Sesame Street Presents Elmo's World Tour in Australia 2012

Dec. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- Life Like Touring Australia is proud to announce a big national theatre tour of the new show SESAME STREET PRESENTS ELMO’S WORLD TOUR. This new musical show, which will make stops throughout the country,  sees the Sesame Street gang going on an adventure through imagination learning how people sing and dance and say hello in different places around the world.

In an unprecedented move, Sesame Workshop granted Life Like Touring the rights to develop, write and tour a brand new Sesame Street stage show in Australia. This new production will hit the stage at some of Australia’s finest metropolitan theatres from March next year, and tour the nation to a huge number of regional centres.

Sesame Street has delighted and educated Australian children since it first began airing on ABC TV in 1971. Since that time, the popular TV series has been a mainstay not only for Australian audiences on the ABC but for countless viewers the world over who enjoy local Sesame Street programs in over 150 countries and translated into many, many languages. By 2006, Sesame Street had become "the most widely viewed children's television show in the world", with 20 international independent versions featuring locally developed Sesame Street Muppets addressing the needs of children in that country. Sesame Street has won 10 Grammy Awards and 138 Emmy Awards - more than any other children's TV program.

Life Like Touring’s Executive Producer, Luke Gallagher says, “We have been in discussions with the team at Sesame Workshop for a number of years and are excited this production is finally premiering in March 2012. Life Like Touring is delighted we can bring Elmo and many of his friends to Australian neighbourhoods in SESAME STREET PRESENTS ELMO’S WORLD TOUR. Our company has been fortunate to work with and launch theatre productions for many amazing international children’s brands over the years. We are honoured to have earned the trust of the team at Sesame Workshop and we’re thrilled that, once again, Australian children will be the first to see a beautiful new musical stage show.”

In SESAME STREET PRESENTS ELMO’S WORLD TOUR, the Sesame Street gang - Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Grover, Zoe and Cookie Monster - use the letters of the alphabet to navigate a voyage through imagination that sees them visiting China, Zambia, France, India and Australia! Elmo and his friends have fun learning how people sing and dance and say hello in different places around the world, but things don’t go to plan when Cookie Monster eats a letter of the alphabet. Hopefully Abby Cadabby can find the right spell to help. Along the way, audiences will also delight in hearing a sensational tale from The Count and will get to help back-packing rubber-duckies find a place to stay with Bert and Ernie.

Life Like Touring is also proud to launch a new Australian character for this show - Lady Baa-Baa – a world travelling Australian sheep with designer baa-ggage and big fleece who refuses to follow the herd.

Featuring classic Sesame Street songs alongside catchy new tunes, SESAME STREET PRESENTS ELMO’S WORLD TOUR looks set to delight Sesame Street fans of all ages.

www.SesameStreetPresents.com.au

SESAME STREET PRESENTS ELMO’S WORLD TOUR
AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES 2012

Thurs 8 to Sat 10 March
Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre, Sydney
Corner of City Rd and Cleveland St
Chippendale, Sydney NSW
Tickets on sale Dec 14 from Seymour Centre
Box Office 02 9351 7940 or Ticketmaster 136 100

Thurs 15 to Sat 17 March
Princess Theatre, Melbourne
163 Spring Street, Melbourne VIC
Tickets on sale Dec 16 from Ticketmaster 136 100

Tues 20 to Wed 20 March
Newcastle Civic Theatre
375 Hunter Street, Newcastle NSW
Tickets on sale Dec 14 from the Box Office 02 4929 1977

Sat 24 March
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Cnr Merivale and Glenelg Streets
Southbank, Brisbane QLD
Tickets on sale Dec 14 from Ticketek 132 849

Mon 23 to Tue 24 April
The Arts Centre, Gold Coast
135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise QLD
Tickets on sale Dec 14 from the Box Office 07 5588 4000

Fri 18 to Sat 19 May
Canberra Theatre
London Cct, Civic Square, Canberra ACT
Tickets on sale Dec 12 from Canberra Ticketing 02 6275 2700

Wed 23 to Thu 24 May
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC), Wollongong
32 Burelli Street, Wollongong NSW
Tickets on sale Dec 14 from the Box Office 02 4224 5999

Sun 24 June
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Corner Port Road and Adam Street
Hindmarsh, Adelaide SA
Tickets on sale Dec 14 from Ticketek 132 849

Thurs 28 to Sat 30 June
Regal Theatre, Perth
474 Hay Street, Subiaco, Perth WA
Tickets on sale Dec 14 from Ticketek 132 849

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