The Gruffalo

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Showing at: Duchess Theatre

Box Office: 0844 412 4659

Age: Children

Genre: Musical

Children’s theatre favourite The Gruffalo returns to the London stage for the third year running, spending a scary Christmas season at the not-very scary Duchess theatre.

Join Mouse as he embarks on an adventurous journey through the deep dark wood in this magical, musical adaptation of the award-winning picture book The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Mouse can scare hungry animals away with his tall tales of the terrifying Gruffalo, who has “terrible tusks and terrible claws and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws”, but what happens when he comes face to face with the very creature he imagined?

Songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged three and up, and their adults…

Published in 1999, The Gruffalo won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and the Blue Peter Best Book To Read Aloud Award. The best-selling UK picture book of 2000, it has sold 3.5 million copies worldwide. Donaldson and Scheffler’s other books include The Gruffalo’s Child, The Snail And The Whale, Monkey Puzzle and the Tales From Acorn Wood series.

Tall Stories, the theatre company behind The Gruffalo, was founded in 1997 and uses its own brand of physical theatre to tell stories. It first presented The Gruffalo in 2001, and has since presented it at the Scottish International Children’s Festival, in the West End adn across the world in Poland, Chile, Dubai, Singapore, China and Taiwan.

Performance Details

  • opening night: 26 Nov 2008
  • closing: 11 Jan 2009

show times: Various - please check with theatre for performance schedule

ticket prices: £12-£15

duration: 55min

 

cast: Mark Peachey, Tom Warwick, Alice Parsloe, Ross Hugill

author: Toby Mitchell and Olivia Jacobs based on the book The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

director: Olivia Jacobs and Toby Mitchell

sound: Shock Productions, Jon Fiber

lighting designer: James Whiteside

designer: Isla Shaw

producer: Kenny Wax Ltd & Nick Brooke Ltd in association with Tall Stories

 

map: View Map

address: Catherine Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2B 5LA

nearest tube: Covent Garden (250m)

nearest bus: 1, 4, 6, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26, 59, 68, 76, 77A, 91, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341

nearest train: Charing Cross (625m)

parking: Single yellow lines in Russell Street. NCP in Drury Lane. Taxi rank at Covent Garden Piazza end of Russell Street.

air conditioned: Yes

 

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: Tel: 0207 087 7960

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

discounts: available for all disabled people and their companions. Dependent on production, please contact for more details.

limited mobility: F1 and F22 in the Stalls have the most leg room. Staff will also try to find suitable seating on the night.

access description: One shallow step up from Catherine Street on a slight slope – lower to the right. facing main entrance. 10 steps up to the Dress Circle (3 steep steps between each row). 20 steps down to the Stalls. Staircases have handrails on both sides, and some steps are highlighted. Auditorium open 30 mins prior to performance.

hearing impaired: Sennheiser system with 6 headsets.

guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are allowed into the auditorium if you are seated in an aisle seat or a box. Staff will also dog-sit in manager’s office for a maximum of 2 guide dogs per performance.

wheelchairs: Steps to all parts of the auditorium. Wheelchair users who need to remain in their chairs must be accompanied by 2 escorts as they have to be carried down 21 steps to the Stalls, where there are spaces at N1 and N29. Alternatively, if you are able to transfer from your chair, theatre staff will be able to assist you to any aisle seat in the Dress Circle, which is up 12 steps. Your chair will be stored in a cloakroom by the Stalls. Staff are happy to help. F1 and F22 in the Stalls have the most leg room. Staff will also try to find suitable seating on the night.

toilets: Women’s and men’s by Stalls, plus men’s 8 steps up and women’s 17 steps up from the Dress Circle.

disabled toilets: One adapted toilet at Stalls. Door opens inwards.

bars: 2 licensed bars. Drinks may be brought to disabled customers in the auditorium. No steps from the Box Office into the Foyer Bar, through a set of double doors. There is another bar 3 steps down from the Stalls. Moveable seats.

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