The Great Big Story Mix Up
A Roustabout Theatre production
Aimed at ages 3-8
THE GREAT BIG STORY MIX UP – The show that YOU make up!
The interactive improvised play for families is back – and you’re in charge! You choose the characters. You choose the costumes. You even control the Horn of Song! Watch as your wild and wonderful ideas are brought to life by our troupe of storytellers in an hour of never-before-seen fairy tales and other nonsense.
“Appealing, engaging fun!”
The Stage ★★★★
“Fantastic fun for all the family”
The Family Stage
Age guidance
The Great Big Story Mix Up is for ages 3-8
About the company
We seek out extraordinary tales, both true and imagined, and tell them with clarity, simplicity, humour and a wild imagination. The theatre we make is for audiences young and old, for anyone who loves play, and for anyone who delights in the communal act of sharing a story.
Roustabout is a Bristol-based company that creates theatre for young and family audiences. Formed after ten years of award-winning creative collaboration and nonsense, we perform in theatres, schools, libraries, festivals, and community venues.
Our first show, Luna – A Play About The Moon, celebrating the 50th anniversary of man landing on the Moon, toured to over 4000 people, and was described by The Guardian as ‘beguilingly epic’. Our second show, This Island’s Mine, exploring colonialism, land rights, and cultural identity, toured to schools and theatres in autumn 2021, and has formed the creative stimulus for curriculum initiatives in schools across Bristol and North Somerset. During lockdown we produced our third show, (It’s Not All) Zoom And Gloom, a daft online family comedy written for, rehearsed, and performed entirely on Zoom.
The Great Big Story Mix Up was originally created for Bristol Old Vic, and enjoyed three successful runs in both the Main House and the Studio.
Credits
Directed by Toby Hulse
Devised by Robin Hemmings, Toby Hulse, Shaelee Rooke, Will Monks
Designed by Bronia Housman
Stage managed by Oliver Wareham
Performed by Robin Hemmings, Toby Hulse and Shaelee Rooke
Multibuy Offer on Children’s Puppet Festival events:
(exclusions apply*)
Get 10% off when you book 2 events
Get 20% off when you book 3 or more events
How it works:
Step 2
If you add a second show or family workshop to your basket 10% discount applies to both events
Step 3
If you add a third show or family workshop to your basket 20% discount applies to all events
* Puppet Placations, other Family Workshops and Adult Workshops are excluded from this offer. Offer applies only to shows or family workshops (Ice Screams! and Ahoy There! Puppet Pirates) taking place between 1st August and 1st September only. Shows and family workshops need to be booked in the same order for the discount to apply, but if you have booked in separate orders and would like to claim the discount, please contact the box office. Please note that if you book more tickets for one show or family workshop than another, the discount only applies to the number of tickets booked on all events (e.g. if you book 3 tickets for two shows and 4 for a third show, 9 tickets are discounted 20% and the extra ticket on the one show is not discounted).
Join us at a workshop
The Singing Mermaid
One day, the singing mermaid is tempted away from all of her sea creature friends and her peaceful home at Silversands to join a travelling circus. The audiences love to hear her sing, but the poor mermaid was tricked!
Will she ever escape? And who will help her along the way?
Aimed at ages 3-8
Rosie Robin and the Christmas Post
Blending puppetry, physical performance and song, this gentle, magical, heart-warming show tells the story of one tiny Robin determined that no one is forgotten this Christmas.
Aimed at ages 2-5
August – September 2024
Little Angel Theatre’s OFFIE award winning Children’s Puppet Festival
Jam-packed with shows and workshops for all the family and adults too!
We are delighted to announce the return of our Children’s Puppet Festival which will take place across both Little Angel venues this summer from 2 August – 1 September 2024. The vibrant programme will showcase a broad range of puppetry by the most exciting UK and international companies currently making theatre for young audiences.
There will also be plenty of opportunities for everyone to take part, with workshops for families, community events, fun days for children and courses for adults to try out the craft of puppetry.
