Under blue and green stage lighting, two performers sit close together on a rug, with the man holding a teddy bear and the woman resting her hands on his shoulders.

Polka Theatre, Adventure Theatre2022

Grandad, Me and Teddy Too

The Production

A Polka Theatre production for ages 2–5, Grandad, Me and Teddy Too transformed the Adventure Theatre into a wintry world of imaginative play. The production celebrated long-distance family connections as Mia and her Grandad explored the world together without leaving her playroom.

20 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Sarah Argent
Lighting Design: Jonathan Chan
Set & Costume Design: Katie Lias
Sound Design: Greg Hall
Commissioned by: Polka Theatre
Photography: Steve Gregson

A seated man in a red shirt raises both hands beside his head like ears, framed by a white door and leafy green wall.

In a wide view of the playroom-like set, a woman stands on upturned buckets holding a teddy bear while a man watches from across the stage holding a dark coat.

A woman in a furry hat holds a teddy bear under a black coat as she faces a man in a red shirt in an intimate pool of light.

Dim green light washes the wall as two performers sit on a rug, the man holding a teddy bear while the woman sits close behind him.

In a bright party scene, two performers in cone hats sit with balloons beside a teddy bear in a party hat, a tea set and cakes laid out on the rug.

A performer points up toward a suspended branch and spiderweb above the dark stage, with blue fairy lights glowing on a leafy column nearby.

A woman hugs a teddy bear tightly in the foreground while a man stands near the door behind her, surrounded by shelves and blue-lit foliage.

In cool blue lighting, a woman kneels with binoculars beside a seated man who holds a teddy bear, both gathered on a patterned rug.

The empty playroom set is arranged for a party, with a teddy bear in a cone hat holding a balloon near a tea set and a screen showing the production title.

Two performers sit closely on a rug in low blue light, one hugging the other while a teddy bear is held between them in a dim bedroom-like set.

A young performer walks across a bright stage clutching a teddy bear, while an older performer sits in shadow near a door on the bedroom set.

A young performer in a party hat holds a teddy bear and offers a mug toward a man shown on a television screen amid shelves of toys and glowing objects.

Two performers stand close together under a tight spotlight, the front performer clutching a teddy bear and looking upward with a tense expression.

In deep blue lighting, two performers sit on a rug with a teddy bear, both looking upward with open-mouthed expressions as the surrounding set fades into darkness.

Two performers in party hats embrace warmly beside a wall of toy-filled shelves, with a teddy bear held between them.

Seen from behind, a young performer raises a teddy bear toward a large illuminated spider web suspended in the dark above the stage.

Two performers sit on a rug in blue light, one behind the other, with a teddy bear in the older performer’s arms and glowing toy shelves behind them.

A young performer clutches a teddy bear and looks sideways with concern as an older performer turns away near a closed door.

A young performer pushes an older performer seated on a rug, while a teddy bear rests against his shoulder and his hands reach outward in motion.

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