Zog and the Flying Doctors and Vixen come to Bristol Old Vic for family fun this Easter

There's something for everyone at Bristol Old Vic this Easter as two fun-filled family shows takeover the theatre!

Zog and the Flying Doctors will land on stage at Bristol Old Vic from Tue 19 - Sun 24 Apr as part of its World Premiere tour. Based on the bestselling sequel by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the show is brought to the stage by pioneering imaginative storytellers Freckle Productions - the team behind stage hits including Stick Man.

Zog, super keen student turned air-ambulance, still lands with a crash-bang-thump. With his Flying Doctor crew, Princess Pearl and Sir Gadabout, they tend to a sunburnt mermaid, a unicorn with one too many horns and a lion with the flu. But Pearl’s uncle, the King, has other ideas about whether princesses should be doctors, and she’s soon locked back up in the castle in a crown and a silly frilly dress! With a bit of help from her friends, will Pearl prove princesses can be doctors too?

Alongside Zog, from Wed 13 - Sat 16 Apr, Bristol-based theatre company Travelling Light will share its exciting new show Vixen for ages 7–12-year-olds and their families.

Performed in The Weston Studio, Vixen is an inspiring original story by Matt Grinter (winner of the Papatango Prize 2016 for his debut play ORCA) about a young girl Saffi who lives on an estate with her Dad. After being scratched by a vixen in the raincoat man’s garden Saffi begins to transform and dreams of running away to live with her fox family. The show explores themes of family and friendship, community, loss, belonging and the joy of learning to appreciate the people and places that surround us.