The critically acclaimed production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show comes to the Torch Theatre in Pembrokeshire in April 2025!
Created by Jonathan Rockefeller and featuring a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets, the production faithfully adapts four stories by author/illustrator Eric Carle: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Busy Spider and of course, the star of the show – The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1969 selling more than 48 million copies worldwide. Brown Bear, Brown Bear - now celebrating 50 years - has sold more than 18.2 million copies.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show is a vibrant celebration of Eric Carle’s adored classics and the perfect introduction to live theatre.
Time Out calls it “A Triumph!” while The Stage describes the show as “Charming and ingenious”.
There are three performances of The Very Hungry Caterpillar at the Torch Theatre in Milford Haven: Wednesday, April 23, 2pm; Thursday, April 24, 11am and 2pm.
Visit torchtheatre.co.uk for tickets.
Created by Jonathan Rockefeller and featuring a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets, the production faithfully adapts four stories by author/illustrator Eric Carle: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Busy Spider and of course, the star of the show – The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1969 selling more than 48 million copies worldwide. Brown Bear, Brown Bear - now celebrating 50 years - has sold more than 18.2 million copies.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show is a vibrant celebration of Eric Carle’s adored classics and the perfect introduction to live theatre.
Time Out calls it “A Triumph!” while The Stage describes the show as “Charming and ingenious”.
There are three performances of The Very Hungry Caterpillar at the Torch Theatre in Milford Haven: Wednesday, April 23, 2pm; Thursday, April 24, 11am and 2pm.
Visit torchtheatre.co.uk for tickets.
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00:00Our show was amazing because it was a hungry caterpillar!
00:04I was very impressed. Really, very good. I loved it. I thought it was so sweet and they were both really, really engaged.
00:10The caterpillar went and turned into a butterfly.
00:14I thought it was fantastic. Yeah, very engaging. The props were amazing.
00:18The ducks saw me.
00:20You liked the ducks, didn't you?
00:21Yeah, they were kind of cool.
00:23It was brilliant because it was split into four parts, so there were natural breaks which worked very well for the very little ones.
00:29We liked how colourful it was and that it taught her lots of different things about different animals.
00:34Really good, really interactive and the colours were amazing.
00:38I tell my friends about it.
00:40It was perfect for their sort of age, three, four year olds. It was great.