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The Singing Mermaid
Mon 16 – Tue 17 Feb 2026
Pentland Theatre
The Singing Mermaid
Mon 16 – Tue 17 Feb 2026
Pentland Theatre
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"Raucous fun! Bad puns, circus tricks and goggle-eyed jellyfish abound" (The Guardian)
3 – 8 year olds and their families will love this adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ hugely popular book, brought to life with beautiful puppetry and performance, and music and songs by Barb Jungr (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt).
Did you ever go to Silversands
On a sunny summer’s day?
Then perhaps you saw the mermaid
Who sang in the deep blue bay
One day the singing mermaid is tempted away from all of her sea-creature friends to join a travelling circus. The audiences love to hear her sing, but the poor mermaid was tricked! Instead of the swimming pool she was promised, she is kept in a small fish tank by the wicked circus master Sam Sly. She longs to return to the sea, but how can she escape? And who could help her along the way?
Watershed Productions present the Little Angel Theatre and Royal & Derngate, Northampton, production of The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks
Adapted by Samantha Lane and Barb Jungr
Music and Lyrics by Barb Jungr
Original production by Samantha Lane
Associate Director Oliver Hymans
Design by Laura McEwen
Lighting Design by Sherry Coenen
Puppets by Lyndie Wright
This play is based on the original book The Singing Mermaid
Written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Lydia Monks
Text © Julia Donaldson 2013
Illustrations © Lydia Monks 2013
Published by Macmillan Children’s Books
Watch the trailer
Here’s a lovely little show that makes a big splash
The Times
..brings the world illustrated by Lydia Monks to gloriously barmy life
Time Out
Musical shows for very young children don’t get much better than this.
Musical Theatre Review
