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Is it a bird, is it a plane? No!
It’s M6’s Theatre Company’s ‘super’ new show, Tadpoles!
Tadpoles
Washington Arts Centre
Saturday 13th
February 2016
On Saturday 13th
February M6 Theatre Company’s exciting new production Tadpoles, zooms into Arts Centre Washington to delight children aged
5+ and their families, as part of a national tour.
This highly visual and energetic
play about rivalry, strengths, and weaknesses centres around two super heroes
with a BIG problem – a very disgruntled Mission Control (voiced by Sue Johnston
OBE – Downton Abbey, The Royle Family). Captain Clever (Luke Walker) is good at
code breaking and problem solving, whilst Captain Conker (Emily Spowage) is
super-fast and not scared of anything - except, perhaps spelling…
A tadpole catching
competition challenges the dynamic duo to harness their strengths and overcome
their differences. Working as team, will there be enough time for them to save
the world…together?
M6's Artistic Director,
Gilly Baskeyfield who created the story for children aged 5+, said; "Tadpoles
is an original M6 piece that awakens the inner superhero in all of us, and explores
the ways in which working together can make a big difference. It’s wonderful to see how mesmerised children
are when watching the show – especially the excitement around whether the
tadpoles the superheroes reveal on stage are real! It has been a real privilege
to work with our patron Sue Johnston OBE on this project. Sue has such a long
running history with us at M6, having acted in productions during the 1970’s
and 1980’s and remained a constant supporter of our company and its work.”
The play is underscored
with original music written by Tayo Akinbode and features a superb set by M6’s
resident Designer and Production Manager, Joss Matzen.
M6 Theatre Company,
founded in 1977 and based in Rochdale, is acknowledged as one of Britain’s
leading touring theatre companies specialising in creating and delivering high
quality theatre for young audiences.
Tickets:
Tadpoles is suitable for audiences aged 5 and over and will be performed at Arts
Centre Washington on Saturday 13 February at 11am + 2pm
Tickets cost £6.50 / £22
(family, admits 4) and are available from
wwww.artscentrewashington.co.uk or by calling 0191 219 3455
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