The Great Big Bug Show
The Great Big Bug Show!
Which beetle has a blaster on its bottom? Which minibeast is barely the size of a full stop? Which eight-legged hunter has fangs as big as a cheetah's claws?
Join poet Simon Mole and musician Gecko for a family show full of poems, raps and songs all about your favourite bugs (and some you haven’t heard of yet!).
A fun & interactive invitation to explore the secret world beneath our feet. As well as being brilliantly beautiful, delightfully disgusting and wonderfully weird, the show is an inspirational call to action to appreciate the smaller creatures in our world. Expect Minibeasts and Massive Beats. Every tune is an earworm - even the ones about woodlice!
Show running time: 50mins approx, no interval | Age suitability: 4-11yrs
The Great Big Bug Show is inspired by A First Book of Bugs, written by Simon Mole illustrated by Adam Ming and published by Walker, due for release in August 2025. More info on the book here.
Creatives
Created by Simon Mole, Gecko & Peader Kirk
Performance Simon Mole & Gecko
Direction & Dramaturgy Peader Kirk
Poems Simon Mole
Music & Composition Gecko
Props & Costume Design Fi Russell
Lighting Design Andrew Crofts
Magic Consultancy Tom Cassani
Illustration Adam Ming
Photography by Hugo Glendinning & Suzi Corker
PR Alison Duguid
Project Management Maeve O’Neill
Produced by Your Words Your World CIC & Rua Arts
Supported by Hertfordshire Libraries, Norden Farm, Walker Books & Stanley Arts
Funded by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants
