Pinocchio

The Globe has been staging outdoor Christmas shows for some years now, but they’re generally been pretty short, relatively low budget affairs. So this feels like a very bold commitment for the 2025 winter season: a full scale, full length new musical that will run outdoors through the darkest, coldest months (although admittedly generally a little earlier than the standard summer start time). Charlie Josephine – they of controversial bio-drama I, Joan – will write, with songs by Jim Fortune. The musical is, of course, an adaptation of the story of Pinocchio, albeit explictly the batshit mental original Carlo Collodi version as opposed to the admitedly still pretty wild Disney take that represents its most famous incarnation. Sean Holmes directs.