How High Is Up?

by Brendan Murray

The magical story of Little Star’s quest to save her friend’s life by making time stand still. On her journey she encounters The Bird Who Has No Wings, The Magician of the Roaring Winds, The Magician of the Pouring Rains, and The Magician of the Silent Snows. Watched over by the Sun and the Moon, Little Star finds that everything begins and ends as it should.

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Quick Details

  • Type: Play
  • Length: 60 minutes | Can be cut for competition
  • Availability: Available for productions in North America
  • Cast Size: 8 roles | Originally performed with 4 actors

Full Details

Roles:

  • The Sun
  • The Moon
  • Little Star
  • Ba Gia, a gardener
  • The Bird Who Has No Wings
  • The Magician of the Roaring Winds
  • The Magician of the Pouring Rains
  • The Magician of the Silent Snows

The following resources are included in each performance license:
  • Permission to photocopy the PDF script for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:
  • Logo/Media package

Brendan Murray

Brendan is one of the UK’s leading playwrights for new audiences. In a career of over forty years he’s written for most of the UK’s major TYA  companies and his plays have been produced throughout the world, winning both of the UK’s premier awards for TYA  on more than one occasion. You can find details of these, press reviews, his work as a director & teacher, and of all his plays atwww.brendanmurray.co.uk

Originally produced by Theatre Centre, UK, in 1994

Reviews

“

Suffused with poetry, wit, and a wonderful wisdom.

- Irish Times
“

Themes of death, memory and change are handled with sensitive clarity and wit in Murray’s beautifully written script.

- Dublin Sunday Tribune