Poet Simon Mole and musician Gecko have joined forces to write and perform an interactive musical show for children, aged 4-11, and families – Mole & Gecko: THE SHOW which they are bringing to Wakefield Library on Saturday 7 March at 11am. What’s more, tickets are FREE!
Book in advance to avoid disappointment. Email: wakefieldlibrarymuseum@wakefield.gov.uk or telephone: 01924 305376
A mole and a gecko are starting a journey, with songs and with poetry too. A quest for adventure – a quest with a duck! And all that they’re missing is YOU! Gecko sings songs and lives on the warm rock. Mole likes rap and lives at the edge of the water. This unlikely pair are off on a journey down the river on a boat. Mole & Gecko is an adventure story that the audience (that’s you!) helps create. There are live songs, rap stories, instant poems… and a weasel with a serious biscuit problem. Join our heroes as they discover that what they thought they were searching for might be less important than what they find along the way.
Mole and Gecko are delighted to be performing the show in a number of libraries, alongside more traditional theatre venues, as part of this national tour.
Simon Mole said: “When I was growing up, going to the library was a highlight of my week. It was a place that felt somewhere between my living room and a mysterious wonderland. As well as picking out books I remember enjoying just sitting about in a space that wasn’t mine in the same way home was, but kind of felt like it did belong to me as much as anybody else. I’ve done a lot of my writing and thinking (and napping) in libraries over the years too and seen first-hand what vibrant and vital spaces they are for such a wide range of people. This tour is about making our work more accessible so that audiences can enjoy the same quality show whether they see it in a theatre, a library or a community space.”
Gecko said: “Libraries are somewhere that everyone is welcome without feeling pressured to buy a coffee if you’re there too long. But these wonderful multi-faceted doors to endless worlds are under massive threat. We want to celebrate these spaces while we have them. Our show is low tech so we can bring exactly the same experience as a theatre right into the heart of communities reaching new people along the way whether they’re regular bookworms or just took shelter in the library that morning because it was raining.”
Two catchy songs from the show, The Name Song and The Friend Ship, have been released on YouTube (tagged #molegecko), giving a fun sneak preview of what’s in store for families.
