Alison Lester's stories and illustrations have been charming kids and parents since the early '90s. You may remember Magic Beach from your own childhood and the dense and dreamy seaside world within its pages. Now, you can share this classic tale with the young people in your lives with a reimagining for the stage from award-winning playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer and the team who brought you The Gruffalo and 91-Storey Treehouse.
Magic Beach follows a family who take an annual beach holiday packed with adventure. This beach is ultra-special though as anything you can imagine comes to life – think waves transformed into charging white horses and riding on seahorses through the kingdom of fishes. The year this story takes place is when the eldest child begins to grow up and starts losing some of the magic. And the journey to find out if she can hold on to the fun and whimsy begins.
A tale for any person big or small about the power of imagination and the differences that make every child special, Magic Beach is bound to captivate this school holidays. Matinee and arvo performances take place at The Concourse in Chatswood from January 7-10 and at The Seymour Centre from January 21-24. Pop this Sydney premiere production on your nostalgic bucketlist this summer.
Book tickets for the Concourse shows here.
Book tickets for the Seymour Centre shows here.