The Flying Bath

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Pouring and tipping : collect different-sized containers that can go in the bath. When your child is in the bath, show them how to fill up the containers and pour the water out again. Encourage them to have a go. Talk about what you’re doing as you go. Choose one of the animals featured in the story and find out more about it. Where does it live? What does it eat? Could you write a report about it? The Flying Bath is part of the 2023 spring/summer season at the Islington venue which includes the world premiere of The Instrumentals. A Little Angel Theatre, Goblin Theatre, Blouse and Skirt Theatre Company and Mercury Theatre co-production, the piece combines innovative puppetry, comedy and original music composed by Cal-I Jonel. Find out about the water cycle. Could you make a poster / labelled diagram to show what you have discovered?

Foam soap: add some foam soap or lots of bubbles to the bath. Use bath toys or your finger to mark make in the foam soap/bubbles, talking about the different marks that you can make. Sometimes it seems like picturebook writer extraordinaire Julia Donaldson and her rotating cast of illustrator collaborators must provide the source material for about 50 percent of all kids’ theatre.When everyone has left the house in the morning, the bath toys spring into action and head off on exciting adventures in their magical flying bath! From giving a muddy piglet a shower to putting out a fire for a frightened baboon, they have water at the ready for any emergency – but they're always home for the children's bathtime at the end of the day. Written and directed by Mia Jerome, the production which is aimed at children aged four to eight will play the Little Angel Theatre from 10 February until 16 April 2023. Performed by Maya Manuel and Elliot Liburd, the creative team also includes set and puppet designer and director Oliver Hymans, sound designer Féz, lighting designer Joshie Harriette and stage manager Holly Glenn. Adapted and directed by Samantha Lane, the production features a set, puppets and costumes designed by Emma Tompkins, with music by Dominic Sales and lighting designed by Sherry Coenen. Performed by Kat Burke Johns and Mark Esais, the creative team also includes puppet-maker Naomi Oppenheim, assistant puppet-maker Daisy Pearson and stage manager Tor Porter. A fantastic bathtime adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts – perfect for reading together. London’s Little Angel Theatre is planning to make a splash with a stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts’ bath-time adventure The Flying Bath.

Illustrated by David Roberts, ‘The Flying Bath’ is one of Donaldson's lesser-known books, and feels a splash familiar in the telling (there are echoes of the more famous ‘Zog and the Flying Doctors’).Aimed at youngsters aged two to five, the story of the magical flying bath and a bunch of quirky bath toys will be brought to life in the Little Angel Studios from 11 February until 23 April 2023. Look on a map and find some of the places that the bath might have travelled to. Show the journey that the bathtub made. Brimful of imaginative play and glorious sensory fun, The Flying Bath simply bubbles over with gorgeous colour, energy and joy. Your own adventure: use bath toys to make up your own adventure. Which characters will be in your story? Who will they help? Does your bath swim, drive, sail or fly? Accepting that their three ‘main’ toys (designed by Emma Tompkins) are suspiciously large and look suspiciously non-waterproof, it smartly avoids obvious puppets. Instead, a whole world of H2O-centred fun is conjured from the items strewn around the colourful set, as oddball characters are created from flannels, sponges and, er, a novelty baboon bog brush.