BABY

ON

BOARD!

Happy Families is just a game


The Story

TOBY is ten months old - going on fourty five. He can't talk yet, but he's got a lot to say - about the state of his parents marriage, and his relationship with a woman four times his age - his sister INDIA. Of course no one can hear what TOBY really thinks - except us.

This is the story of twelve months in the life of MEL and HILLARY BROWN as observed and interpreted by their children.

BABY ON BOARD! is a radically different view of family life in the nineties - one that is about two feet from the floor.

Welcome to a year in Peudouce.


The Concept

A six foot singing baby in a romper suit, his sister (a post-feminist three year old), and their four friends at the creche present a strikingly unfamiliar view of a familiar subject. When the father falls for the nanny, they're playroom wise enough to know that there's trouble ahead. A look at life which is both wickedly funny and suprisingly touching.


The Quotes

"the best thing since Andy Pandy"

"hilarious - one of the funniest shows I've seen in ages"


The Writers

Book & Lyrics: Mary Stewart-David

Music: Denis King