Meer Direction
Toek Numan composition
Peter Claassen image
Lotte van Dyck text
Dirk Pieter Terpstra design/costumes
Desirée van Gelderen lighting design

Publicity image: Henrike Wilson

 

For at home

Make your own little bauble!

What do you need?
A piece of cardboard, scissors, glue, a pretty ribbon

How does it work?
1. Click the download button below and open the document
2. Cut out the pictures of the bauble
3. Cut from the piece of cardboard the same shape as the pictures
4. Stick the picture on the front and the other picture on the back of the cardboard
5. Pierce a hole in the top of the bauble
6. tie the ribbon to this

Your bauble is ready!

Press

Download the press materials here

Upcoming concerts

Fri
27
Dec
Dawn
with Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra
3:00 PM,

Zwolle Theaters

Sat
28
Dec
The day dad fell
with Matteo Paggi and Aviv Noam
3:30 pm,

Teatro Munganga, Amsterdam

Sat
4
Jan
Dawn
5 p.m,

Theater 30cc, Leuven

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