A stage adaptation of the much-loved children’s classic The Tiger Who Came To Tea is heading to Newcastle Fri 3 – Sat 4 July 2015 following a smash-hit West End season and Newcastle Theatre Royal has teamed up with Seven Stories to bring even more fun to this family production.
This musical play is adapted from Judith Kerr’s ferociously popular children’s tale, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, which is a favourite on many a bedtime story shelf of children across the country.
And families booking to see the show can now enjoy an added dimension of fun thanks to craft sessions that are being provided by the Seven Stories team in the Theatre’s Olivier Suite both before and after the productions.
Newcastle Theatre Royal’s Head of Learning Kim Hoffmann said: “We are delighted to be working with Seven Stories to add an extra element of entertainment to families visiting us for this entertaining production of The Tiger Who Came To Tea. The show’s arrival at Newcastle Theatre Royal coincides with a period of refurbishment at Seven Stories, so we are fortunate that the team there have kindly agreed to bring their skills to us for the benefit of local families.”
This family-friendly production of The Tiger Who Came To Tea is adapted by David Wood, who ranks among the country’s leading writers and directors of plays and musicals for children. His many successes include: Spot’s Birthday Party; the Olivier Award-winner 2013 for Best Entertainment and Family, Goodnight Mister Tom and eight Roald Dahl adaptations, including West End hits The BFG,The Witches and George’s Marvellous Medicine.
The Tiger Who Came To Tea is the perfect slice of teatime mayhem as Sophie and her mummy welcome the hungry Tiger to tea, where he proceeds to eat all the sandwiches, buns, biscuits and even manages to the drink all the water in the tap! The production boasts sing-a-long songs, oodles of magic and interactive fun for children ages 3 plus and their families.
This Olivier Award nominated production of The Tiger Who Came To Tea stars Abbey Norman as Sophie, whose theatre credits include a huge range of family and children’s theatre, including Little Nut Brown Hare in Guess How Much I Love You and Mouse inThe Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child in the West End, on tour and in Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The role of Mummy is taken by Jenanne Redman who has been part of The Tiger Who Came To Tea team since 2011 and has performed in the Olivier Award nominated show for three West End seasons, a UK tour and further afield in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and more recently at Australia’s Sydney Opera House. Previous credits include Hetty Feather, Spot’s Birthday Party; and Roald Dahl’s The Twits.
Benjamin Wells takes the roles of Daddy, Milkman, Postman and Tiger. Benjamin was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in 2007 whilst training, and in 2008 was winner of the Sir John Gielgud Award. His recent credits include: Spot’s Birthday Party; Romeo & Juliet / Macbeth with the Young Shakespeare Company and Oxford Shakespeare Company’s Importance of Being Earnest.
The Tiger Who Came To Tea appears at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Fri 3 – Sat 4 July 2015. Tickets from £14 (Save 50p per ticket by booking online.) Tickets can be purchased from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 08448 11 21 21 or select your own seat and book online at www.theatreroyal.co.uk. Times for the tiger craft sessions can also be found on our website.