JUST SO STORIES Set for Stephen Joseph Theatre

A long time ago, Rudyard Kipling wrote the Just So Stories for his own children - stories about where he imagined animals' trunks and humps and throats and other things came from.

Now, more than 100 years later, the SJT tells you its own version of these famous tales. Or that's what should be happening...

When things don't go quite as planned, an intrepid trio takes on the task using whatever comes to hand. The result will surprise and delight all the family.

From the imagination of one of the UK's best-known creators of family theatre, Scarborough-born Vicky Ireland, this brand new version is told with the help of puppets and original music.

Vicky Ireland, MBE FRSA, is a freelance children's theatre director and writer, and co-artistic director of A Thousand Cranes Theatre. She is Vice-Chair of Action for Children's Arts and secretary of the International Inclusive Arts Network.

Her new adaptation of Just So Stories, which she is also directing, stars Cate Hamer, Dan Henley and Catherine Lamb.

Just So Stories can be seen at the SJT, in rep, from Saturday 2 July to Saturday 27 August, with performances at 10am, 2.15pm and 6.45pm - please see the website for further details: www.sjt.uk.com/event/108/just_so_stories

Tickets are £12.50 for adults and £8.00 for children, and the show will run for around an hour. To book, please call the box office on 01723 370541 or visit: www.sjt.uk.com

Vicky Ireland will be giving a Tea Time Talk at 4.30pm on Tuesday 5 July in the McCarthy Theatre - tickets are £6.00.