An original play for children by William Tombs

Next showing:

Ashley Wood Festival of the Acoustic Arts, Tisbury, Wiltshire, Sunday 1st July 2012 (visit: http://www.ashleywoodfestival.co.uk/ for more information).

Nova Festival, Bignor Park, Pulborough, West Sussex, 7th & 8th July 2012 (visit: http://www.novafestival.co.uk/theatre__comedy for more information).

Just So Festival, Rode Hall Parkland, Cheshire, 18th &19th August 2012 (visit: http://www.justsofestival.org.uk/ for more information).

It’s up to Chester, Esther and OOK to save the world from being gobbled up by the All-Devouring Piggy Bank of Doom. An ancient curse! A lost city! A lake of crocodiles! OOK!

When Chester Pocklington sees an advertisement for OOK (‘the best ever thing in the world ever’) he feels compelled to buy it. But this rash purchase has terrible consequences: an ancient curse is invoked…

With a cast of two playing four times as many characters, and a story that follows it’s pensioner heroes from a quiet evening in front of the television to the brink of global destruction, this is mask-theatre at it’s most lively and dynamic; the theatrical equivalent of cartoon. Ages 5 to 500 will enjoy this spectacular tale of comic-horror and high adventure!

version 1.0 of OOK! And the Terrible Thing that Happened premiered in July 2010 at The Pauper’s Pit, Buxton, as part of the Buxton Festival Fringe. A review can be seen here: http://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/reviews2010for.html#77

Since then it has been performed at the New Diorama Theatre, Euston; the Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell; and the Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn.

After a period of re-development OOK is back and more OOK than ever! We hope to be announcing more dates soon…