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Bagpuss (5 stars)

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‘Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss, old fat furry cat-puss…’ The world’s favourite cloth cat, Bagpuss, takes to the stage for the very first time in this magical production featuring your best-loved stories, songs and Havish McTavish! Come with us into Emily’s shop to meet the mice on their mice organ, Gabriel the toad, Madeleine the rag doll and Professor Yaffle! The perfect treat for children and nostalgic parents alike! ‘It is hard to know who is the most thrilled: the children or the parents’ (Time Out).

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Bagpuss

7 Aug 20115 stars

Stage adaptation that’s just about purrfect

In 2001, Bagpus came fourth in Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Kids’ TV Shows opinion poll – and for good reason. Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin’s 1970s programme had a warm simplicity that hooked you in with imaginative tales, then rocked you gently in its…

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011 - Kids highlights

8 Jul 2011

Mr Benn, Bagpuss, Hairy Maclary and more coming to Edinburgh

Mr Benn: The Extraordinary Adventures of an Ordinary Man. The wonderful Tall Stories (Gruffalo, Room on the Broom) is back with its new version of the TV programme. Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance, 556 6550, 4–18 Aug (not 6), 11.30am, £8.50 (£7.50).

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