THE GRUFFALO STOMPS INTO THE LIVERPOOL EMPIRE!

THE SMASH HIT SHOW RETURNS BY POPULAR DEMAND FOR A MONSTER UK TOUR Ten years after the release of the award-winning picture book by Julia Donaldson, The Gruffalo stomps onto the Liverpool Empire stage this July! The Empire hosts this energetic 55-minute production on 20 and 21 July, adapted and directed by Tall Stories duo Olivia Jacobs and Toby Mitchell. Touring nationally and internationally since 2001, this magical, musical adaptation of the best-selling book has been performed over 4000 times to over a million people the world over. With over 3 million copies sold worldwide, the book was recently voted the nation's number one bedtime story by BBC Radio 2 listeners, and even hit the small screens on Christmas Day 2009 in a star-studded TV adaptation on BBC1! This Summer, join Mouse on an adventurous journey through the deep dark wood ... Meet a wheeler-dealer Fox, an eccentric old Owl, a maraca-shaking and a party-mad Snake! Mouse can scare hungry animals away with tall stories of the terrifying Gruffalo, but what happens when he comes face to face with the very creature he imagined...? The Gruffalo, Live on Stage! with songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 to 300! ‘A fine piece of children’s theatre’ **** Sunday Times ‘Monstrous fun!’ Daily Mail Performance Details: The Gruffalo Liverpool Empire Theatre 20 & 21 July 2010, Tue 1.30pm & 4pm, Wed 10.30am & 1.30pm £11.00 To book call 0844 847 2525, call into the Empire box office or visit www.liverpoolempire.org.uk For images, interviews and competition/review ticket requests, please contact Jenny Morgan (Press Officer) on 0151 708 3201 or jennymorgan@theambassadors.com

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