Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book artwork. Illustrated. A light green grassy field, in front of forests and mountains. A castle sits in front of the mountain peaks. O the grassy field, (left to right) a green dragon, and orange frog sitting on a stack of books, a bear, a pirate, a knight in medieval armour and a parrot circle around a young boy wearing a red and white striped shirt and blue jeans sitting in a yellow chair with a repeating leaf and parrot pattern. Above, text reads (top to bottom): ‘A musical adaptation of the best-selling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book.’ Below this text, a crocodile tears apart a book. Other books lie on the right side of the crocodile in the grass.
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book Production Photo: three young actors gather round a giant book on a colourful set.
Photo by Ellie Kurttz
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book Production Photo: three actors play pirates on a colourful set, with one of them walking a plank made out of an ironing board suspended off an armchair.
Photo by Ellie Kurttz
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book Production Photo: two actors puppeteer the head of a green dragon, breathing fire made out of ribbon.
Photo by Ellie Kurttz
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book Production Shot: Three young actors, two of whom are wearing round, fluffy ears, stand in the dark with their faces illuminated by hand-held torches.
Photo by Ellie Kurttz
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book Production Photo: three young actors puppeteer a brown owl made out of an illustration in a book.
Photo by Ellie Kurttz

A Little Angel Theatre, The Lowry and Rose Theatre co-production

Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book

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Based on the original book Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book – written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.

Charlie loves reading. Especially books about pirates. But his sister hates it – it’s boring! Can Charlie convince her that reading is fun? Perhaps if she read a book about a pirate, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading a book about a knight…

Come and delve into a range of books with Charlie Cook, brought to life with puppetry and enchanting songs, and perhaps you will be able to help his sister discover the wonderful world inside a book…


No Fuss, no muss, with our kid-friendly snacks

Take the stress out of your family trip to the theatre with our special selection of kid-friendly snacks and drinks, available for all performances of Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book, so you don’t have to worry about packing them yourself or coming straight from school for our Friday show.

We’ll have a selection of fruit, flapjacks and cakes, Animal Adventure crisps, chocolate bars, popcorn, and fruit shoots, squash, fruit juice, milk and slushy drinks. No fuss, no muss!

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If you would like to learn more about the content of Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book, check out the Visual Story below:

★★★★

‘A charming musical’

WhatsOnStage

★★★★

‘Intimate yet ambitious children’s show about the joy of reading with exquisite and playful puppets’

The Stage

★★★★

‘Filled with music, dance, and wonderfully creative puppet magic’

Time Well Spend Magazine

Age guidance 3 - 8

Book Tickets

Date
Time
Price
Accessibility
Book Now
Date
Sunday 12th May 2024
Time
10:30 AM
Price
£17.50
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Date
Sunday 12th May 2024
Time
01:30 PM
Price
£17.50
Accessibility
Date
Sunday 12th May 2024
Time
03:30 PM
Price
£17.50
Accessibility

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