YOUTUBE sensation Little Baby Bum is about to tour the UK, stopping at the Palace Theatre in July for two dates.

Little Baby Bum Live - which combines puppetry, live action and animation - invites audiences to step into the magical and colourful world of Mia, Jacus, Twinkle and their Nursery Rhyme friends on their latest adventure.

The production has been written and directed by Miranda Larson who has a string of credits in children's theatre under her belt, her most recent including the adaptation of Tom Fletcher’s Christmasaurus (Hammersmith Apollo); The Night Pirates (Rose Theatre, Kingston); Cartoon Network Live (International Tour) and Milkshake Live (UK Tour).

The show has been designed by Barney George and Timothy Bird, with musical direction from Barrie Bignold, choreography from Matthew Cole, lighting design from Dom Jeffrey and sound design from Julian Butler.

The cast includes Charlotte Cooper (Tour Guide, Baby Panda, Betsy, Wise Old Owl, Twinkle), Henry James Cox (Tour Guide, BaaBaa, Stan, Pig), Matthew Liptrot (Understudy, ASM), Jack McNeill (Jacus, Old Mac, Incy) and Rebecca Withers (Mia, Mayor, Daisy).

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An online and digital TV sensation, Little Baby Bum is the world’s largest educational YouTube channel with over 15 million subscribers and 16 billion views. Its debut YouTube video, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was uploaded on 29 August 2011. Since then the channel has gone on to become the world’s largest educational channel on YouTube, winning several awards along the way and holds the Guinness World record for the most-watched educational video of all time.

Little Baby Bum can now be viewed across a variety of platforms including YouTube and Netflix.

Little Baby Bum Live is on at the theatre in London Road, Westcliff, on Monday July 16 and Tuesday July 17.

Visit southendtheatres.org.uk for booking.

Echo: Jacus - one of the Baby Bum Live characters