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THEATRE
Your Guide to Family & Children’s Shows
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Princess Theatre
Box Office 01278 784464
Burnham-on-Sea
LDN Wrestling
Friday July 30
Expect to see edge of your seat, death defying moves as the stars of Wrestling take part in action packed matches for the whole family to enjoy. At 7.30pm, Tickets £15, concs £12, family £45.
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
Thursday August 5
Run away to the circus and help Goldilocks and her mum, Dame Dolly Donut, save their circus and rescue the three bears from the evil ringmaster. It’s the big top family panto extravaganza featuring pop songs, magic and puppets. At 2pm, all tickets £11.
The Adventures of Bo Peep
Saturday August 28
Watch the adventures of Bo Peep unravel as she tries to rescue her woolly friends. She needs you and your family’s help to save her little lambkins from danger in time for bed! For 2 to 6 year olds at 11am and 2pm, all tickets £10.
Bristol Hippodrome
Box Office 0844 871 3012
St Augustine’s Parade, Bristol
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
August 25 - Sept 18
Disney invites you to ‘Be Our Guest’ in the enchanted musical brought to life on stage. Times vary, tickets from £20.
Brewhouse
Box Office 01823 283244
Coal Orchard, Taunton
Sarah and Duck
August 3 & 4
New stage show, featuring wonderful characters from the CBeebies show. Join Sarah and Duck and a host of your favourite friends including the Ribbon Sisters, The Shallots, Flamingo & John, and Umbrella, as they plan a birthday party for Scarf Lady in their garden. Times vary, tickets from £14.
Sarah and Duck at The Brewhouse, 3 & 4 August.
Puss in Boots
Thursday August 12
When Felix, the miller’s youngest son, strikes out to earn his fortune accompanied by his cat, he surely didn’t expect to fall into a whirlwind adventure full of kings and their courts, beautiful princesses and ogres in their castles and yet, that’s exactly where they find themselves. For 4 year olds and above at 11.30pm, tickets from £9.50.
The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show
Friday August 13
Join the gang in this interactive show where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide with electrifying results. For 4 year olds and above.At 2.30pm, tickets from £7.50, family from £26. What starts off as a morning jog becomes quite the misadventure for Stick Man: a dog wants to play fetch with him, a swan builds a nest with him, and he even ends up on a fire! How will Stick Man ever get back to the family tree? Based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. For 3 year olds and above at 1.30am and 4.30pm. Adults from £14.50, children from 312.50.
What the Ladybird Heard
October 7 - 10
Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun. Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But they reckon without the tiniest, quietest creature of all: the Ladybird has a scheme of her own. For 3 year olds and above, times vary, tickets from £14.
Octagon Theatre
Box Office 01935 422884
Hendford, Yeovil
Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain
Sunday September 19
Escape the clutches of Burke and Hare and move to the groove with party Queen Victoria. It’s the horrible history of Britain live on stage, with the nasty bits left in. At 2 and 4.30pm, adults from £16, children from £13, family from £50.
Igglepiggle’s Busy Day!
August 25 & 26
In the Night Garden Live. Join Igglepiggle as he looks for his friends in the Night Garden by following their funny sounds until he finds them all. Times vary, tickets £17.50, £19.50, children £15.50, £17.50.
The Three Musketeers
September 7 & 8
Armed with only a baguette and his questionable steed, join hot-headed D’Artagnan as he travels to Paris to become a Musketeer. Will things go to plan? It’s unlikely. Comedy adventure featuring hilarious heroics, raucous romances and some bonkers fun with BMX bikes. At 7.30pm, tickets £20, concs £18.50.
Stick Man
September 25 & 26
The Best Of That’ll Be The Day
October 1 & 2
This very special edition of the show presents the most popularly requested songs, impressions and comic sketches from over 33 years of touring. Featuring smash hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s at 7.30pm. Tickets £26, £28.
Milkshake Monkey’s Musical
Saturday October 9
A spectacular show featuring Monkey’s favourite friends. Be part of this production as you learn the songs and dances with your Milkshake friends, and watch as the music, the lights, the costumes and stage come together. At 12 & 3.30pm, tickets £16.50 - £18.
The Three Musketeers at The Octagon Theatre, 7 & 8 September.
The McMillan Theatre
Box Office 01278 556677
Lower Bath Road, Bridgwater
Stages
Saturday September 4
Classic ballads and toe topping favourites performed by local young talent together with West End artists whose roots are in the South West. This is an evening dedicated to raising funds for the NSPCC and Alzheimer’s Society. At 7pm, tickets £15.
ReAct: The Addams Family Young@Part
September 9 - 11
New musical, the tale begins with every father’s worst nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart, young man from a respectable family. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s ‘normal’ boyfriend and his parents. At 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30, tickets £14.50, children £13.50.
The Animal Guyz
Saturday September 18
A show packed with animal effects, music and laughter, designed to both entertain and educate using no live animals, stunning puppetry and special effects to bring incredible life-like and size animals and dinosaurs to the stage right before your eyes. At 3pm, tickets £16, children £14.
The Forum
Box Office 0844 888 9991
1a Forum Buildings, St James Parade, Bath
Fireman Sam Saves the Circus
Thursday July 29
When all of his friends go away, Norman Price decides to find adventure in Pontypandy and become the star of a visiting circus. But with a tiger on the loose and faulty lights, the adventure soon turns to danger. Can Fireman Sam come to the rescue and save the circus? At 10.30am and 1pm, tickets from £14.50.
MissRed Family Musical
Saturday August 7
Set in 1930s England, Fran Ethel Red, born and then fostered many times in Bristol, is about to go on a journey…. Not on her imaginary ship with its crew of friends as she regularly does but, she is literally off to explore new horizons. New family musical with a cast of over 50 young performers and adults. At 2.40 and 7.30pm, tickets £10, £20. Under 18s must be accompanied.
Fireman Sam Saves The Circus at: The Playhouse (25 July; The Forum (29 July); Redgrave Theatre (19 September).
Gorgeous Georgians and Vile
Saturday September 4
Horrible Histories live on stage with the nasty bits of history left in. Swing with a Georgian king; see eye to eye with Admiral Nelson; dance with the Tyburn jig and groove with party Queen Victoria. At 3 and 5.30pm, tickets £16, £18. Under 18s must be accompanied.
Theatre Royal
Box Office 01225 448844
Sawclose, Bath
The Play That Goes Wrong
August 3 - 7
The Cornley Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does. As the accident prone thesps battle on against all the odds to reach their final curtain call, hilarious results ensue. For 8 year olds and above at 7.30pm, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm.
The Museum of Marvellous Things
Saturday September 25
Make stars in jars, catch moons like balloons, dance with Doo-Dahs in cages, sing with Noo-Nahs on stages and marvel at the many wonders on display inside this amazing museum like no other. It’s made from the magic of your imagination and you get to bring it alive. For 3 year olds and above at 11am and 3pm, tickets £8.
The Dong With A Luminous Nose
October 1 & 2
Edward is a shy and troubled boy, he is always watching the horizon, waiting for something to happen. Then one day “the Jumblies” arrive, and his life is turned upside down… then shaken about a bit… and then a bit more. For 7 year olds and above, times vary.
Saturday October 9
Ariel, Caliban and stephano all claim ‘this island’s mine’, but do any of them have the right? And what happens if they can’t agree? Set in the extraordinary world of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, filled with magic, music and mayhem for 7 year olds and above. At 11am and 3pm.
Westlands
Box Office 01935 422884
Westbourne Close, Yeovil
Ultimate Pro Wrestling
Sunday October 10
An evening of live family friendly wrestling entertainment. Featuring the current UPW Heavyweight Champion defending his title and the UPW Champion, Tag-Team Champions and Women’s Champion all defend their newly won championships. At 5pm, tickets £16.50 - £26.50, children £11.50, family £46. There is a Meet and Greet opportunity after the show. Tickets £10, children £5.
Redgrave Theatre
Box Office 0117 315 7800
Percival Road, Clifton
Fireman Sam Live: Saves The Circus
Sunday September 19 As the Forum. At 10.30am, tickets £17.60, concs £16.50.
Stick Man
October 17 - 19
Bristol Old Vic
Box Office 0117 987 7877
King Street, Bristol
Zog
July 24 - 31
Zog tries hard, to win a golden star at school, perhaps too hard. He bumps, burns and roars his way through years one, two and three. Luckily, the plucky Princess Pearl patches him up ready to face his biggest challenge yet…a duel with knight, Sir Gadabout the Great. Times vary, tickets from £13.
The Playhouse
Box Office 01934 645544
Weston-super-Mare
Fireman Sam Live: Saves The Circus
Sunday July 25
As the Forum. At 11.30am & 2.30pm, tickets £19, children £18, family £65.
Milkshake Monkey’s Musical
Friday August 6
The Best of That’ll
August 27 & October 12
Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians
Tuesday August 31
As the Forum. At 2.30 & 6pm, tickets £17.
