Win! The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show 50th Anniversary prize bundle!
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW is celebrating the anniversary of the wondrful book by Eric Carle with four stories wiggling into London this summer!
From Wednesday 7 August to Sunday 1 September 2019 One of the most iconic characters in children’s literature will wiggle his way to London this Summer in celebration of a major birthday. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show will play a limited 4-week run at Troubadour White City Theatre from Wednesday 7 August to Sunday 1 September, to mark the 50th Anniversary of Eric Carle’s beloved book.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show features a menagerie of 75 enchanting puppets during a magical show that faithfully adapts four of Eric Carle’s best loved books for the stage. The 50th Anniversary production will feature a brand-new line-up of stories for 2019; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, the return of The Very Lonely Firefly and, of course, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Eric Carle said: “I am delighted that the 50th anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar will be celebrated with such an enchanting production, and that my friends in London will be able to share the same enjoyment I felt when seeing my characters come to life on stage.”
Eric Carle’s books have captivated generations of readers with their iconic hand-painted illustrations and distinctively simple stories, introducing millions of children to a bigger, brighter world, and to their first experience of reading itself. Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 132 million copies of his books have sold around the world.
His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has nibbled its way into the hearts of millions of children all over the world, and in 2019 celebrates its 50th Anniversary. Since it was first published in 1969 it has been translated into 62 languages and sold over 50 million copies worldwide, remaining one of the bestselling children’s books of all time.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show is adapted for the stage by director Jonathan Rockefeller, whose production sees four master puppeteers weave their way through Eric Carle’s stories, bringing to life 75 magical puppets that faithfully recreate the wonderfully colourful world of Carle’s illustrations.
Jonathan Rockefeller said: “We’re excited to bring new Eric Carle stories to the London stage alongside perennial favourite ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. ‘Brown Bear’ is another of Eric’s best loved characters embraced by our little – and very enthusiastic – audience members!”
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show first premiered in Australia in 2015 before opening in New York at the Acorn Theatre in January 2016. The New York production broke box office records and attracted celebrities with families including Chelsea Clinton, Emily Blunt, Neil Patrick Harris and Diane Sawyer. The show has since played two West End seasons at the Ambassadors Theatre in 2016 and 2017.
For your chance to win tickets to the show just fill in the Rafflecopter widget below but if you aren’t lucky enough to win this bundle of four tickets to the show, and a goody bag containing a Hungry Caterpillar bean toy, The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Birthday Party book, and the original The Very Hungry Caterpillar book then do visit the website where tickets are on sale now and you can find full listings for the tour: www.HungryCaterpillarShow.com/UnitedKingdom.
LISTINGS
Wednesday 7 August – Sunday 1 September 2019
Troubadour White City Theatre
Wood Lane, W12 7TS
Performances: Daily at 10.15am and 12.00pm (no performances 13/14/21/28 August)
Tickets: £15-25
Box Office: Troubadourtheatres.com/white-city • 0844 815 4866
ON SALE NOW
Suitable for children and families of all ages. Babes in Arms welcome.
Running time: 45-minutes
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I love all of the hungry caterpillar but my favourite part is sitting down with the children reading the book out loud with them
Love the whole of it ! Somedays we don’t get passed the first page
I love the ending when he turns into a butterfly
We do love the ending <3
Love the book, especially the different sized pages with the holes in, but the best bit is the butterfly at the end.
I love the endurance of the story, I read it to my children and now read it to my grandchildren
When he turns into a butterfly
When he turns into a butterfly xx
I love the part where the caterpillar turns into a butterfly. It’s like the ugly duckling story but with brighter colours.
whenever he eats!
We love the gorgeous illustrations
When he is eating the cake
My favourite part is when he eats through all the fruits!
I love the ending when he changes into a beautiful buterfly!
I like it when he eats a slice of chocolate cake etc etc
When he turns into a beautiful butterfly
When he turns into a butterfly
Transforming into a butterfly is my favourite bit
My son loves the saturday when the caterpillar eats everything and anything.
My favourite part is when he eats the leaf and you know he’s worked it out and is going to be ok.
When he turns into a caterpillar… I thought this was magical as a child. I always dreamed of being able to turn into something beautiful!
When he turns into a caterpillar… it’s magical. As a child I always dreamed of doing the same!
I love the ending
My favourite part has to be wen the caterpillar turns into a beautiful butterfly
We love the many things that he eats!
I love it in Saturday when he eats everything in sight!!
has to be the great ending of course!
We love the bit where he gets big and fat. My son thinks thats funny.
The ending is my favourite. Becoming a beautiful butterfly.
Love the ending of the book when he’s transformed into a butterfly.
All the things he manages to eat
We do of course love the ending where he transforms into the butterfly.
When he has a stomach ache from eating too much!
When he has a stomach ache from eating all that food!
The amount of food the caterpillar eats! Reminds me of my toddler!!
When he munches through the longest list of food
finding out all the things he eats!
I love the part where the caterpillar turns into a butterfly
the ending is grea
How many things he eats 🙂
When he turns into a handsome butterfly
Whenever he eats because it reminds me of my pregnant self at the moment!
Love the ending.
The lovely pictures
Great!!!