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Teach Your Child How To Dance Along With Igglepiggle!

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 16:29:13 +0100

Igglepiggle is touring UK theatres this year, in his spectacular show called Igglepiggle’s Busy Day! In the Night Garden Live is the first and only place where your child can play, sing and dance along with all their favourite characters from the TV show in real life!

Can your little one clap, wave, wiggle and jump like Igglepiggle? Do they know the words to Upsy Daisy’s song?

Now you can teach them!

Watch these video clips of all the best musical bits from the show - with easy-to-read captions to help you sing-a-long too!

Dance with Igglepiggle

Sing Upsy Daisy’s Song

Clap For Makka Pakka

Wave At The Tombliboos

Count With The Pontipines

After you’ve watched the videos, why not join in with Igglepiggle and friends in real life at In the Night Garden Live when they visit a venue near you!

Find your venue and book your tickets now to start making unforgettable magical memories in your local theatre, before your child grows up!

See audience gasp as Pinky Ponk flies off stage!

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0100

Bringing In the Night Garden Live into theatres for the first time, we knew we had to do something magical… Something that really brought the Night Garden into auditoriums across the UK…

And what better way of doing that than flying the world’s first and only Amazing Flying Pinky Ponk during the show!

Parents tell us it’s one of the most “breath-taking” moments of the experience!

I’m really excited for you to see how incredible the effect looks - and hear the wonderful audience reaction to it.

Wave to the Pinky Ponk!

In the video, you’ll see spectacular footage of the Amazing Flying Pinky Ponk – specially made for Igglepiggle’s brand new adventure – gliding gracefully over the heads of astonished audiences.

Little ones and their parents gaze, gasp, wow, clap and reach out their arms as if to catch it - fans, young and old, are completely spellbound by the experience!

In 10 years of bringing this magnificent live show to life for families across the UK, I’ve never seen a response to an effect in the show as delightfully captivated as this one …

… That’s because this is the very first time an effect like this has been used in theatres anywhere in the UK!

Stretching 2.5 metres long, this cleverly-built flying air orb uses cutting edge patented aerodynamic technology pioneered by the specialist German company, Airstage. Airstage have designed and built similar effects all over the world - including for the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.

Now they’re helping us transport you and your little one into the magical world of In the Night Garden with a truly unforgettable attraction for our UK theatre tour. Watch the video of the Amazing Flying Pinky Ponk in flight with your child – I guarantee they’ll be completely mesmerised seeing it!

…But, if the response from live audiences is anything to go by, even that reaction won’t compare to the face your little one will make seeing the Pinky Ponk take off in real life:

We loved it! ★★★★★
I actually got a tad emotional seeing my son’s wee face light up when the show began. He was engrossed the whole way through and gasped in amazement when the Pinky Ponk made an appearance!
- Alana from Hamilton

Lovely show ★★★★★
Best bit was the flying Pinky Ponk at the end!
- Helen from Edinburgh

Igglepiggle, iggle-onk, where will YOU catch the Pinky Ponk?

Whilst we make every endeavour for the Pinky Ponk to fly in every performance, the appearance of the flying Pinky Ponk cannot be guaranteed. This does not affect the performance.

How Little Ones React At In the Night Garden Live Video

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0100

To show you why In the Night Garden Live is such a hit with young families, we decided to film audience reactions from our young fans. We’ve included some of our favourites in the video above - it’s lovely to see how much they enjoyed it!

It’s a special moment to watch your child’s face as their heroes are brought to life in front of them. And every year hundreds of parents write to us to say they’ll never forget seeing this at In the Night Garden Live.

Parents describe it as a really moving experience. Julie Spriggs remembered, “It bought a tear to my eye to see their faces light up when the characters came on.”

Louise Berry saw In the Night Garden Live at The O2 and said, “I will always remember the look on his little face when the show started.”

It makes for a magical atmosphere, as Natascha Janischewski put it, “I have never seen my little boy so happy. Worth every penny!.”

You’ll find hundreds more comments like this in the parents’ reviews section on our website.

Thanks to all the In the Night Garden Live fans who took part in the making of this video and please let us know what you think by leaving a comment below or book your tickets now if you still haven’t!

Lucy Tobin meets In The Night Garden Live Creature and Costume Designer Tahra Zafar

Thu, 30 May 2019 00:00:00 +0100

Tahra Zafar is the animatronics, puppet and costume maestro whose career spans blockbusters Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Star Wars VII, theatre including Phantom of the Opera, Lady Gaga’s Monster Tour - and even a spell working with the Queen on her first and only acting role. Tahra was head of costume for the Olympic and Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies at London 2012 - where Elizabeth II was one of 17,000 people that she had to dress.

But ask the creative whiz what character she’s most proud of working on in her three decade-plus career, and the answer isn’t Hermione, Gaga or R2D2 - it’s Upsy Daisy, the ever-happy doll with rainbow-coloured hair, who Tahra designed for the original TV show of In the Night Garden.

“She’s just smashing,” Tahra beams. “Upsy Daisy is a girl character who avoids the usual stereotypes - she isn’t overly bossy, or stuffed with props. And she’s a star of one of the most popular pre-school shows ever; I’m very passionate about young kids’ entertainment - it’s such an exciting thing to be the first one to show something creative to children.”

BAFTA award-winning In the Night Garden remains one of the most popular children’s television series ever made: one of its 100 episodes are still screened nightly and are regularly on iPlayer most-watched lists - despite no new episodes having been made on the 12-year-old show since 2010.

Lucky then for In the Night Garden’s characters - who include blue cuddly Igglepiggle, cave-dwelling Makka Pakka, the Tombliboos and their awkward trousers, and the family of Pontipines, as well as Upsy Daisy - that there’s still one way for pre-school children and their parents to discover new adventures taking place in the picture book-like Garden: at the brand new, live UK theatre tour of more than 47 venues which ends on 27 Oct 2019.

The show tells the tale of Igglepiggle’s Busy Day, as he hunts for his friends by following their funny sounds until he finds them all - and fans will recognise all of their favourites. Tahra has spent months working on the design and costumes of the puppet characters for the new live show: “because, to the children in our audience, In the Night Garden’s characters are like friends that they know really well: they have to look exactly as they do on their home screens. The puppets have to be perfect.

The characters’ design is in safe hands, though: Tahra first designed Upsy Daisy more than a decade ago. “Working on her was my first job after I returned from maternity leave with my now 14-year-old,” she laughs. “I used to bring my then-toddler into the workshop, and the crew would all watch how she responded to our characters - luckily, she laughed at all the right times!”

Tahra, who is now 53, worked with Andrew Davenport, creator of In the Night Garden who was also responsible for The Teletubbies, on the original billing of the show: “Andy had drawn beautiful pictures of Upsy Daisy, the Pontipines, we built them and tweaked them, from the petals on her foot, to working with child psychologists on how children responded to and played with the characters.”

To the average grown-up, In the Night Garden might seem to have a strange plot and cuddly toys talking a lot of gobbledegook to the soporific backdrop of a lullaby-like soundtrack. “But whilst the noises might sound odd to adults, the characters’ names, words, and actions are all things that pre-schoolers can say,” explains Tahra.

The world of Pontipines appears to be a long way from the glamour of Star Wars or the celebrity of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, where Tahra worked for a long spell, including on the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. But the costumier says every previous role she has worked on has fed into In the Night Garden.

“In fact, I feel a lot of similarities with the atmosphere when I was working at Jim Henson - because the love we had for all those Muppet characters is what we feel for In the Night Garden, and we’ve already got generations of people loving them.”

At the Olympic and Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Tahra’s role as head of costume, hair and make-up meant overseeing 23,000 outfits that had to be visible both in jewel-like detail, under the close-up camera lens, and in big, sweeping vistas for the in-stadium audience. “That’s also been really important in our designs for In the Night Garden Live,” she adds. “Scale is really important - the puppets need to be proportionate to work with people, the characters have to look as they do on screen, but expressive enough to be seen from anywhere in the theatre. There’s a lot of mathematics behind the scenes.”

When Tahra was Upsy Daisy’s age, her dream job was “to be a fairy godmother,” she remembers. That career aspiration didn’t seem achievable (although some transformed by Tahra’s costumes might say she’s got pretty close), so she decided to study a BA in theatre design at Central St Martins. Tahra’s first job was working on costumes at the English Shakespeare Company; her next was on Phantom of the Opera, and then came the step onto screen, working in the offices of Kermit and Miss Piggy at the Jim Henson Creature Shop

Her career escalated from there - leading Tahra to feel passionate about encouraging other future backstage whizzes. “Kids who don’t fit into the box that makes them successful ‘traditional’ school students feel like a failure - which is awful. They might have incredible other skills, like loving making things, or brilliant technical nouse - there are so many avenues to go into, career-wise, that people just don’t know about. I go into a lot of schools to talk to kids about what I do.”

The designer is also passionate about the importance of children’s theatre under the shadow of cuts to the arts in schools. “Straitened budgets and a 1950s-style emphasis only on reading, writing and arithmetic means that creativity is being sucked out of schools,” she believes. “That’s why it’s more important for us on In the Night Garden Live, and in children’s arts in general, to make sure we do our jobs really well. We have a responsibility to get everything right to fill that gap.”

Tahra adds:

Children’s theatre is all about being together, taking in a shared experience, escaping everyday worries, being taken somewhere different. The previous tour of In the Night Garden Live was in a huge showdome, so there were restrictions about where it could pitch up. This time, touring more than 40 regional theatres, we can go to new areas; Igglepiggle and Makka Pakka can meet more of the next generation.

I love sitting in the audience and seeing all these very active toddlers watching the show, entranced - they’re completely still, blown away by it. It’s magical to see.
- Tahra Zafar, Costume Designer

Mums Love In the Night Garden Live

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0100

Watch interviews with mums to hear why they love In the Night Garden Live as much as their children!

See clips from the show and discover why your visit will be a special experience for all the family.

Igglepiggle’s Busy Day

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Tickets for In the Night Garden Live 2024 UK tour is now on sale! For best seats through our ticketing partner Family Tickets, where you can choose your performance date and time, view the seating plan and book your tickets online.

About In the Night Garden Live 2024 UK tour

Even after 15 years producing In the Night Garden Live, seeing that moment when little ones see their favourite characters appear live on stage for the first time is still our favourite thing!

You have to see it to experience it. Watch more video clips to see how the audience react at In the Night Garden Live!

Upsy Daisy

Makka Pakka

Tombliboos

Pontipines

How would your little one react?

You can find out when the Ninky Nonk rolls into a venue near you in 2024. There are lots to choose from. Simply click the Book Now button below to find your nearest venue and start planning your family day out.

Do it now while it’s still fresh in your mind, before it’s too late.

Join Igglepiggle on his adventure!

This year, don’t miss Igglepiggle live on stage at a theatre near you with In the Night Garden Live's Igglepiggle’s Busy Day!

One day in the Night Garden, Igglepiggle looks for his friends by following their funny sounds until he finds them all! And your little one can come along and help.

You’ll see Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends beautifully brought to life with full-size costumes, magical puppets, and enchanting music.

You’ll never forget the look on your little one’s face when all their favourite characters arrive on stage in ‘real life’! But you’ll have to book your tickets to experience it…

Don’t miss your chance to see Igglepiggle and friends like you’ve never seen them before at your local theatre! You can’t see Igglepiggle’s Busy Day on TV. It’s specially written for the first ever In the Night Garden Live tour of UK theatres.

There’s still time to book your tickets. But you could miss out on seeing the show in a venue close to where you live if you leave it too late. Book your tickets now for the best choice of dates, times and seats!

Wow! See The First Video Of The New Pinky Ponk Flying!

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The world’s first and only flying Pinky Ponk has just taken to the skies in Dartford’s Orchard Theatre!

It was a breathtaking moment in the show!

I took a video on my mobile phone so you can see it too. It’s not HD quality, but I’m really excited for you to see how incredible it looks - and hear the unbelievable audience reaction.

The audience were truly astonished as the brand new amazing flying Pinky Ponk soared over their heads for the first time on the In the Night Garden Live tour. Little ones and their parents gazed, gasped, wowed, clapped and reached out their arms to it - fans, young and old, were completely spellbound by the experience. In 10 years of bringing this spectacular show to life for families across the UK, I’ve never seen a response to an effect in the show as wonderfully captivating as this one…

…That’s because this is the very first time an effect like this has been used in theatres anywhere in the UK!

Stretching 2.5 metres long, this amazing new flying Pinky Ponk uses cutting edge patented aerodynamic technology pioneered by the specialist German company, Airstage. They’ve designed and built similar effects all over the world - including for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. Now Airstage have helped us transport you and your little one into the magical world of In the Night Garden with a truly unforgettable attraction for our first UK theatre tour.

Don’t wait to book your tickets, the spectacular In the Night Garden Live will only be at each venue for a day or two. So the flying Pinky Ponk could be in your part of the UK very soon. Find your nearest venue and book your tickets now before it’s too late!

Whilst we make every endeavour for the Pinky Ponk to fly in every performance, the appearance of the flying Pinky Ponk cannot be guaranteed. This does not affect the performance.

7 Reasons To Book Early For In the Night Garden Live

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

If you’d like to join Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends for their new show this year but haven’t got round to booking your tickets yet, here are 7 reasons why you really should do it now!

It was brilliant! ★★★★

“I’ll bet my last pound that Igglepiggle floating on his boat will bring a sentimental tear to your eye as you clutch your little ones and squeeze them tighter before they grow up.”

- Cat from Manchester

1. Go now before your little one grows up!

So many parents tell us this is an amazing experience for you and your little one that you’ll never forget! Little ones grow up so fast. Don’t miss your chance to see the look on their face when they see their favourite characters brought to life!

Such a great show ★★★★★

“Take them before they outgrow it! Worth every penny… A lovely memory to cherish forever”

- Jodie from Milton Keynes

Definitely take your little ones ★★★★★

“Definitely take your little ones before they grow up - so many memories were made ❤️”

- Jodie from Telford in Shropshire

This link will take you to our official ticketing partner Family Tickets where you can choose your performance date and time, view the seating plan, and book your tickets online.

2. If you book early, you can choose the best seats!

There are still seats available for almost every performance. But don’t leave it too late – over 25,000 tickets have already been booked and some performances are very full. It’s worth booking before the tour starts on Thu 2 May to make sure you get the best choice of dates, times and seats.

3. We’re coming to 28 theatres - each for a few days only!

Don’t miss it – we’re coming to 28 theatres across the UK from Thu 2 May to Thu 5 Sep. There are only a few performances on sale at each theatre and we’re visiting most venues for 2 days only. Find your nearest venue here and book now before it’s too late.

4. See Igglepiggle and the amazing flying Pinky Ponk at your local theatre!

Parents tell us when the Pinky Ponk flies over the audience it’s one of the most “breath-taking” moments of watching the show. Watch the wonderful audience reaction in the video above or read more about it here.

The only way to see the amazing flying Pinky Ponk and Igglepiggle in his new show is to book tickets with our official ticketing partner Family Tickets before it’s too late!

Whilst we make every endeavour for the Pinky Ponk to fly in every performance, the appearance of the flying Pinky Ponk cannot be guaranteed. This does not affect the performance.

5. Parents give In the Night Garden Live 5/5 stars ★★★★★

Now in its 15^th year, In the Night Garden Live is one of the UK’s favourite family events. Over 1.3 million people have seen it so far and it gets 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 13,777 parents’ reviews.

6. Our Money-Back Guarantee!

When you book your tickets you can have confidence with a money-back guarantee for your booking.

If you have coronavirus symptoms, have tested positive for coronavirus or need to self-isolate, you just need to let us know before the start time of your performance. We'll either help you exchange your tickets, offer you a Family Tickets Gift Card or refund your full order, including any booking fees.

In the event of a venue or specific performances being affected by coronavirus, we will follow Government advice. Our customer service team will get in touch with you ahead of the performance with an update about your booking.

Bookings must be cancelled or exchanged in full. We’re unable to make changes to only some of the tickets in your order.

7. Our friendly support team can help you book the best seats now!

We know you may have lots of questions about the show before you’re ready to book tickets. Don’t worry – our friendly support team is here to help you. We’ve already helped thousands of families like you book tickets early for In the Night Garden Live 2024.

Let us help you complete your booking now, before the show starts on Thu 2 May, to make sure you get the best choice of dates, times and seats.

We’re here to help you plan an amazing and memorable day for your family. So please do get in touch with us now for a chat!

You can email helpdesk@nightgardenlive.com any time or call us on 0330 120 0123. We’re available Mon - Sun 10am - 4pm.

Do it now while it’s still fresh in your mind, before it’s too late. No child is too young to see In the Night Garden Live on stage! Parents tell us that children as young as a few months old engage with the live show, and the looks on their faces are absolutely amazing.

Parents Would Definitely Recommend In the Night Garden Live!

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Some of our biggest In the Night Garden Live fans are parents! To find out why, we talked to mums and dads after the show and made this short video.

Parents give several reasons why they enjoy it so much. They often start with how their child was “mesmerised”, or how they’d never seen their child sit still for so long.

Mums particularly love watching the look of delight on their child’s face when their favourite character comes on stage. If Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends are really important to your little one, this can be the moment that brings a tear to your eye!

In the Night Garden Live is cleverly designed for all ages, so young babies enjoy it as well as older children. We often hear from parents who worried their child may be too young for a show, but they absolutely loved coming to In the Night Garden Live.

Parents also mention the memories they make at In the Night Garden Live are something to “cherish forever”.

See why one mum in this video is so “happy” to have seen her child “enjoying himself so much”, and another talks about how much fun it was to see her kids’ “excited” faces.

Children grow up fast and it’s not often that you can do something really special that both parents and very young children enjoy together. So many parents describe this experience as something they will never forget.

What Parents Say...

I will always remember the look on his little face when the show started :) x x x
- Louise Berry, The O2, 5/5

The whole experience was so easy it made it a magical day
- Jacqueline Fenn, London, 5/5

It bought a tear to my eye to see their faces light up when the characters came on. Lovely photos to treasure, taken some very happy memories away, a first class family day out for us, thank you so much :))))))
- Julie Spriggs, Cannon Hill Park, 5/5

Very friendly staff with excellent toilet and baby changing facilities
- Laura, The Trafford Centre, 4/5

Brand new show - first ever UK theatre tour in 2019!

Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The BAFTA Award-Winning CBeebies Children’s TV Show
Returns to the Stage with a New Show and its First Major UK Theatre Tour

In the Night Garden Live
At Local Venues around the Country from February 2019

This February 2019, the smash-hit In the Night Garden Live begins a first ever tour of UK theatres with a brand-new show. Take a spectacular journey into the magical world of In the Night Garden and experience the UK’s favourite family show with all the enchanting characters magically brought to life on stage. Tickets go on sale on 17 October with the opportunity to register for the presale from 17 September to 5 October.

In the Night Garden Live is the perfect musical theatre experience for the entire family. Children’s favourite CBeebies stars - Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends - are all brought beautifully to life in a specially-written new story using full-size costumes and magical puppets with enchanting music and dancing.

This delightful classic, which premiered in 2010 before becoming a summer entertainment fixture, is a firm favourite with young pre-schoolers and their parents. Seen by over one million people, the critically acclaimed production has established itself as a must-see first theatre experience for young children.

Oliver Seadon, Executive Producer said “When we made In the Night Garden Live we never imagined it would run for 10 years and that over a million visitors would come to see it. It’s incredibly exciting now to be making a brand-new show and taking it into theatres all over the country. This will be the first time that audiences get to see In the Night Garden Live in their local theatre.”

In the Night Garden Live is written by Helen Eastman (writer of Bing Live) and based on the Ragdoll television series created by Andrew Davenport. Directed by acclaimed Royal Ballet choreographer and director Will Tuckett, the show is produced by Minor Entertainment under licence from DHX Media.

Director Will Tuckett said, “Children know these characters so well, much better than we ever might think. They see them as proper friends- when they appear on stage live they are seeing friends liberated from the television or tablet. They are there, waving at THEM. Taking your child to see them live on stage is an extraordinary experience - it’s a genuinely heartwarming and truly magical thing and makes me love my job as much as I do.”

How To Get Tickets:

Register for the presale by 1pm on 5 October.
Presale starts 16 October.
Tickets go on sale to everyone else 17 October.

Please click here to see our confirmed tour dates and venues for 2019.

For further information please contact: Katherine Camps Kilgour at Bright Media:
01621 784777 / 07958 649502 or email katherine@brightmediauk.com

Congratulations To Our 2018 Advent Winners!

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:42:56 +0000

Congratulations to the winners of our 2018 Advent Calendar's top gift - a VIP Meet A Character Experience for In the Night Garden Live 2019! This amazing gift gives our lucky families the chance to meet Igglepiggle and Upsy Diasy live in a local theatre close to where they live!

It really will be a day making memories you will never forget!

Here are more winners - we can't wait to see them at the In the Night Garden Live 2019!

Rachael Stewart - Canterbury

Emily Hodgett - Belfast

Jake Edwards - Llandudno

Kayley Haycock - Torquay

Jodi Warwick - Basingstoke

Claire Hoffman - Watford

Zoe Wheelwright - Swindon

Jessica Stander - Reading

Free In the Night Garden Live iOS app - Games and Puzzles

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Download the In the Night Garden Live app - It’s Free!

The new In the Night Garden Live app is available now on the Apple App Store for iPhones, iPads and other iOS devices.

This free app includes three fun games for little ones: Who’s Behind the Bubbles; Can You Solve The Puzzles; and Let’s Play With Stickers, plus a video trailer for In the Night Garden Live.

Have fun washing faces in Who’s Behind The Bubbles, playing Puzzles and making sticker scenes with Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and all your favourite characters from In the Night Garden.

There are no ads, and no In-App Purchases – this app is completely free to use.

An Android version is not currently available. Sign up for news and updates so we can let you know if this changes.

iPhone Screen Shots

Goodbye Showdome

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

After 9 amazing years, and 1 million tickets sold, we’re announcing this summer will be your final chance to see Igglepiggle and friends in the world’s only In the Night Garden Live Showdome. The final Showdome tour starts 24 May at The O2 in London for two weeks only, before visiting Richmond, Birmingham and Manchester.

We’ve now said goodbye at the Showdome and held our last Showdome tour performance last 19 August 2018. Thank you to everyone who went to see us. We hope to see you in a brand new show touring UK theatres soon!

2018 Mother’s Day competition - win a £200 Amazon gift voucher!

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

We’re pleased to announce a new competition to celebrate Mother’s Day, where you could win a £200 Amazon Gift Voucher and a Giant Plush Toy for your little one!

All you have to do to enter is to let us know what your favourite In the Night Garden moment is! Is it watching your little one dance with Upsy Daisy? Or singing along to the Igglepiggle song? It could even be a photo of them with their favourite In the Night Garden toy, or a photo of their visit to the Showdome.

Tell us what your favourite In the Night Garden moment is by sharing your photos/videos on our Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram. Tag us using #NightGardenLive #MumsLoveNGL and don’t forget to tell us what makes your favourite In the Night Garden moment so special!

We’ll pick our favourite and announce the winner the day after Mother's Day! The lucky winner will receive a £200 Amazon Gift Voucher and a Giant Igglepiggle or Upsy Daisy soft toy. You can enter on our Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram, just make sure you use #NightGardenLive so we can see it!

If you don’t use any social media but would still like to enter, please tell us about your special day and email your pictures at helpdesk@nightgardenlive.com, or post your comments on this page!

Competition closes at 11pm on Mother’s Day, Sunday 11th March and we’ll announce the winner on Monday 12th March. Full Ts & Cs are available here.

We can’t wait to see all your wonderful photos!

Learn more about In the Night Garden Live

Would your precious little one enjoy seeing Igglepiggle and friends live on stage?

Never miss a thing by signing up our mailing list for all our dates, venue information, special offers and more - click the link below and get ready to plan a great family day out this summer!

Congratulations To Our 2017 Advent Winners!

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Congratulations to the winners of our top gift in this year's Advent Calendar! These lucky families have won VIP Family Experience worth £188 for In the Night Garden Live 2018. Jessica and her little one Lexi, won our first VIP Family Experience of 2018!

This is enough to buy four premium tickets, two goody bags and two Meet a Character Experience tickets for In the Night Garden Live 2018 when booked early during our Presale in January 2018.

If you haven’t already opened your online advent calendar today - don’t delay:

Here are more winners - we can't wait to see them at the Showdome in 2018!

My Most Precious Thing - Mother’s Day 2017 Competition!

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Mother’s Day Competition 2017 - win an iPad mini 2!

We’re pleased to announce a new competition to celebrate Mother’s Day, where you could win a brand new iPad mini 2 worth £239, and a Giant Plush Toy for your little one!

Does your little one have a blanket as special as Igglepiggle’s? Or a soft toy as precious as Makka Pakka’s Uff-Uff?

Let us know what your little one can’t go to bed without – share your photos or videos on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #nightgardenlive and #MumsLoveNGL. Don’t forget to tell us what makes it so special!

We’ll pick our favourite and announce the winner on Mother’s Day. The lucky winner will receive a brand new iPad mini 2, and a Giant Igglepiggle or Upsy Daisy soft toy. You can enter on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram – make sure you use #nightgardenlive so we can see it!

You can also enter by emailing us at helpdesk@nightgardenlive.com, or posting your comments on this page!

Competition closes 4pm Thursday 23 March 2017, and full Ts & Cs are available below.

We can’t wait to see all your wonderful photos!

Winner announced!

We have had so many wonderful entries for this competition, and thank you all so much for taking part and sharing your adorable photos and stories with us!

We are very pleased to announce the winner of our #NightGardenLive Mother's Day competition, receiving a brand new iPad mini 2 and Giant Soft Toy is....

Charlotte Holding

We absolutely love her entry for showing how special Bunny has been to her little one over the years - going on all sorts of adventures and even narrowly escaping a bear at the zoo!

It is so sweet to see her little one growing up with Bunny at her side, and we hope they continue to have lots of fun together!

Please see below for some of our other favourites, and don't forget to sign up for more news and information about In the Night Garden Live - the perfect place to take your most precious thing this summer!

Learn more about In the Night Garden Live

Would your precious little one enjoy seeing Igglepiggle and friends live on stage?

Never miss a thing by signing up our mailing list for all our dates, venue information, special offers and more - click the link below and get ready to plan a great family day out this summer!

We Love The Advent Calendar!

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

We love this video of Marion Wassell's granddaughter Amber enjoying the Makka Pakka colouring activity behind Door 1! Please keep sharing your videos, photos and comments on our Facebook page.

And if you haven't already got your online advent calendar - don't delay:

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What's your favourite door so far?

Colouring Makka Pakka on door 1 has been the most popular activity so far! Throwing snowballs with the Tombliboos (door 6) and sleigh riding with Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka (door 7) have also been really popular! Watch our sneak preview below to see what's behind everyone's favourite doors!

Thousands of prizes!

Thousands of lucky little ones have won gifts in this year's advent calendar already. Don't miss out - Get Your Calendar Now and open a door each day between 6am and 6pm until 24 Dec for the most chances of winning a gift.

We particularly love this photo of Kym Moore's little one holding her In the Night Garden Live 2016 Calendar!

Here's what some parents have said about their gifts!

"I have a very very happy 21 month old as we won a calender this morning :o) thank you in the night garden xx" - Amy Lauren Oliver Lewington

"Won a calendar! Email came through straight away and I've already ordered!! Yay my kids will be happy" - Claire Miller

Please do keep sending us your comments, photos and videos of your little ones enjoying the advent calendar! For more comments from our Facebook and Twitter fans please read on.

"Thank you! We're loving the advent! My son coloured in the picture several times yesterday under door 1! Fingers crossed we #win one of your prizes! Both my children are #itng fans!" - Amy Tidd

"This is exciting! My little boy loves ITNG! He adores 'Piggle Piggle'. xx" - Katie Burnett

"I won my little girl an upsy daisy she be thrilled thank you night garden x" - Helen Blades

"If you're looking for a #toddler advent calendar you can't beat @NightGardenLive and their free online version. You can win prizes too" - @fivewaystobe

"Oooops kids still asleep so I've secretly opened door number 1 on the @NightGardenLive advent calendar! #BigKid #NightGarden" - @RachR29

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Thanks to all you parents, grandparents and carers who've already shared your comments and feedback about this year's advent calendar on Facebook and Twitter. We're really grateful for all the feedback and our tech team are working through the browser and device-specific errors you've reported so far.

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In the Night Garden Live Hall Of Fame

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What do Robbie Williams and Adele have in common?... They both love In the Night Garden Live!

Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka are the main attraction at In the Night Garden Live, but they’re not the only famous characters to be spotted inside the Showdome. We’re delighted to have seen a huge number of celebrity mums, dads and grandparents enjoying In the Night Garden Live with their little ones.

Some have been VIP guests at celebrity gala events. Others have appeared unannounced, to enjoy In the Night Garden Live with their children along with all the other families!

Our most famous visitors have included singers Adele and Robbie Williams. Both parents booked tickets to see the show at The O2 in 2014. It was fantastic to see these megastars enjoying a special family day out with us. Both parents were so down to earth and they clearly loved seeing their favourite characters as much as their children did!

Read our famous visitors’ social media shout outs below:

Adele tweets with one of the Haahoos - The O2, 2014

Robbie Williams tweets after seeing the Ninky Nonk show

We hosted our first celebrity gala performance in 2010 to celebrate the grand opening of In the Night Garden Live. Amongst the famous faces enjoying the show were singer and actress Billie Piper with her son Winston.

We also welcomed Martin Freeman, star of The Hobbit and Sherlock, along with his actress wife Amanda Abbington. Martin Freeman really got into the spirit of a family day out at In the Night Garden Live - here he is enjoying some colouring-in and meeting Upsy Daisy.

Martin Freeman colours in Igglepiggle and meets Upsy Daisy

Billie Piper and her son Winston meet Igglepiggle

During the last 10 years of touring In the Night Garden Live, we have welcomed a host of celebrities at the show, including singers, soap stars, models, journalists, sports people and TV presenters.

S Club 7 singer Rachel Stevens and her family have enjoyed In the Night Garden Live so much that they have been to see the show three times!

Our celebrity visitors have shared some great tweets too – see some of the best tweets and photos in the galleries below!

Liberty X’s Tony Lundon tweeted: “Turned down every party invite for years, but not this one: I’m more excited than my son to meet Igglepiggle tomorrow!”

Satirical journalist Charlie Brooker said: “Pretty sure In The Night Garden Live is the only time I’ve actually shed a tear in a theatre.”

We even caught Emmerdale Actor, Chris Bisson and his little one taking a selfie with Upsy Daisy in our 2019 tour gala!

What fun!

Have you sat next to a celebrity at In the Night Garden Live? What celebrity families would you like to see at the show? Tell us in the comments!

Adele - Singer
Robbie Williams - Singer
Rio Ferdinand - Football player
Billie Piper - Actress
Tom Fletcher - Musician and Author
Sam Faier- TV personality and model
Laurence Fox - Actor and musician
Danielle Brown - Actress
Donal MacIntyre - Journalist
Jake Wood - Actor
Jessica Hynes - Actress
Jo Joyner - Actress
John Simpson - Journalist
Laila Rouass - Actress
Martin Freeman - Actor
Amanda Abbington - Actress
Natalia Vodianova - Model
Samantha Morton - Actress
Shane Ritchie - Actor and presenter
Sharon Small - Actress
Toby Stephens - Actor
Denise van Outen - TV presenter and actress
Natasha Kaplinsky - TV newsreader and presenter
Jamie Theakston – TV and radio presenter
Claire Richards - Singer (Steps)
Nicky Grahame - Big Brother star
Mylene Klass - Singer and model
Harriet Scott - Radio presenter
Rachel Stevens - Singer (S Club 7)
Samantha Simmonds - TV newsreader
Sara Cox - Radio presenter
Scott Mills - Radio presenter
Janet Ellis - TV presenter and actress
Jay Simpson - Football player
Rani Price - Children’s TV presenter
Michelle Heaton - Singer (Liberty X)
Amanda Holden - Actress and presenter
Imogen Thomas - Big Brother star
Jenni Falconer - TV and radio presenter
Kevin Pietersen - Cricket player
Gareth Gates - Singer
Charlie Brooker - TV journalist and presenter
Kirsty McCabe - Weather presenter
Danielle Lloyd - Model and TV presenter
Tony Lundon - Singer (Liberty X)
Ray Quinn - Actor and singer
Chris Bisson - Actor
Brooke Vincent - Actress
Sue Cleaver - Actress
Samia Ghadie - Actress
Joel Ross - Radio presenter
Dolly-Rose Campbell - Actress

Congratulations To Our 2015 Advent Winners!

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Congratulations to the winners of our top gift in this year's Advent Calendar! These lucky families have won Premium Family Tickets worth £165 for In the Night Garden Live 2016. Verity Thornill was one of the first to win - she told us she was "very excited" to win this very special gift for her two little ones (pictured with her above).

£165 is enough to buy four premium tickets for In the Night Garden Live, plus two goody bags and two Meet a Character Experience tickets when booked early during our Presale in January 2016.

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Lindsey Thorpe was delighted to win Premium Family Tickets for her daughter Isabelle. Here's what she had to say:

I am very happy that we have won these tickets as my little girl Isabelle absolutely loves in the night garden. We wanted to take her to the tour for her birthday in July so this will make it extra special. She Watches the programme as part of her bedtime routine every night and dances along to all the songs. I cannot wait to see her face when she see the real live characters it will be magical.

Here she is with her little one Isabelle, celebrating their win with Igglepiggle and Makka Pakka!

We'd also like to say well done to Christal and her family pictured here. They have also won Premium Family Tickets and we can't wait to see them at the Showdome in 2016!

Liz Mackay and her family were also winners, and they had this to say about their win:

We were planning on booking to see the show again next year so it's wonderful to win this prize :). Our granddaughter Ava loved it and says she's "feeling giddy" now lol and next year will be bringing her baby sister Olivia along who will be around 8 months old. Thank you again, can't wait to see the show again'

Congratulations to all our Premium Family Ticket winners so far - whose names we've listed here. One grandparent would like to remain anonymous - she'll be surprising her family with the tickets for In the Night Garden Live 2016 as a special Christmas treat!

Don’t forget that we’re giving away these gifts in our Advent Calendar every day between 1 - 24 Dec, so there’s still plenty of time for you to join these lucky families at a show next year!

For the most chances of winning a gift, open a calendar door every day between 6am and 6pm until 24 Dec!

Advent Calendar Premium Family Ticket Winners

Madeleine Sheen from Manchester

Leticia Tranter from Birmingham

Verity Thornhill from Canterbury

Christal Wagstaffe from Manchester

Lindsey Thorpe from Northamptonshire

Liz Mackay from Leeds

Alison Wiltshire from Milton Keynes

A grandparent who wants her win to be a secret!

Farha Nekiwala from Leicester

Heather Stokes from Birmingham

Jane Lydiate from Merseyside

Laura McKinlay from Cheshire

Clare Gergory from Rainham

Emma Shepherd from Manchester

An auntie who wants her win to be a secret!

Our Advent Calendar fans and winners gallery

Congratulations To Our 2016 Advent Winners!

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Congratulations to the winners of our top gift in this year's Advent Calendar! These lucky families have won VIP Family Tickets worth £168 for In the Night Garden Live 2017. Jessica Key was one of the first to win - she told us she “went last year, had a great time, can’t wait to come back to Manchester!”

£168 is enough to buy four premium tickets for In the Night Garden Live, plus two goody bags and two Meet a Character Experience tickets when booked early during our Presale in January 2017.

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Kathy Thomas was delighted to win VIP Family Tickets for her grandsons. Here's what she had to say:

We were very excited to hear we had won tickets for our two lovely grandsons to come to In the Night Garden Live in 2017. Joshua and Lucas enjoyed it so much this summer and I’m sure they’ll love it even more next time.

Here are Joshua and Lucas - we can't wait to see them at the Showdome in 2017!

We'd also like to say well done to Lisa and her son pictured here. We love this picture of him proudly showing his winning door on the Advent calendar! They have also won VIP Family Tickets and we can't wait to see them at Richmond Old Deer Park in London this summer 2017!

Becky Wall and her family were also winners. She said "Thankyou so much for the VIP tickets for the show! I still actually can't believe that I won them for my little boy!".

Congratulations to all our VIP Family Ticket winners so far whose names we've listed here.

Don’t forget that we’re giving away these gifts in our Advent Calendar every day until 24 Dec, so there’s still plenty of time for you to join these lucky families at a show next year!

For the most chances of winning a gift, open a calendar door every day between 6am and 6pm until 24 Dec!

Advent Calendar VIP Family Ticket Winners

Becky Wall from Cornwall

Jessica Key from Stockport

Katrina Reeves from Birmingham

Kathy Thomas from Nottingham

Lisa Streete from London

Kelly Quilliam from Bolton

Alana Jackson from London

Charlotte Walker from Kent

Carla Neal from Sutton

Simon Rennie from York

Chris Lowe from Solihull

Jordan Sargent from Rhyl

Abi Miklasz from Southampton

Emma Gamble from Castleford

Kathryn Kearney from Hebden Bridge

Katarzyna Suwaid from London

Ben Philpot from Broxbourne

Martin Carr from Gillingham

Jade Chopping from Sheerness

Laura Flora from Purfleet (son and granddaughter pictured)

Toby Alexander from Coventry