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Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin’s Bagpuss to Premiere at Soho Theatre in December

Soho Theatre and the Birmingham Stage Company will collaborate on Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin’s stage adaptation of the 1970s U.K.television series Bagpuss, to run at the Soho December 9 – January 9. Casting and creative team will be announced at a later date.

The series and the show will focus on the eponymous pink-and-white striped cat that helped Emily, the owner of a small shop, return lost objects to their rightful owners. The show will also include other characters form the series, including Gabriel the toad, Madeleine the rag doll and Professor Yaffle the wooden woodpecker. The characters will be brought to life in a show that will combine puppetry, live action and music.