Superheroes Assemble!

Join Zinnia and Zoop on a quest to find Santa Claus in Tall Tails Theatre Company’s new production What a Superhero Wants for Christmas.

Zinnia, a superhero, is so busy helping others that the only companion she has is Zoop, her favourite pencil rubber from training school. This Christmas, she is going on a quest to find Santa Claus, all she wants to ask for is a new friend. She follows him around the world on Christmas Eve, facing many challenges and meeting interesting people along the way. 

What a Superhero Wants for Christmas shares themes of loneliness, sadness, courage, love and friendship, and of course brings plenty of holiday cheer. In joyful colours and costumes, audiences are taken through four entertaining, original songs and meet an array of charismatic, whimsical characters. Viewers are encouraged to join in the fun with singing, movement and dancing as they wish.

This really is a lovely piece of children’s theatre, perfect for your pre-school and junior school aged children to engage in the arts at a time when cultural venues are closed and we are unable to access our usual festive pantomimes and shows.

The performance is also super inclusive for which I applaud Tall Tails.  They have incorporated a wide range of access provision into What a Superhero Wants for Christmas, in order to ensure the film can reach all families its captioned, audio described and they worked with a Makaton director.  Sign is used by the characters, with disability-friendly, inclusive production, themes and language throughout. Tall Tails Theatre Company secured funding from Arts Council England to support this activity.

Available to view for free up until 14^th January, don’t miss out!

Streaming from The Octagon Theatre HERE

Streaming from The Cockpit HERE