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Dear Zoo

Dear Zoo at The Arts Theatre, Cambridge

Friday 17 July 2026
Sunday 19 July 2026

About the show

Dear Zoo, Rod Campbell's timeless children’s book returns to the stage!

See our characters write to the Zoo. Who will be delivered? A cheeky monkey, a jumpy frog and of course a perfect puppy.

Help your children learn as the book leaps onto the stage and share a magical experience as the story unfolds with child-engaging puppets, music and lots of audience interaction.

Rod Campbell’s best-selling lift the flap book has delighted generations of young readers since it was first published in 1982. And has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide.

This production will delight all those who have read the book (both young and old) as it unfolds with child-engaging puppets, music and lots of audience interaction.

Join us and see what the zoo has sent: the perfect pet – in the end!

Featuring - Dear Zoo

Dear Zoo appearing at this event

Dear Zoo the timeless children’s classic book makes its stage premiere.

Join Ben, and his friend Sally, as they wait to see what the Zoo will send when they get Ben’s letter asking for a pet. All kinds of familiar animals big and small arrive, but will they make a good pet? Well, wait and see!

This production will delight all those who have read the book (both young and old) as it unfolds with child-engaging puppets, music and lots of audience interaction.

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