CHUGGINGTON LIVE! Coming to Benedum Center, 1/31

By: Jan. 15, 2015
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The North American premiere tour of CHUGGINGTON LIVE! The Great Rescue Adventure, produced by Life Like Touring and Ludorum, rolls into Pittsburgh's Benedum Center on Saturday, January 31, 2015 for two performances, at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. This tour is presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, as part of the Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series. The live-action, musical children's show is based on the popular television series and gives young fans and their families the opportunity to experience the train-tastic adventures of the Chuggington trainees, Wilson, Brewster and Koko.

Tickets ($21-$51) are available at www.TrustArts.org, by calling 412-456-6666, or in person at Theater Square Box Office, 655 Penn Avenue. Groups of 10 or more, call 412-471-6930 or visit online www.TrustArts.org/groupsales.

CHUGGINGTON LIVE! The Great Rescue Adventure brings the familiar series television to the stage featuring a variety of human characters and full costume characters-Wilson, Brewster, Koko, Jackman, Hanzo, Zack and Skylar. The characters perform well-known songs from the television series along with new ones created for the tour. The production also features impressive trains with working features and movements. Additional characters, animated locomotives and action sequences are staged on a giant LED video screen backdrop. The staged production tells the tale of a group of trainees who are eager to impress their mentors by mastering new roles that test their courage, speed and determination. When Koko finds herself in trouble at Rocky Ridge Mine, it's up to her friends to help her. Do the trainees have what it takes to put their newly learned skills into practice to save Koko?

CHUGGINGTON LIVE! The Great Rescue Adventure is written and directed by Theresa Borg. Borg has written and/or directed a variety of productions for international family brands, including Sesame Street Presents Elmo's World Tour, Scooby-Doo LIVE! Musical Mysteries for Warner Bros., Cartoon Network's BEN 10 LIVE: Time Machine, and Yo Gabba Gabba Live! There's a Party in My City!.

For more information about CHUGGINGTON LIVE! The Great Rescue Adventure tour, visit www.chuggingtonlive.com.



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