“Stirring songs” – The Indepedent

“A spectacular fantasy” – Daily Telegraph

“Teitler’s elegantly orchestrated music sometimes has a touch of Kurt Weill; elsewhere you hear echoes of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd” – The Times

“Majestic and magnificent, just like its titular creature” – Broadway World

Premiere at the Royal Shakespeare Company, 2021
US Premiere at The Hale Centre Theatre, 2024
Licensed worldwide by Music Theatre International
Premiere at the Unicorn Theatre, Nov 2015
Remount at the Unicorn Theatre, Nov 2016
Premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Oct 2021

In a war-torn town, a boy named Peter is told he’ll find his missing sister through an elephant—then one crashes through the roof of the opera house. As the town tries to use the elephant for their own ends, Peter must choose between finding his sister and setting the creature free.

• Book & Lyrics by Nancy Harris
• Music & Lyrics by Marc Teitler
• Based on the best-selling novel by Kate DiCamillo