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The Detective Dog

10 May 2025 to 11 May 2025

2 Spring Street
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5NL
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The Detective Dog
The Detective Dog

About The Detective Dog

Tiny and Tall Productions brings you Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie’s well-loved story, The Detective Dog, on stage for Deaf and hearing family audiences.

Whether it’s finding a lost shoe or discovering who did a poo on the new gravel path, Nell’s ever-sniffing nose is always hard at work. So when the books at the school have disappeared one morning, Detective Dog Nell is ready to sniff out the culprit!

With British Sign Language, creative captions, and spoken English, this engaging production celebrates books and the magic of reading in an inclusive and accessible performance. Expect captivating puppetry, surprising smells, and toe-tapping music. Suitable for ages 3-103.

This dramatisation of The Detective Dog is based on the picture book The Detective Dog © Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie 2016, published by Macmillan Children’s Books.

Creative Team

Written by Julia Donaldson and Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie

Adapted and Produced by Tiny & Tall Productions

Directed by Peta Maurice

Designed by Katie Sykes & Ruby Brown

Composed by Jack Drewry

BSL Director Lynn Stewart-Taylor

Access Consultancy by Jonny Cotsen

Video Design by Christopher Harrison

Lighting Design by Joe Price

Puppet Design by Jess Jones

R&D Performers: Adam Bassett, Tessa Bide & Anna Rathbone

Photography credit: Paul Blakemore


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Tickets

£12.00 – £14.00

Please see important booking information below.


Booking information

Ticket prices:

General – £14.00  

Under 16s – £12.00

All prices include any booking fees  

Dates & times:

Saturday 10 to Sunday 11 May 2025

Saturday at 2.00pm and 4.00pm, Sunday at 11.00am and 2.00pm

Running time:

55 minutes

Age guidance:

3+

Good to know:

The show is accessible to deaf children and their families by using clever, dynamic captions and incorporating British Sign Language.


About The Theatre Chipping Norton

The Theatre Chipping Norton, sometimes called The Theatre, Chipping Norton or Chipping Norton Theatre, is a theatre, an arthouse cinema, a gallery and a concert hall in Chipping Norton.

The theatre has has 217 seats, including stalls and a balcony. It is a resource for the community, and it is also a professional venue, welcoming over 55,000 customer visits every year.

It is something unique, but it is also different things to different people. It is the cause and subject of many arguments and debates; and a fair amount of acclaim and affection. It is complicated and a little eccentric.

It is not a little theatre. It likes to make a big noise.

Discover more about The Theatre Chipping Norton, including travel, access and venue information.