KidsFest! 2025

The Smeds and The Smoos

“Enchanting and incredibly engaging…a beautiful adaptation.” One4Review, UK

A stellar new show based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Soar into space with this exciting adaptation of the award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler – also seen in the BBC TV animation on Christmas Day.

On a far-off planet, Smeds and Smoos can’t be friends. So when a young Smed and Smoo fall in love and zoom off into space together, how will their families get them back?

Music, laughs and interplanetary adventures for everyone aged 3 and up, from Tall Stories – the company that brought you The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom live on stage.

For children aged 3 and above and their families.

The running time is approximately 60 minutes with no interval

The Way Back Home

“Well-paced and full of the variety a very young audience needs” The Stage

Oliver Jeffers, award-winning author of How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found, returns with an inter-galactic tale about a little boy seeking adventure.

One day a boy finds a plane in his cupboard. He flies his plane higher and higher until he runs out of petrol and lands on the moon. He is frightened, lost and alone until a passing Martian lands there too! Who is the strange alien? Can they be friends? And how will they find their Way Back Home?

With original music and plenty of audience participation, this exciting new production for families and young children has been created by the team behind the hit shows Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and The Night Before Christmas.

“The young audience loved every moment, I strongly recommend this play to any family” Halifax Courier

For children aged 3 and above and their families.

The running time is approximately 55 minutes with no interval

The Lion Inside

‘NO MATTER YOUR SIZE, WE ALL HAVE A MOUSE AND A LION INSIDE’

A heart-warming tale about confidence, self-esteem, and a shy little mouse who sets out on a journey to find his roar.

In a dry dusty place where the sand sparkled gold, stood a mighty flat rock, all craggy and old. And under that rock in a tinyful house, lived the littlest, quietest, meekest brown mouse.

Fed up of being ignored and forgotten by the other animals, Mouse wishes he could roar like Lion. But, as he discovers, even the biggest, bossiest people are scared sometimes ... and even the smallest creatures can have the heart of a lion!

‘A paw-some new family show!’ Curtain Calls

For children aged 3 and above and their families.

The running time is approximately 60 minutes with no interval

The 13-Storey Treehouse

“Wow!…goes to the edge of the ridiculous to get a laugh.” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Adapted from the multi-award winning book by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

Andy Griffiths’ & Terry Denton’s best-selling book comes to life on stage for children 6-12 and their adults!

Would you please welcome to the stage… Andy and Terry!

Yes that’s right. Today's the day Andy and Terry are going to bring their stories to life in their first EVER play – except they forgot to write it!

Where will they find flying cats, a mermaid, a sea monster, an invasion of monkeys, and a giant gorilla?

Here is your chance to see the first show in the award-winning ‘Treehouse’ series with the return of the one and only, super-famous, ultra-brilliant, runaway success, The 13-Storey Treehouse. We take you right back to where it all began.

Following sold out seasons at the Sydney Opera House and theatres across the country, the play based on Andy Griffiths’ and Terry Denton’s best-selling book returns to the stage AND YOU’RE INVITED!

Adapted by Richard Tulloch (The Book of Everything, Bananas in Pyjamas), this hugely successful play is brought to life by a seriously funny cast with magical moments of theatrical wizardry and a truckload of imagination!

“My eight year old co-reviewer loved the show… has the kids engaged and amused from the outset.” THE AUSTRALIAN

For children aged 6 and above and their families.

The running time is approximately 60 minutes with no interval

There is no minimum age for all performance and all audience members must have their own ticket.

Performances for schools are available during weekday mornings.

For more information, please  call Kamun on 2547 7150 or email Kamun.Yau@aba-productions.com for more information.

Please note that there will be no refund or partial refunds on discounts once tickets have been issued and paid for.

A 10% discount is available for groups of 6 or more.