Gianna Hartwright

The Befana drama Gianna Hartwright

In a little town in Italy there lives a very proud witch called the Befana, who for centuries has popped coal or candy into the festive stockings of naughty or good children. She even has her own festival and postbox and life is just perfect ? until she discovers her festival is being 'downsized' and her postbox boarded up! When told Santa Claus is taking over her Very Important Present Bringer (VIPB) patch, her anger sends candy balls bouncing down the street! What else is a witch supposed to do but charge off around the world on her broomstick, visit Old Father Time to be rejuvenated as 'Bef', enjoy scary moments - in the Black Forest, a Russian coal mine and American candy factory - and fight back ... with the help of a boy band, an exiled-to-Siberia tailor and the best reindeer whisperer the world has ever seen? Will the ?Most Fearsome Feller in Folklore? or the 81st elf and Santa?s vain, shopaholic wife, Capriccia, foil her plans? Hold on to your broomsticks! This will be some adventure!