Finding something to do with the family is never difficult at this time of the year, but the theatre is sometimes a daunting prospect for some really younger children. If that’s the case for you, let us introduce you to OI FROG & FRIENDS! The show has just opened at the Weston Studio in the Wales Millennium Centre and it really is a perfect intoruction to theatre for the little ones, but also brilliant fun for the whole family.
We are so lucky that the 2021/22 Oi Frog tour kicks off here in South Wales before heading off on its full-on hop around the UK. It comes with some pretty good credentials too, having finished a critically acclaimed West End run in 2019/20.
Enough of all that, let’s just tell you about the show, and. more importantly, how to get tickets.
The Oi Frog & Friends! tour
‘Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools, gophers sit on sofas and frogs sit on logs.’
It’s a new day at Sittingbottom school and FROG is looking for a place to sit, but CAT has other ideas and DOG is happy to play along. Little do any of them know that chaos is coming – who knew there were so many rhyming rules and what will happen when FROG is in charge?
Join FROG, DOG and CAT live on stage in Oi Frog & Friends!, the 55-minute action-packed play with original songs, puppets, laughs and, of course, more rhyme than you can shake a chime at!
Nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Family Show, Oi Frog & Friends! is created for the stage by Emma Earle, Zoe Squire, Luke Bateman and Richy Hughes, bringing together Kes Gray and Jim Field’s bestselling and award-winning series of picture books Oi Frog!, Oi Dog!, Oi Cat! and Oi Duck-Billed Platypus!, published by Hachette Children’s Group, into one fun-filled musical production.
The cast for the 2021/22 UK tour have just as much fun as Frog & Friends and bring a lot of sparkle to the show. They are JAKE ADDLEY as DOG, REBECCA AYRES as CAT, CHRISTOPHER DOBSON as CHEETAH, EMILY ESSERY as FROG, and SARAH PALMER as FROG. But in this world of Oi Frog, who knows will appear as who in the production you see. What we can tell you, is that you will have a fantastic time
Hailed as one of the most successful picture books of the decade with more than one million copies sold to date.
Author KES GRAY says of the production…….
“The stage show has taken the Oi characters to places I could never have imagined. The fun, the artistry and the sheer theatrical genius of this production really is something to behold!”
Illustrator JIM FIELD said…….
“Seeing the characters brought to life from our series of Oi books was both surreal and incredible. Oi Frog & Friends! bounces along with non-stop energy, amazing puppets, funny songs, shouty rhymes, and a squirty elephant trunk. It’s brilliantly bonkers!”
As we mentioned earlier, OI FROG & FRIENDS! is an ideal introduction to theatre and the perfect entertainment for schools, groups and families with children aged 3+. And with a show time of under an hour, the kids will love every fun filled minute of it.
The tour is as the Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff through to the 2nd January 2022. There’s a whole range of performance times, depending on what best suits your family, with relaxed and socially distanced performances too. Tickets are £12.50 and we can highly recommend you get in quick, as some shows are selling out fast. You can get yours HERE.
The rest of the tour takes Frog and co to Dartford, Truro, Norwich, Leicester, Chichester, Poole, Croydon, Exeter, Ilkley, Stirling, Billingham, Edinburgh, Inverness, Mold, York, Hull, North Finchley, Newcastle, Taunton, Horsham, Coventry, Birmingham, Kingston, and Glasgow with further dates to be announced. For full listings information go HERE.