Raymond Briggs

Oct 10, 2024 | britishtheatreguide.info | Raymond Briggs

Author(s): Raymond Briggs Company: Pins & Needles Running time: 55min approx Age recommendation: 3–11 years Venue: Waterside, Sale Dates: 1–29 Dec 2024 Ever wondered what it would be like to sit on a polar bear's lap? Or ride on its back? Have you ever tried to give a bear a bath? Or clear up its poo?! Looking after a bear is exhausting stuff. One night when she's fast asleep, an enormous snowy white bear climbs into Tilly's bedroom.

Oct 10, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Roz Chast |Brian Fies |Raymond Briggs |Tim Bird

After my mum died, I decided I had to do something with her paintings. She’d painted as a hobby throughout her life, and they’d accumulated in drawers all over the house. I felt that if I didn’t do something with them, who else would? I imagined they’d eventually become my kids’ problem and they’d get quietly disposed of when they no longer had room to store them. The thing about the paintings that I particularly loved was the stories they reminded me of. The way they were a backdrop to my childhood.

May 26, 2024 | rumble.com | Raymond Briggs

The ManBy Raymond Briggs Briggs' original and provocative story tells what happens when a seven-inch man appears at the home of a young boy, and the boy is compelled to become a father to the man. An award-winning bestseller in England, Raymond Briggs's "surreal, mind-bending masterpiece" (Manchester Guardian) is truly a book for all ages. With over 150 illustrations and text told entirely in dialogue. Afternoon PlayBBC Radio 42006Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio?

Feb 21, 2024 | theoldie.co.uk | Raymond Briggs

Sneezing. Now, what is sneezing FOR? Most of the other things our body does to us, without our consent, such as coughing, groaning, gasping, sighing, and yawning, serve some practical purpose. Though I am not sure what yawning is for, unless it is a warning shot across the bows to the bore who is talking to us. The short, two or three, quick, light sneezes, which everyone does, must be due to some minor irritation, but what causes both me and my friend Sue to have sneezing FITS?

Nov 18, 2023 | broadwayworld.com | Blair Ingenthron |Raymond Briggs

The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced Aladdin as its pantomime for 2024, written by Sonia Jalaly, directed by Lyric Associate Director Nicholai La Barrie, and playing in the Main House from Saturday 16 November 2024 – Sunday 05 January 2025 with early bird booking of 30% off available now.