Ingredients for a show...

A watertight setLightMusic, played on a double bassMemories of playing in the bath when we were children(and of puddles, hosepipes, waterpistols, stepping stones, rainstorms)(memories of puddles, hosepipes, waterpistols, stepping stones, rainstorms and bath-time from when we were adults)Two lovely performers, willing to get soaking wetA marvellous stage management teamLots of blue silk, to make walls, to keep the water in6 yellow wellies3 changes of costumeTowels, bathrobes, heatersBiscuits, to keep us all warm on the insideSomewhere to have a nap when you get that feeling like you’ve been for a swim and all you want to do is fall asleep on the bus back to school or maybe eat a packet of salt and vinegar crispsMany many many many gallons of waterNozzles, pipes, a great big pumpA non slip floorAnd the knowledge that in a few weeks the first of our very special guests – those three and four year olds with all their own memories of bath-time, waterpistols, stepping stones and the rest – will start to arrive…