Saturday: 11.30am & 3pm
Sunday: 11.30am & 3pm
Tickets: £11.50-£14 inc. fees
Running Time: 50 minutes
The Egg
The Great Big Bug Show
- 16 & 17 January 2027
Event Information
Saturday: 11.30am & 3pm
Sunday: 11.30am & 3pm
Tickets: £11.50-£14 inc. fees
Running Time: 50 minutes
Which beetle has a blaster on its bottom? Which many-legged minibeast took the first ever steps on land? Which eight-legged hunter has fangs as big as a cheetah’s claws?
Join poet Simon Mole and musician Gecko for a family show full of poems, raps and songs all about your favourite bugs (and some you haven’t heard of yet!).
A fun & interactive invitation to explore the secret world beneath our feet. As well as being brilliantly beautiful, delightfully disgusting and wonderfully weird, the show is an inspirational call to action to appreciate the smaller creatures in our world. Expect Minibeasts and Massive Beats. Every tune is an earworm - even the ones about woodlice!
The Great Big Bug Show is inspired by A First Book of Bugs, written by Simon Mole illustrated by Adam Ming and published by Walker Books in August 2025. More info on the book here.
Created by Simon Mole, Gecko & Peader Kirk
Performance Simon Mole & Gecko
Direction & Dramaturgy Peader Kirk
Poems Simon Mole
Music & Composition Gecko
Props & Costume Design Fi Russell
Lighting Design Andrew Crofts
Stage Management John Thompson
Magic Consultancy Tom Cassani
Illustration Adam Ming
Photography by Hugo Glendinning & Suzi Corker
Videography by Chris Hugall
PR Alison Duguid
Project Management Maeve O’Neill
Produced by Your Words Your World CIC & Rua Arts
Supported by Hertfordshire Libraries, Norden Farm, Walker Books & Stanley Arts
Funded by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants
Box Office phone lines are open from 10am – 6pm Monday – Saturday
Full terms and conditions of ticket bookings can be found here
Light refreshments and soft drinks will be available from the Egg Cafe from 30 minutes prior to the performance.
If you have any concerns regarding the content of any production, please speak to the Egg Reception.
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