
The Lost Lending Library
About The Lost Lending Library
The Lost Lending Library, Punchdrunk Enrichment’s immersive family experience is being presented at March On Festival in Singapore in March 2025, and at Out Of The Box Festival in Australia in June 2025.
It made its first visit to the Edinburgh International Festival from 3-27 August 2023.
Calling all young people with great imaginations.
At 314 floors high and with 78 spiral side departments, The Lost Lending Library houses the largest collection of books and stories in the world. Books of all sizes and colours are crammed together on its shelves, stories bursting into life from their covers.
Inside one department is a trainee library guardian weighed down with responsibility. They need your help to learn how to believe in themselves, and appreciate their own unique talents.
In this immersive experience, discover a world of stories. Come on a journey that celebrates the search for knowledge and trying your best.
Suitable for young people aged 6–11 years and their parents or carers.
Punchdrunk Enrichment creates immersive, theatrical experiences that celebrate the power of the imagination. Since 2008 it has opened doors to magical worlds for children in education, family and community settings.
From start to finish, this show is an enchanting, engaging experience for children aged 6-10. The actors are charming and talented improvisers, and the set design has all of the company’s trademark, awe-inducing detail. Best of all, it’s about inspiring children to read and write stories. And crucially, efforts are made to reward the children who don’t like reading as well as those who do. Punchdrunk Enrichment succeeds with this show: it’s a little piece of magic!
Tom Brocklehurst, The Lost Lending Library, Edinburgh International Festival, 2023
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Creative Team
Edinburgh Production Team
Natalie Crisp
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- Senior Producer
Stephen Patry-Makin
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- Interim Senior Producer
Fiona Fraser
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- Production Manager
Ana Carter
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- Company Stage Manager
Lydia Reed
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- Design Manager
Maike Hitzeroth
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- Design Assistant
Abby Screen
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- Scenic Artist
May Clyne
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- Costume Supervisor
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Mickey Graham
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- Stage Manager
Andy Gannon
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- Technical Manager
Viktor Palfi
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- Sound Engineer
Max Sharp
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- Lighting
Tom Baum and James Hartwell
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- Carpenters
Josey Delaney, Grace Nolgrove and Tabitha Wall
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- Trainee Design Assistants
Tom Brace
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- Magic Consultant
Rosalind Sydney
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- Resident Director
Simon Maeder, Hayley Muirhead, Delvene Pitt
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- Cast
Singapore Production Team
Siobhan Higgins
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- Senior Producer
Stephen Patry-Makin
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- Associate Senior Producer
Joe Monk
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- Production Manager
Daniel Steward
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- Production Manager
Chris Burkitt
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- Technical Production Manager
Esther Alcock
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- Production and Company Co-ordinator
William Edwards
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- Company Stage Manager
Jodi Rabinowitz
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- Technician/Programmer
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Punchdrunk Enrichment would like to express thanks to the members of The Lost Lending Library Giving Circle and the Maria Björnson Memorial Fund for their invaluable support towards the development of this production.