Audio Flyer for the Polka and Theatr Iolo co-production of Tidy that will be touring Wales in February and March 2025.  

The Tidy play is based on the illustrated children’s book by Emily Gravett. The play is co-created by Lee Lyford, Lucy Rivers & Rachael Canning. 

Tidy is a gentle but cautionary tale about the value of the world around us and what happens if we don’t look after it, targeted at ages 3-7 years old. 

TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO FLYER:
Hello, I am Michelle and I will be audio describing the Tidy show going on tour in February and March 2025. 

Theatr Iolo and Polka have co-produced Tidy, which is based on the illustrated children’s book by Emily Gravett.  

With beautiful puppets, lots of lovely songs and a touch of silliness, this playful story will delight young audiences, as it explores how everyone needs a little bit of wild chaos in their lives.  

Hi I am Pete the Badger and I like everything to be neat and tidy! 
Tidying the flowers, 
Checking each patch, 
Snipping off any, 
That don’t quite match
Vacuuming the trees,
Vacuuming the grass,
Reaching all the tricky bits,
Til it’s looking first class,
I like to keep things clean,
I like to keep things neat,
I Keep the Forest Tidy,
Your friend Pete!

When autumn comes, and all the leaves start falling, Pete gets a little bit carried away with cleaning up the forest and accidently destroys his own home! Hopefully all his friends can help him fix it before it is too late. 

Tidy has been directed by Lee Lyford, composed by Lucy Rivers and the set, costume and puppets were designed by Rachael Canning. The lighting was designed by Jane Lalljee and the sound was designed by Yvonne Gilbert. 

I will be audio describing Tidy at The Sherman Theatre in Cardiff on Saturday 15 February 2025 at 2pm, at Blackwood Miners Institute on Tuesday 25 February at 10.30am and at The Riverfront in Newport on Thursday 27 February at 10.30am. There will also be a Touch Tour half hour before the show starts on each of these dates. I will take you on a guided tour around the set, where I will explain in detail what it looks like.

To find out more about the show and find all of the tour times and prices visit our website on www.theatriolo.com 

The Sherman box office number is 029 20 64 6900
The Riverfront box office number is 01633 656679
Blackwood Miners Institute box office number is 01495 227206

If you are part of the Hynt scheme and have a Hynt card, you can bring a companion for free, so don’t forget to mention when you are booking.

I will meet you in the foyer at each venue, where I will also give you the audio description headset for the performance. 
I cannot wait to audio describe Tidy for you and I look forward to welcoming you to the show. Bye for now.

Tidy Audio Flyer

The Frog Prince Audio Introduction by Michelle Perez

This Christmas you can step into the Sherman Studio and enter a magical world with Gwawr Loader’s new version of The Frog Prince by the Brothers Grimm.

Filled with songs, laughter and fun, this charming and magical show is perfect for ages 3-6.

A co-production between Sherman Theatre and Theatr Cymru. The Frog Prince is directed by Elin Phillips with James Ifan as the Assistant Director. The music for the show is composed by Lucy Rivers with Josh Bowles as the Sound Designer and the lighting is designed by Ceri James. 

The set and costumes are designed by Carl Davies. All of the seats have been removed in the studio theatre and been replaced with pink and green mats on the floor with white benches behind, set on two sides of the stage area. There are also a few black chairs at the very back of the seating. The concrete pillars that hold up the balcony are painted in pink or green and have glittery sparkle stripes attached.

The set is very glittery and shiny and has a pink side and a green side. Running along the centre of the stage area is a bright green carpet, in the middle of the two seating areas. There are green glittery streaks all over the carpet with gold stars dotted about on the pink side and gold sparkly circles on the green side.

In the centre of the carpet is a large flat circular rug patterned with a large pink glittery crown. There are also pink, green and purple swishes and stars in a random pattern. 

‘Brogs Den’ is on the green side of the stage. At the back is a sparkly curtain made out of green and gold glittery thick cotton strips. In front of the curtain is a large, deconstructed Christmas Tree about 6 feet high made from large, thick painted green wooden circles, balanced at angles. Dotted around the circles are bright red glitter circles and gold stars. Poking out of the top of the tree on a long pole is a large 10 spoke wooden gold star with a shiny red centre and small gold stars stuck on 5 of the spokes.  

At the front of the tree there are three glittery green material plants on stands with gold sparkly reeds popping up out of the top.   On the left-hand side there is a guitar on a stand wrapped in green tinsel. 

Opposite the green side is the Tre Melys Palace and Beauty’s wardrobe which is all in pink. 

There is a large light pink wooden wardrobe with a light purple inset design. There is one long draw in the centre at the bottom. On each side of the doors, there are three open shelves and 3 draws. All of the draws have large metal knobs. The wardrobe is also decorated with large gold stars and gold hearts.  On the shelves are sparkly shoes, tiaras or crowns. 

On each side of the wardrobe there are curtains of pink, purple and silver sparkly strips of thick cotton. 

In front of the wardrobe there is a gold glittery foot stool with a sparkly gold case sat on top of it. To the side of the wardrobe there is a small painted green harp that is called a ??/ and is on a strap. 

Above the set are colourful streamer ribbons strung from the balcony and all looped to the centre of the stage. Along the ribbons there are festoon lights that change colour throughout the show. From the centre a large ornate sparkly gold chandelier hangs down. There are bright LED strip lights underneath the balcony, green lights on the green side and pink lights on the pink side. 

The Frog Prince will star two actor musicians, Anni Dafydd and Owen Alun.

The audio description performance will be at The Sherman Theatre in Cardiff on Saturday 20 December 2025 at 11am with a touch tour at 10.30am. Please call 029 20 64 6900 to book your tickets or visit the website www.shermantheatre.co.uk


Frog Prince Audio Introduction

I am Michelle Perez and am a trained Audio Describer who qualified in 2022. I audio describe all sort of theatre shows but have a particular interest in describing shows for children and their families. In my day job I am Executive Director of Theatr Iolo who create theatre shows for children from babies up to 16 year olds. ( www.theatriolo.com )
You can contact me at michelle@theatriolo.com or call 07966 246218
https://linktr.ee/michelleperezad

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