Spike the Echidna

Next date: Monday, 06 July 2026 | 10:00 AM

Follow a baby echidna on his journey to find out where he belongs.…

Montrose Town Centre
Monday 6 July | 10 AM
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Performance

Combining shadow puppetry and slapstick, Spike is an interactive experience for a family audience.
Stolen as an egg from his mother’s nest by a sneaky rat, the baby echidna hatches far away from home. A young girl, playing alone in the bush, finds him. She is there on her own because she is being bullied by other children. Because the baby echidna has no spikes yet, she doesn’t know what kind of creature he is. She tries to work out where he comes from but accidentally puts him in dangerous situations – in the nest of a crocodile, an emu and a turtle. He feels frightened, rejected, alone. As the story unfolds, she helps him to discover where he belongs, and he helps her to find her own “spikes” and stand up to the bullies.

50 min

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Shadow Puppetry Workshop: Playing with Light

Watch as your drawings leap to life, off the page and onto the stage!
Come along and explore the world of shadow puppetry with an experienced puppeteer, Jenny Ellis. This hands-on workshop will give children a range of skills to make their own shows and as well as a puppet they can take home. Participants will imagine and design their own unique puppet characters, then they’re guided through the process of making their puppets and bringing them to life. Children will work together in small groups to create their own shows. With a few tricks of the trade, they will finish with a performance of their own stories on a real shadow puppet stage.

Workshop Duration: 45 mins
Ages: 4 – 12 (6 years and under need to be accompanied by an adult)
Tickets are only needed for children. Supervising adults don't need a ticket.