This enjoyable and amusing rhyme book tells the story of a singing mermaid who gets lured into joining a circus by Sam Sly (the owner of the circus) with false promises of fortune and fame, despite being warned by her seashore friends.

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My novel THE GIANTS AND THE JONESES is going to be made into a film by the same team who made the Harry Potter movies, and I have written three books of stories about the anarchic PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE who appears from the mirror and disrupts the life of an otherwise ordinary eight-year-old. He joins forces with Detective Inspector Carol Jordan, for whom he develops complicated romantic feelings. As always Julia Donaldson comes up with a unique story in a rhyme format and excellent illustrations. Bad puns, circus tricks and goggle-eyed jellyfish abound in this smart adaptation of the popular picture book’. Please note that for the performance on Thu 26 Oct 11am, we will be offering a relaxed environment with an introduction by a member of the production team, house lights on low and the volume lowered.There are two entrances to the theatre, Kings Road Entrance (this is the taxi drop-off/collection point) and the Main Entrance.

The Singing Mermaid | Birmingham Rep The Singing Mermaid | Birmingham Rep

The title is part of the fifth line from the poem Song by John Donne, that was referenced in a poem by T.For more information or to make a booking please contact Lakeside’s Box Office on 0115 746 8888, which is open between 11am and 4pm, Tuesday to Friday.

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Luckily a sharp-eyed seagull and a clever circus acrobat are on hand, and come up with a plan to help the Singing Mermaid escape. I really enjoy getting the children in the audience to help me act out the stories and sing the songs. The singing mermaid is tempted away to join a travelling circus, with the promise of a life of excitement (and her own swimming pool! Through beautiful puppetry and performance, and with music by Barb Jungr (We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, The Pixie and the Pudding, The Smartest Giant in Town, There May be a Castle), Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’s enormously popular story, The Singing Mermaid, is brought to life.

But the mermaid could not walk with her tail, but was able to walk by her hands with the help from Annie the Acrobat, who gave her lessons for a few weeks. As the year went on by with the mermaid singing in sadness, the seagull of the seashore had discovered the caravan and planned to help set the mermaid free.

The Singing Mermaid | Little Angel Theatre

I love that this book seems to subtly acknowledge the cruelty to animals that pervades the circus industry.

The mermaid was then able to escape from the circus, with the use of hands, to go back to the Silversands Seashore as the seagull stole the key from Sam.