This weeks entry by myself is a little bit of a cheat…..maybe! However, I am thinking it might inspire some parents to buy some tickets over the weekend for this brilliant live show.
Following the huge success of the tour last year, tickets went on sale today for In The Night Garden Live 2011 and I have bought mine already. The live shows will be available in the following towns:
Sheffield
Gateshead
Manchester
Milton Keynes
Cardiff
Richmond
Tunbridge Wells
Dates vary from April until September. Ticket prices vary depending on the time of your performance but they start from £10.
Burton was 15 months old when my Mum and I took him last October and to begin with I don’t think he knew what to make of it.
Infact he cried whenever the characters walked off the stage but halfway into it he got over that and laughed and waved and bounced along to it.
Like this year, there are two different stories to see the Ninky Nonk (Iggle Piggle loses his blanket) or the Pinky Ponk show which was the tale of Makka Pakka washes faces!
It is just like watching an episode from CBeebies, for it lasts the same length of time and Derek Jacobi narrates the show aswell.
The way the characters are brought to ‘life’ is very well done and look exactly like the ones from the TV programme.
It really was a magical day out and the are plenty of baby changing rooms, access and parking for buggies, lots of toilets available and even the snacks and merchandise available to buy were not over priced. The shows are shown inside white domes which have been especially created to house them. Also, the show domes are situated in a park which means a picnic can be had before or after the show – weather permitting of course!
This year they are even offering the chance for your child to meet either Iggle Piggle or Upsy Daisy for an extra £15 after the show, something which my Mum and I wondered why they didn’t do last year.
Overall, I would highly recommend this day out for your little INTNG fan. My only criticism is that you have to buy full price tickets for the children including any babies who would sit on your lap. To me, I feel children should be a little cheaper and babies a lot. However, this aside if you can afford the tickets and you have a fan of the show in your family then you should definitely go.
Tickets and further information are available HERE
Thank you xx
It sounds great! I love taking kids to the theatre and my lot have been many, many times. I agree with you about kids seat prices though, I had to buy a ticket for DD when she was a few weeks old! I can’t take BB to the Night Garden because he took against the programme from the start! thanks for linking again this week, you are a star!