Every child attending this performance will receive a FREE copy of The Wonder Brothers to take home and keep!
Autumn performances 2023 › Blackpool
Frank Cottrell-Boyce performance
‘Maybe you don’t believe me. Maybe you don’t believe in magic. I bet you will by the time you’ve heard what happened to us.’
Come and see award winning author Frank Cottrell-Boyce live on stage at the Blackpool Grand. This is an extra special performance for us and Frank as his new book The Wonder Brothers published in July this year is set in Blackpool! Cousins Middy and Nathan love magic. The on-stage, cape-swirling, bunny-out-of-a-hat kind. So when the famous Blackpool Tower dramatically vanishes the night of the Grand Lights Switch-On, showman Nathan announces live on TV that they will magic it back home.
Come and find out more about this magical and funny book, take away some top tips on how to write your own story and have the chance to ask Frank questions about his life and work. Every child that comes to this performance will receive a free copy of The Wonder Brothers to take home and keep as they leave the theatre!
- Venue:
- Blackpool Grand Theatre, 33 Church St, Blackpool FY1 1HT
- Date:
- Tuesday 7th November
- Time:
- 10:30 am
- Duration:
- Approx. 1 hour
- Age range:
- Year 5 and 6
- Tickets:
- £7
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Frank Cottrell-Boyce was born in Liverpool and studied English at Oxford University, and has become an award-winning author and screenwriter. He has written for TV shows like Doctor Who and Coronation Street and his books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes.
Praise for Noah's Gold
Proper, sparkly, witty, enticing storytelling . . . It's perfect.
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Free Workshops!
The Children’s Bookshow will allocate four free in-classroom workshops to schools attending this performance with 30 or more children. Book tickets for this event to have a chance of being chosen to receive this fantastic opportunity.
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We feel it is so beneficial for our children to have the opportunity to meet authors and to hear them talk about their work. The children themselves are so enthusiastic about reading after these events that we feel they are an invaluable contribution towards our children becoming both skilled readers and lovers of reading.
The details
- Please arrive at the venue at least 20 minutes before the start of the performance, so that you have enough time to find your seats and and use the bathroom. Our start times are strictly governed by the theatres that we work with and by the start and end times of the school day. If you are unavoidably delayed, please get in touch with your Children’s Bookshow contact as soon as possible.
- Depending on the time of the performance, you may want your children to bring a packed lunch. (Please contact the theatre directly to check if there is a suitable space.)
- Parking facilities vary from theatre to theatre; please check the theatre website for details.
- Please contact the theatre directly for risk assessment information.
- Please ensure your children have visited the bathroom before the show starts, or ask them to wait until after the performance ends. A constant stream of children getting up to go to the toilet is very distracting for our performers and other members of the audience.
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Have any questions? Get in touch
Your contact for this performance is Katy Webster, she will be happy to answer any queries you have:
- katyw@thechildrensbookshow.com
- Phone
- 07904 068084