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18 January 2010
Shaun The Sheep to tour in 2011
I’m delighted to be able to announce that Calibre Productions has agreed with Aardman to produce a stage adaptation of Shaun the Sheep in spring 2011.
Shaun the Sheep was launched in 2007 on CBBC, BBC1 and BBC2 and now attracts millions of viewers each week winning multiple awards along the way including an Emmy 2 BAA’s and a BAFTA nomination. The show has sold over 500,000 DVD’s in the UK and has major promotions running with Weetabix, FACE and Future. In addition it has built huge social networking communities via Facebook, CBBC and its official site. A new series was launched in November 2009 on BBC1 with massive press coverage.
I’m also delighted to announce that David Wood has agreed to adapt the series for the stage.
David Wood OBE – “The National Children’s Dramatist…” Irving Wardle – The Times
Stage adaptations include Dick King-Smith's BABE THE SHEEP-PIG, Roald Dahl's THE BFG and THE WITCHES (both of which played long tours and two West End seasons), THE TWITS, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH and FANTASTIC MR FOX, HRH The Prince of Wales' THE OLD MAN OF LOCHNAGAR, Michael Foreman's DINOSAURS AND ALL THAT RUBBISH, Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski's MEG AND MOG SHOW (five London seasons for Unicorn Theatre) and Philippa Pearce's TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN ( which Unicorn Theatre played on tour, in the West End and on Broadway).
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