Once Upon a Teacup at Theatre on the Square
Dates: 7/29/2026 - 8/2/2026
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Once Upon a Teacup is a 70-minute one-woman show written and performed by Jessica Haines and directed by James Cunningham. The work combines physical, visual, and shadow theatre to follow Violet, a young girl growing up in Africa, through the landscape of childhood imagination and into the pressures of the modern world. The script, written entirely in rhyming couplets, weaves together light, shadow, object puppetry, movement, and a sparse collection of props. The show explores themes of imagination, mental health, and the experience of growing up, and grew out of Haines' studies in shadow theatre under Norbert Gotz and the Theatre der Schatten in Bamberg, Germany.
Cast and Creative Team for Once Upon a Teacup at Theatre on the Square
Cast
Jessica Haines
Violet
James Cunningham
Ensemble
Creative Team
Jessica Haines
Writer
Jessica Haines
Performer
James Cunningham
Director
News About Once Upon a Teacup at Theatre on the Square
ONCE UPON A TEACUP to Make Johannesburg Debut at Theatre on the Square
July 01, 2026 Jessica Haines' one-woman show ONCE UPON A TEACUP, a 70-minute work of physical, visual, and shadow theatre directed by James Cunningham, heads to Theatre on the Square in Sandton after its world premiere in Sri Lanka.About the Theatre
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The Adventures of Thumbelina (07/15/26-07/21/26)
What shows have played recently at Theatre on the Square?
Albie Sachs, Fathers, Sons and Soft Vengeance (05/06/26-05/24/26)
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