(Milan) (April 16, 2018) - Atlantyca Entertainment’s Geronimo Stilton: Kingdom of Fantasy Live is heading to Australia. The company’s popular live stage show, a Geronimo Stilton brand extension, continues to be a proven success for the company as the show takes center stage in Melbourne, Australia this summer starting June 27 to July 7 at Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse and from July 19 to 22 at Big Top Luna Park, Sydney.
The Geronimo Stilton: Kingdom of Fantasy musicals are uniquely designed to entertain and delight all-family audiences. The musicals are faithful to the popular books series, The Kingdom of Fantasy books have sold over 14 million copies worldwide to date, part of the 150 millionGeronimo Stiltonseries of books, delivering exciting adventure and humor that children and parents around the world have come to expect from Italy’s most famous mouse-author, Geronimo Stilton. The successful live productions (which are also in several European territories) are based on the “Geronimo Stilton: In “The Kingdom of Fantasy” book series that tells of Geronimo Stilton’s heroic feats with elves, gnomes, imps and witches that help him save Floridiana, the Queen of Fairies!
Produced by Hong Kong-based Millennium Entertainment International (MEI Live) (http://www.mei-worldwide.com) for the Asia Pacific Region, who are the creators and producers of character based-live entertainment and an Atlantyca partner. Live Nation is the local promoter. The show is based on the popular Geronimo Stilton: The Kingdom of Fantasy books. Originally produced by the Spanish Focus Grup and Grup 62, Geronimo Stilton: The Kingdom of Fantasy is adapted in English.
Atlantyca Entertainment live stage shows launched in the US and Canada in 2016 and continue to expand with plans of additional shows for markets around the world. In May 2017 Atlantyca introduced the Geronimo Stilton: Kingdom of Fantasy Live to Hong Kong audiences marking the company’s first foray into musical performances in the Asia Pacific region.
The Geronimo Stilton books are published in the country by Scholastic with over 3 million copies sold to date in Australia and over 1.3 million copies in New Zealand.
“Our live shows are filled with projections and lights effects and features realistic eye-catching costumes worn by real actors who bring Geronimo Stilton’s wonderful adventures to life, presenting a delighful connection with the audiences,” noted Rachele Geraci, Stage Rights Sales & Development Manager, Atlantyca Live, the integrated division at Atlantyca Entertainment dedicated to the planning, creation, production and development of live stage shows for all of Atlantyca’s owned properties. The Geronimo Stilton: Kingdom of Fantasy cast sings and dances, which creates an absolutely fun and realistic parallel between the books and the live show. We are so excited to see the global response we are getting to Geronimo Stilton’s brand extension across all entertainment platforms.”
“Having wowed audiences in Hong Kong and Singapore in 2017 it will return to both cities for a return season in November 2018 but not before Australian audiences get to see Geronimo Stilton in this cutting edge multi dimension production. MEI is thrilled to be working with Live Nation to bring Geronimo Stilton and his adventure to Australian stages for the very first time.” Quote of Nicholas Larkin, Chairman of MEI.
From an idea of Elisabetta Dami
