Cartoon of a older woman in a blue spotty dress and white apron, surrounded by a cow, goat, pig and chicken.
Children & Family

A Squash and a Squeeze

A Little Angel Theatre and Lowry co-production
5 performances between Mon 27 - Wed 29 Oct 2025, various times
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A musical adaptation of the best-selling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Step into the magical world of A Squash and a Squeeze live on stage!

Once upon a time, a little old lady lived all by herself in her cosy cottage, but she wasn’t happy – her house felt just too small.  Whatever could she do?  Will the wise old man’s solution of bringing in a flappy, scratchy, greedy, noisy crowd of farmyard animals work?

Join us for this heart-warming and hilarious adventure for children aged 3-8, full of beautiful puppets and enchanting songs.

Written and illustrated by the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, and adapted for the stage by Oliver-nominated duo Barb Jungr and Samantha Lane.

This play is based on the original book A Squash & A Squeeze.

Text © Julia Donaldson
Illustrations © Axel Scheffler
Published by Macmillan Children’s Books ©

Content Warnings

Please be aware that this production contains mirror ball rain, a few lightning strikes, and some flashing lights, but no strobe lighting.

Accessibility

Relaxed Performance on Tue 28 Oct, 11am

'From Bedtime Favourite to Stage Delight!'
All About Theatre
'Superb puppetry'
The Reviews Hub
'Leaves you with a lovely warm glow and fills you with sunshine'
Manchester Theatres
A small house with a goat in the window stands between a man and a woman reaching to the side with red umbrellas
Two men and a woman are in a model house's living room looking excited with puppets of a goat, pig and cow
A man stands in the window behind a woman who smiles as she holds a jug full of pink tulips
A woman looks taken aback by a goat puppet as she backs away towards a pig puppet
A man wearing a yellow helmet and holding a red racket looks frightened as bees fly towards him from behind
A man sits down and looks shocked as a chicken puppet launches towards him, controlled by a woman
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A small house with a goat in the window stands between a man and a woman reaching to the side with red umbrellas
Two men and a woman are in a model house's living room looking excited with puppets of a goat, pig and cow
A man stands in the window behind a woman who smiles as she holds a jug full of pink tulips
A woman looks taken aback by a goat puppet as she backs away towards a pig puppet
A man wearing a yellow helmet and holding a red racket looks frightened as bees fly towards him from behind
A man sits down and looks shocked as a chicken puppet launches towards him, controlled by a woman

Watch the Trailer

Free sheet and activity guide

Meet the cast, creative team and make some farmyard-themed crafts!

*There is a £3.50 per order charge for all phone and online bookings (not applicable to Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival members)

**Stage timings are subject to change