Riverlinks presents Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is adapted from Eleanor Coerr's moving classic based on a true story.
Sadako Sasaki is an ordinary feisty 12 year old who dreams of one day becoming Japan's greatest ever runner. Then suddenly she is struck down by a terrible illness. It is caused by radiation from the atom bomb dropped on her home town of Hiroshima when she was only two. But Sadako is full of the spirit of life and never gives up hope. She believes that one day she can again run like the wind . . . if only she can fold a thousand paper cranes.
Sadako's message for peace has turned into a worldwide movement. Each year on Peace Day in Hiroshima, millions and millions of paper cranes are placed under a giant statue of Sadako as her legacy is remembered.
On an astonishing over-size origami set, this production literally unfolds before your very eyes. Highly theatrical staging, evocative Japanese music - and even a little magic - all combine to produce one of the most beautiful and memorable theatrical events for young people.
