Polka Theatre to Present BABE, THE SHEEP-PIG Before Launching National Tour!

Meet the little pig with big dreams in Polka's new stage adaptation of Dick King-Smith's much loved novel Babe, The Sheep-Pig. Featuring stunning puppetry, original music and a charming 'baa-ber sheep' quartet, Babe, the Sheep-Pig runs on Polka's Main Stage from 25 Nov 2016 - 5 Feb 2017 for the whole family ages 5 and up. With a subsequent national tour throughout 2017, this is Polka's biggest ever production.

Polka Theatre and Tom O'Connell Productions present

Babe, the Sheep-Pig

A Play by David Wood

Based on the book by Dick King-Smith

25 Nov 2016 - 5 Feb 2017 at Polka Theatre, prior to national tour

Join the lovable Babe in a heart-warming tale of friendship, adventure and bravery. When Babe arrives at Hogget's Farm he is taken in by the trusty sheep-dog Fly, and soon discovers a talent for herding. With the help of his adopted Mum, the polite piglet soon wins over the most suspicious of sheep. But can a small pig make it in a dog's world, and when his farmyard friends are in trouble can Babe save the day?

Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-Pig won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and has been adapted for the big screen as the film Babe, which received huge critical and box office success. Babe, The Sheep-Pig is adapted for the stage by Olivier Award-winning playwright David Wood, who is best known for his adaptations of classic family titles including Goodnight Mister Tom, The Tiger Who Came to Tea and James and the Giant Peach, which stormed the Polka Main Stage in summer 2016.

Babe, The Sheep-Pig is directed by Michael Fentiman, whose credits include The Taming of the Shrew and Titus Andronicus (RSC), and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Kensington Gardens) which he co-directed with Almeida Theatre Artistic Director Rupert Goold.

Hogget's Farm animals will be brought to life by beautiful hand-crafted puppets, created by award-winning puppet designer Max Humphries (Chief Puppet Designer, Cirque de Soleil) and Dik Downey, with the ensemble cast delivering masterful puppetry by puppetry director Matthew Forbes (Associate Director in Puppetry & Movement, War Horse).

The cast of actor-musicians features Emma Barclay (You Me Bum Bum Train) as Mrs Hogget, Olivier Award-nominated Nicola Blackman (Little Shop of Horrors and The Lion King, West End) as Fly, Oliver Grant (War Horse, National Theatre) as Babe/Sheep and Ben Ingles (Romeo and Juliet, RSC) as Farmer Hogget. The cast also features Claire Greenway (Sister Act, London Palladium), Jacqui Sanchez (Shrek the Musical and Avenue Q, West End), Lucy Thomas (Bugsy Malone, Lyric Hammersmith) and Sam Wilmott (Wicked and The Lord of the Rings, West End).

25 Nov 2016 - 5 Feb 2017
A Polka Theatre and Tom O'Connell Productions Co-Production
Babe, the Sheep-Pig
Ages 5 - 11
Tickets £18.50 | Concessions £12 | Previews £14 (£1.50 transaction charge per booking)
Main Theatre , approx. 1hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Two performances daily, times vary.
For performance times and to book visit www.polkatheatre.com or call the Box Office on 020 8543 4888

Tickets are available online at www.polkatheatre.com and by calling the box office on 020 8543 4888.
Polka Theatre, 240 Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19 1SB

Polka is one of the few theatres in the UK dedicated exclusively to young audiences aged 0 - 14. Based in Wimbledon since 1979, Polka produces creates theatre to spark the imagination and fuel a sense of discovery in all children. Every year over 90,000 people experience inspiring world-class theatre at Polka; from the ground breaking new chamber opera for ages 2 - 4 Dot, Squiggle and Rest (currently being co-produced with Royal Opera House), to world premieres such as the powerful drama Minotaur for ages 8 - 14.

With a thriving creative learning programme, workshops, storytelling sessions and a welcoming café, playground and garden, there's always space at Polka to play, laugh, discover and create.

In 2015 Polka's production of Peter Pan won the London Off West End Theatre Award for Best Production for Young People. In 2014 the Theatre was honoured to receive the Eleanor Farjeon Award for outstanding service to the world of children's books.

TOUR SCHEDULE

Friday 25 November 2016 - Sunday 5 February 2017
POLKA THEATRE, London
Press performance: Saturday 3 December, 2.30pm
Box Office www.polkatheatre.com | 020 8543 4888

Wednesday 15 - Saturday 18 February 2017
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Tour press night: Thursday 16 February, 7.00pm
Box Office www.wyp.org.uk | 0113 213 7700

Monday 20 - Tuesday 21 February 2017
THEATRE BY THE LAKE, Keswick
Box Office www.theatrebythelake.com | 017687 74411
ON SALE SOON

Thursday 23 - Sunday 26 February 2017
DEVONSHIRE PARK THEATRE, Eastbourne
Box Office www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk | 01323 412 000

Friday 3 - Sunday 5 March 2017
THEATRE ROYAL, Margate
Box Office www.theatreroyalmargate.com | 01843 292795
ON SALE SOON

Monday 13 - Wednesday 15 March 2017
HALL FOR CORNWALL, Truro
Box Office www.hallforcornwall.co.uk | 01872 262466
ON SALE SOON

Tuesday 21 - Wednesday 22 March 2017
WYCOMBE SWAN, High Wycombe
Box Office www.wycombeswan.co.uk | 01494 512 000

Friday 24 - Sunday 26 March 2017
CONNAUGHT THEATRE, Worthing
Box Office www.worthingtheatres.co.uk | 01903 206 206

Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 April 2017
THE PAVILION, Bournemouth
Box Office www.bournemouthpavilion.co.uk | 0844 576 3000

Tuesday 11 - Saturday 15 April 2017
THE LOWRY, Salford
Box Office www.thelowry.com | 0843 208 6000

Sunday 16 - Monday 17 April 2017
THEATRE ROYAL, Norwich
Box Office www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk | 01603 63 00 00

Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 April 2017
NORTHCOTT THEATRE, Exeter
Box Office www.exeternorthcott.co.uk | 01392 726363

Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 April 2017
WYVERN THEATRE, Swindon
Box Office www.swindontheatres.co.uk | 01793 524481

Wednesday 17 - Friday 19 May 2017
VENUE CYMRU, Llandudno
Box Office www.venuecymru.co.uk | 01492 872000

Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 May 2017
EMBASSY THEATRE, Skegness
Box Office www.embassytheatre.co.uk | 01507 613100
ON SALE SOON

Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 May 2017
ORCHARD THEATRE, Dartford
Box Office www.orchardtheatre.co.uk | 01322 220000

Tuesday 30 May - Sunday 4 June 2017
NUFFIELD THEATRE, Southampton
Box Office www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk | 023 8067 1771

Monday 12 - Wednesday 14 June 2017
THEATRE ROYAL, Newcastle
Box Office www.theatreroyal.co.uk | 08448 11 21 21
ON SALE SOON

Sunday 25 - Wednesday 28 June 2017
CHURCHILL THEATRE, Bromley
Box Office www.churchilltheatre.co.uk | 020 3285 6000

Thursday 6 - Sunday 9 July 2016
GRAND THEATRE, Blackpool
Box Office www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk | 01253 290190

Monday 17 - Wednesday 19 July 2017
HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE, Aberdeen
Box Office www.aberdeenperformingarts.com | 01224 641122
ON SALE SOON

Friday 21 - Sunday 23 July 2017
THE ALBAN ARENA, St Albans
Box Office www.alban-arena.co.uk | 01727 844488

Thursday 3 - Saturday 5 August 2017
GRAND THEATRE, Swansea
Box Office www.swansea.gov.uk/swanseagrandtheatre | 01792 475715
ON SALE SOON

Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 August 2017
PALACE THEATRE, Southend
Box Office www.southendtheatres.org.uk | 01702 351135
ON SALE SOON

Thursday 17 - Saturday 19 August 2017
THEATRE ROYAL, Bury St Edmunds
Box Office www.theatreroyal.org | 01284 769505

Monday 21 - Wednesday 23 August 2017
THE HAWTH, Crawley
Box Office www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/thehawth | 01293 553636

Thursday 24 - Sunday 27 August 2017
WATFORD COLOSSEUM
Box Office www.watfordcolosseum.co.uk | 01923 571 102

Thursday 31 August - Sunday 3 September 2017
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Box Office www.theatreroyal.com | 01752 267222
ON SALE SOON

Friday 8 - Sunday 10 September 2017
KING'S THEATRE, Edinburgh
Box Office www.edtheatres.com/kings | 0131 529 6000

FURTHER DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED

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