The Gruffalo

Mouse takes a stroll in the deep, dark wood, and along comes smirking sly Fox, eccentric old Owl and maraca-shaking Snake—all hungry for our little friend! To scare them away, Mouse invents The Gruffalo, an imaginary creature with “terrible tusks, and terrible claws and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws!” Adapted by London’s Tall Stories (The Snail and the Whale, New Vic 2014), the award-winning picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler gets a musical makeover with sing-along songs, slapstick comedy and scary fun for little ones. But have no fear, for don’t you know? There’s no such thing as a Gruffalo…