Tom Fletcher said, “ I’m so excited to see ‘There’s a Monster In Your Book,’ come to life on stage! The whole journey is incredibly exciting and I can’t wait to get to rehearsals to meet the puppets. Theatre is such an important way to introduce children to the arts and ‘There’s a Monster In Your Show’ is the perfect first theatre trip for pre-schoolers and their families. I’m so looking forward to seeing their reactions first-hand.” Theatre Credits include: The Wolves in The Walls (The little Angel Theatre) The Storm Whale (The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury) The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The Ambassadors, West End) Pygmalion (No 1 UK Tour) Ariodante (Palau De Les Arts) Swiss Family Robinson ( The Core at Corby Cube) Snow White (Courtyard Theatre, Hereford) Dear Father Christmas (The Oxford Playhouse) In The Night Garden Live (The O2 & UK Tour) In 1980 Roman was invited to join Polka Theatre in Wimbledon as an actor and in ’81 as the associate director and has proudly been involved with the theatre for over 42 years helping to direct/produce more than 90 plays at Polka aimed for our younger audiences - both for the Main Stage and the Adventure Theatre. Over the years, Roman has worked with many leading writers: Bryony Lavery, Mike Kenny, Brendan Murray, Lynne Read Banks, Charles Way, Phillip Pullman to name a few. The style of work has varied from directing straight forward drama plays through to musicals via pure puppet shows. His productions have taken him around the world with performances in Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Turkey and USA as well as the UK

In his freelance capacity Roman also coaches, teaches and directs at many drama colleges, which includes ALRA, E15 and Drama Studio London, RCSSD, and is an experienced mask and puppetry director/consultant for various theatre companies. Now, with Little Guy, it's important that any 'monsters' have 'nice' faces and be 'not scary'. Greg Abbot's illustration of Tom's monster was approved by Little Guy, so Gramma started to read.... Puffin is an imprint of Penguin Random House, the world’s number-one publisher representing a vibrant community of publishing houses marked by unparalleled success. Through our world of stories, Puffin aims to open up the world to every child. Our mission is to inspire children to feel they can be and do anything, and to create readers for life. Fletcher said today: “I’m so excited to see There’s a Monster In Your Book come to life on stage! Theatre is such an important way to introduce children to the arts, and There’s a Monster In Your Show is the perfect first theatre trip for pre-schoolers and their families.”

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Monday 4 th December at 1.30pm, Tuesday 5 th December at 1.30pm, Wednesday 6 th December at 1.30pm. Born in London in 1953 of mixed heritage, Roman finally opted out of studying “Biomedical Electrical Engineering” and completed a postgraduate course at the Drama Studio London entering into the world of professional acting in 1977. His forte has always been visual and physical theatre with a strong understanding of the technical aspects as well. He specialised more in mime and practiced as well as taught the skill in various schools and colleges in the late seventies. Puffin started out as a non-fiction publisher, with its first title appearing in 1940. As the most iconic and well-known children’s book brand in the UK today, we are always on the lookout for innovative ways to tell the world’s favourite stories and for brilliant new debut talent and brands that connect with today’s young readers, from newborn up to twelve years old. Tom Fletcher said, “I’m so excited to see 'There's a Monster In Your Book,' come to life on stage! The whole journey is incredibly exciting and I can’t wait to get to rehearsals to meet the puppets. Theatre is such an important way to introduce children to the arts and ‘There’s a Monster In Your Show’ is the perfect first theatre trip for pre-schoolers and their families. I’m so looking forward to seeing their reactions first-hand."

I think we read it together about three or four times and then Little Guy decided to read it to Gramma. The illustrations of each action are colorful, perfectly suited and allowed him to easily tell the story as well. Aside from her stage work, Miranda’s TV credits include Head Writer for a new TV series, Pop Paper City for Channel 5 Milkshake, which recently won a Royal Television Society South Award for ‘Best Short Form’. His Panto and Christmas Show Credits: PC Pong in 'Aladdin' (Regent Theatre Ipswich/Carlisle Sands Centre), Santa Claus in 'Santa and the Christmas Adventure' (Epsom Playhouse, Watford Colosseum, Wimbledon Theatre) Gawp (Puppeteer and voice) in 'Beauty and The Beast' (Camberley Theatre), Man Friday in 'Robinson Crusoe' (Leatherhead Theatre and The Winter Gardens Margate)Other Credits: Scratch (Puppeteer) in 'Bear in Woods' (5 episodes plus Storytime Adventures/Sing-A-Long) A high-energy 50-minute adventure featuring lively original music, this show is the perfect introduction to live theatre. Watford Palace Theatre is set to host the premiere of new musical show There’s a Monster in Your Show, based on the best-selling picture book by Tom Fletcher and Greg Abbott. Adapted for the stage by Zoe Bourn and directed by Miranda Larson, this 50-minute production is geared towards introducing young children to the magic of live theatre.