Frog & The Princess and Other Stories
- Touring 2025. Daytime family show.
Age recommendation 3-7.
A magical show by Box Tale Soup based on Grimm’s Fairy Tales
What if the wishes were granted? What if the magic were real? When a Storyteller appears everyone is enchanted… Beasts and breadcrumbs, wolves and witches, but all Froggy really wants is to hear a story starring someone like him. Head into the woods with Hansel & Gretel, help the little elves to make beautiful shoes, meet the princess who’s a champion of hide-and-seek, and see if Froggy finally gets his wish! Join award-winning Box Tale Soup for a stunning adaptation of Grimm’s most magical tales, featuring wonderful puppets, innovative theatre and spellbinding original music… Now let’s have a story about a Frog!
The Frog & The Princess, And Other Stories is a magical adaptation of some of Grimm’s most beloved tales, aimed at children aged 3-7 years. The show includes some firm favourites: Hansel & Grethel, The Elves & the Shoemaker and The Frog Prince, along with a tale you may not have heard before: The Sea Hare.
The show previously toured as Little Grimm Tales, but owing to the popularity of our verdantly charming Frog puppet, it has been given new branding for this tour. Running at 55mins, The Frog & The Princess is the perfect introduction to live theatre, with some gentle audience interaction, spellbinding puppetry and beautiful, original music that will keep even the most restless customers entertained!
The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Touring 2025. Evening show.
‘What does it profit a person if they gain the whole world and lose their own soul?’
Dorian Gray, young and beautiful, sinks deep into a frivolous lifestyle of selfish abandon, seeming unchanged by corruption and untouched by age. But behind a locked a locked door, beneath a heavy curtain, Dorian’s portrait tells a different story..
An original adaptation by the company of Oscar Wilde’s haunting story of evil, debauchery and scandal, featuring unique puppets created for the show and a powerful original soundtrack.
Hansel and Gretel
- Touring Christmas 2025. Daytime family show.
“Would you like to hear the story? It begins two days before Christmas, with a Witch and a magic spell…”
Hansel & Gretel are so excited, it’s their favourite time of year - Christmas! But when they get lost deep in the woods, it seems they’ll never make it back in time for Christmas dinner…
Join award winning Box Tale Soup for a brand new festive take on this classic fairy tale adventure, with beautiful puppets, innovative theatre and magical original music.
“Their beautifully crafted micro-shows are like collector’s items.”
The Stage
A Christmas Carol
- Touring Christmas 2025. Evening show.
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold, covetous, mean-spirited old sinner, despises cheer and festivity. But this Christmas, one magical night will change his life forever and thaw his icy heart.
Created by Box Tale Soup, featuring remarkable puppetry and all original music, Dickens’ classic is lovingly brought to life in a brand new production.
Following sell out performances at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham in 2020 & 2021… join us, and rediscover the timeless joy and wonder of ‘A Christmas Carol’!
Gulliver
- International touring only on request.
With trademark style, unique puppetry and stunning original music, Box Tale Soup return with an unbelievable journey…
Gulliver, a traveller and pioneer, shipwrecked and lost at sea for nine years, has returned. He tells tales of lands undiscovered and creatures unheard of, but is he really the same man who disappeared so long ago?
They say travel broadens the mind… but how far before it breaks?
Casting The Runes
- International touring only on request.
“Who is this who is coming...”
You are invited to the edge of your seat, on a journey to the darkest corners of the night…
Expert on the so-called supernatural, Edward Dunning is a scholar and a sceptic. But when he crosses paths with the mysterious Mr. Karswell, Dunning's life becomes a waking nightmare.
A chilling new adaptation of M.R. James' classic ghost stories featuring remarkable puppetry and a haunting original soundtrack. Our advice? Don't come alone...
Praise for Box Tale Soup:
★★★★★ “..beautifully crafted..”
Fringe Guru
★★★★★ “..an incredible hour of theatre.”
Young Perspective
★★★★★
The Wee Review
★★★★★
Broadway Baby
★★★★★
Three Weeks
★★★★
The Times
★★★★
The Scotsman
★★★★
The Stage
★★★★★
Young Perspective
★★★★★
La Nouvelle Vague
★★★★
British Theatre Guide
★★★★★
The Latest
★★★★★
SG Fringe
★★★★★
North West End
★★★★★
BN1 Magazine
★★★★
Cinema’s Fringes
★★★★
The Skinny
