I love the theatre.

I love the emotions a live show can evoke.

I love revelling in the story telling.

I love watching the dancers and remembering how I dreamt of dancing at the royal variety performance as a child.

I want my girls to love it too but what age is suitable to take children to the theatre?

It is safe to say that babies are not really the ideal audience for any show and you won't be thanked by the rest of the audience either if the baby starts screaming during the performance.

Toddlers love to explore, so unless the show is something that really captures their attention (or you have a very compliant toddler), it wouldn't be my recommendation to take really small children either.

When they reach school age, they are used to sitting down for longer periods of time but like a toddler, it needs to be something that captures their imaginations. Think more like Scooby Doo mysteries than Les Miserables.

I used to love Scooby Doo when I was younger and my godson has this strange obsession with a very stretchy Scooby Doo toy, so I was delighted to find out that they are actually doing a stage show called:

Mystery of Scooby Doo Live Show

The show surrounds Scooby Doo, Shaggy, Velma and Daphne as they arrive in Egypt to solve the mystery of Pharoh Hatchespouts Pyramid. The show looks awesome but is quite a way for us to travel but having looked at the hotels close by, there are some great deals to be had with Holiday Inn hotels:

Holiday Inn Basingstoke

Holiday Inn Farnborough

Holiday Inn Guildford

We could make a weekend of our first theatre trip and to help keep the children quiet ...... we need to remember our Scooby snacks!

Disclaimer : This post is in collaboration with Holiday Inn but all aspirations of dancing at the Royal Variety are my own!

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