For those of you familiar with the original Hans Christian Anderson story of ‘The Little Mermaid’ it isn’t one of those ‘Happily Ever After’ stories’ as I believe, most fairy tales were not meant to be, so my own interpretation more or less follows the original story. I realise, there have been a few versions where new characters have been introduced and the ending completely ammended to create a somewhat different version to the writer’s original.

    In this adaptation I’ve kept the names of the main characters in the story and given new titles for the princesses and the sea witch. The nub of Hans Andersen’s story is narrated by Granchio, the pivotal character who provides the continuity as Ariel  plays her part to its ultimate conclusion.

    This musical version has new and original songs, not the Disney numbers we all associate with The Little Mermaid, but time moves on and this version will provide an opportunity for new interpretation