Dear Zoo - Live on stage
Based on the classic book by Rod Campbell
Touring the UK and coming to a theatre near you!
Suitable for 1-100 years
Dear Zoo the timeless children’s classic book returns to the stage!
See our characters write to the Zoo. Who will be delivered? A cheeky monkey, a jumpy frog and of course a perfect puppy.
Help your children learn as the book leaps onto the stage and share a magical experience as the story unfolds with child-engaging puppets, music and lots of audience interaction.
Rod Campbell’s best-selling lift the flap book has delighted generations of young readers since it was first published in 1982. And has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide.
This production, brought to you by Norwell Lapley Productions, will delight all those who have read the book (both young and old) as it unfolds with child-engaging puppets, music and lots of audience interaction.
Join them to see what the zoo has sent: the perfect pet – in the end!
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Download the FREE Dear Zoo Education pack here!
JULY
17 - 19 - Arts Theatre, Cambridge
AUGUST
7 - 8 - The Mill Banbury, Banbury
11 - 16 - Lowry, Salford
SEPTEMBER
17 - 20 - Walker Theatre, Shrewsbury
22 - 23 - The Atkinson, Southport
26 - 27 - The Swan Theatre, Worcester
29 - 1 Oct - One Touch Theatre, Inverness
OCTOBER
3 - The Auditorium, Grimsby
4 - Theatre Royal, Nottingham
7 - 8 - Theatre Royal, St Helens
10 - 11 - The Theatre, Chipping Norton
17 - Hull New Theatre, Hull
20 - Beck Theatre, Hayes
21 - Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham
23 - 27 - Artsdepot - Pentland Theatre, London
28 - 30 - Redgrave Theatre, Bristol
31 - 1 Nov - Theatre Royal, Winchester
NOVEMBER
4 - 6 - Gulbenkian, Canterbury
8 - Palace Theatre, Paignton
10 - 11 - Grand Theatre, Blackpool
14 - BEAM, Hertford
2027
FEBRUARY
6 - 7 - Stockport Plaza, Stockport
10 - 11 - The Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone
12 - 13 - The Hawth, Crawley
18 - 21 - Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford
24 - The Brindley, Runcorn
MARCH
13 - 14 - Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa
16 - 17 - The Playhouse, Weston-Super-Mare
24 - 25 - Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford
MAY
19 - 20 - Castle Theatre, Wellingborough
Running time 55 minutes
Ages 2+
Photography (c) Mark Senior