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Boing!

(2019)

Winner of Off West End Award (OFFIE) for ages 0-7 in 2016!

After 9 years of delighting audiences from the West End to New York and Beijing, Boing! returned home to Bristol Old Vic for Christmas 2019.

This exhilarating piece of dance-theatre captures the delirious excitement of two boys waiting for Father Christmas to arrive on the most magical night of the year. 

There are beds to be jumped on, pillows to be fought with, seas to be sailed…On this most extraordinary night, let your imagination soar right up to the stars.

This show is guranteed to get your feet tingling and your head spinning with a whirl of colourful images and playful sounds.

A co-production with Bristol Old Vic.

For ages 2-7

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At A Glance

29 Nov 2019 - 5 Jan 2020

Bristol Old Vic

Past tour - no tickets available

Watch the Trailer

Trailer

Scenes from the rehearsal room

What They Say

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    ★★★★ ‘Utterly dazzling. Rumbustious, exhilarating dance theatre.’

    The Guardian

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    ★★★★ 'Masterfully delivered'

    The Stage

Meet the Cast

  • Wilkie Branson

    Boy

  • Kel Matsena

    Boy

Meet the Creative Team

  • Sally Cookson

    Director

  • Wilkie Branson

    Choreographer

  • Joêl Daniel

    Choreographer

  • Katie Sykes

    Designer

  • Chris Pirie

    Puppetry Director

  • Alex Vann

    Composer / Musical Director

  • Mike Akers

    Dramaturg

Additional Information

Wilkie and Kel are upside down with legs in the air on a bed on a blue mattress.
Kel looks towards the camera holding a large stocking.
Wilkie and kel sit on a blue mattress both holding a teddy.
A small brown teddy sits on the blue mattress waving towards the camera.
Wilkie holds a panda teddy in his arms rocking it like a baby and smiling.
Wilkie and Kel lie on the blue mattress with a white pillow between them.
Wilkie and Kel kneel on the blue mattress looking into a pillow case in excitment.
Wilkie stands looking at a large stocking which is hanging from a hook and rope from the ceiling.

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