Following its third sell-out season in London’s West End, The Gruffalo is back on tour and coming to the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 May (Tue at 1.30pm, Wed at 10.30am & 1.30pm). EXTRA PERFORMANCE DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND on Tuesday at 11am.

Premiered in 2006, this smash hit production has delighted thousands of youngsters worldwide; touring across England, Scotland and Wales – to as far as Poland, North America and beyond!

Join Mouse on an adventurous journey through the deep dark wood in this magical, musical adaptation of the best-selling children’s book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler; recently named No.1 bedtime story by BBC Radio 2.

Mouse can scare hungry animals away with tall stories of the terrifying Gruffalo, but what happens when he comes face to face with the very creature he imagined? Meet a wheeler-dealer Fox, an eccentric old Owl, a maraca-shaking, party-mad Snake… and, of course, The Gruffalo!

Tickets cost £10 (£8 concessions) from the box office on 023 9264 9000 or online at www.newtheatreroyal.com