RAPUNZEL
VISUAL GUIDE
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VISUAL GUIDE FOR RAPUNZEL
I am going to watch the film of Rapunzel, recorded
at National Theatre of Scotland and on location at Stirling Castle.
The film will last approximately 1 hour and 13
minutes, and I can pause or rewind it at any time. I can watch it on the National Theatre of Scotland
website from 10.00am on Wednesday 23
December.
I should log into my National Theatre of Scotland
account before I want to watch the film to make sure I know how to do it.
I should log in at:
nationaltheatrescotland.com/rapunzel-tower.
If i’m not sure how to log in, I can check how to at:
nationaltheatrescotland.com/howtowatch
From there I can choose to watch the film from the menu across the top by picking “watch the film”.
If I am not logged in when I go to the stream page,
I will see a screen like this.
To log in, I should follow the steps below, which I can also view in detail here.
If I have already bought a ticket, I should follow the “log in here” link highlighted in the image.
I will then be taken this login page. I should enter the email and password I booked my tickets with. Once I have done this, I will be taken back to the film page.
Once I am logged in and on the film page, the video will appear and will look something like this.
I can press the play button on the video to begin
the film. I will be able to pause and rewind the film as I like.
I can watch the film as many times as I like
between 10.00am on Wednesday 23 December, and 23.59pm on Monday 4 January.
After 23.59pm on Monday 4 January, the film will
automatically stop playing and I won’t be able to watch it any more.
RAPUNZEL STORY SYNOPSIS
15 years ago Queen Mary of Evernut’s baby girl Rapunzel goes missing after the Queen bought a secret potion to make her better.
The side effects of the potion give Rosey Posey visions and she can see that Rapunzel is still alive. She tries to warn Rapunzel’s twin brother Prince Hairy, who almost misses her special sign- he must follow the hair to save Rapunzel. Meanwhile Queen Mary has never lost hope and disguised herself as a hairdresser to find Rapunzel. In her salon she discovers it was Gothel that took Rapunzel.
Gothel wants revenge and gives Rapunzel the potion to make her fall asleep forever. But just as Rapunzel puts the potion to her lips, a tiny talking frog appears to tell Rapunzel the truth and saves the day. Rapunzel realises who she really is and although the world outside her tower isn’t perfect, she’s a Princess and she can change things for the better.
Rapunzel takes the first exiting steps outside the tower and all her family are on the other side! Betty’s wicked spell is broken, and Rapunzel is finally happy ever after.
Content Warning: The film contains strobing,flashing lights, music, singing, and audience participation.
Story Warning: A character mentions the death of a family member - similar to the themes/
plots found in fairy tales.
AMBER SYLVIA EDWARDS Rapunzel
PERFORMERS
DARREN BROWNLIE
Rosey Posey JULIE WILSON NIMMOAnita Haircut/ Queen Evernut JOHNNY MCKNIGHT
Paige Ootabook
KATIE BARNETT
Mother Gothel MICHELLE CHANTELLE HOPEWELL
Betty Botanista JAMIE REA Elfin Safety / BSL Performer REUBEN JOSEPH Prince Hairy
START OF SHOW
Paige Ootabook, the Rapunzel Narrator
welcomes everyone and introduces our story,
set in the kingdom of Evernut.
15 years ago, something terrible happened to the Royal family of Evernut and some say a scary woman named Betty caused it all.
But Betty Botanista says none of it is her fault. She explains she used to have a friend called Gothel who gave birth to a little baby girl. When
the baby gets ill, Gothel goes to the ends of
the earth to find the rarest of flowers for Betty
to prepare a very special medicine to cure her.
But Queen Mary also needs the potion for her little girl, Rapunzel. And being a shrewd businesswoman, Betty sells the remedy to the highest bidder - Queen Mary.
Not long after this, the young Rapunzel goes
missing, reportedly stolen by someone who
looked a lot like Gothel.
A small amount of the potion drops onto Rosey Posey, a rose in the Royal Garden, and makes
her grow and grow. The potion has other side
effects, it gives Rosey Posey visions, and she can see that Rapunzel is still alive! But no one apart from Rapunzel’s twin brother Prince Hairy
will listen.
Inside the castle Prince Hairy is not looking forward to becoming king and he thinks Rapunzel would make a much better queen, he can’t wait till she’s back. Prince Hairy recognises Rosey Posey’s special signal – Rapunzel’s alive but in danger and Prince Hairy must follow the hair to save Rapunzel.
Over in Anita Haircut’s mobile salon, she can’t stop thinking about one customer in particular
– Gothel. But Anita’s not all she seems, she’s really Queen Evernut and Rapunzel’s mum! When the King called off the search, the Queen still had hope and disguised herself as a hairdresser to find Rapunzel - as everyone
spills out their secrets when they’re in the hairdresser’s chair.
When Gothel comes into the salon, she lets slip that her wee girl is obsessed by chicken and chips – which was Rapunzel’s favourite! Suspicious, Anita, checks Goethel’s coat and finds a very long and beautiful onyx curly hair - Rapunzel’s hair.
Gothel admits she kidnaped Rapunzel, but explains she’s not locked up, the door has been open for years. Rapunzel is too scared
about the world outside to leave her tower.
Gothel can’t forgive Betty for selling the potion to the Queen instead of giving it to her own
daughter. Now she’ll have her revenge and
give Rapunzel a potion to make her fall asleep. Just as Rapunzel puts the potion to her lips, a tiny talking frog appears. The frog tells her the
truth: Gothel isn’t her mum, she stole her, and
her real mum is Queen Mary of Evernut, plus she’s got a twin brother Hairy. Rapunzel realises
the world outside her tower isn’t perfect but
she’s a Princess who can change things for the better - she just needs to get out there and do it!
Rapunzel takes the first exiting steps outside
the tower and all her family are on the other
side! Betty’s wicked spell is broken, and Rapunzel is finally happy ever after.
