The Gruffalo children show returns at Christmas

Tall Stories' musical adaptation of The Gruffalo, returns for a sixth West End season this Christmas, running daytimes at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenune, from 20 Nov 2013 to 12 Jan 2014.

Adaptation by Olivia Jacobs and Toby Mitchell, of the picture book by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler. Music by Jon Fiber & Andy Shaw. Directed by Olivia Jacobs, designed by Isla Shaw, lighting by James Whiteside, produced by KW & NB Ltd .

Cast includes Susanna Jennings (Mouse), Tom Crook (The Gruffalo), Timothy Richey (The Predators).

Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep dark wood - in the search for hazelnuts - as she meets the cunning Fox, the eccentric old Owl and the party mad Snake, and outwits them all with the story of the fabled Gruffalo. Armed with only a nut map and a little courage Mouse must make sure she doesn't end up as dinner for these wily woodland creatures!

Songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3+.