Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for Kids

Uncle Chris and his community theatre company are on the run from some vicious guards in Elizabethan England!

‘What on earth do you think you’re doing here? How dare you interrupt my play…’

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In their quest to find out the facts about Shakespeare for Connie, and the queens guards hot on their heels, the gang crash head first into a performance of one of his plays…and come face to face with Queen Elizabeth the 1st!

Will she cut off their heads? Or will they get a chance to change her mind? 😱

Come back to ye old England with us adventurers and find out! Just make sure you hold on to your heads!

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Say hello adventurer!

Connie needs help with her Shakespeare essay, so she asks Uncle Chris and his community theatre company to lend her a hand!

‘It feels quite royal in here, almost like we are at the Tudor court…’

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A bit rusty on their Shakespearean knowledge, Uncle Chris takes his theatre company back in time to Tudor, England, to gather the facts as they happen. But when he accidentally offends Queen Elizabeth the 1st, the gang must run from her guards - who are trying to cut off their heads!

Come with us and visit the sights, sounds and people of ye ole England- but don’t forget your nose pegs adventurers. It’s a bit whiffy…

Welcome to the prestigious Armchair Adventures Grammy Awards, or AAGA's for short, where Uncle Chris picks out his favourite musical moments from the episodes so far! 🎶🏆👩‍🎤

"First up is the AAGA for 'Best Use Of A Musical Instrument To Represent An Animal!"

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While Connie makes her way back from Mrs Maestro's 'Musical Extravaganza Adventure', she's asked her Uncle Chris to pick out his favourite musical moments from previous Armchair Adventures Episodes.

Listen now to find out who will come out on top in categories like 'Best Lyrics', 'Best Ivory Tinkling' and not forgetting our 'Extra Super Special Lifetime Achievement Armchair Adventure Grammy Award!'

Don't forget to tell us what your favourite Armchair Adventure musical moments are adventurer. Ask a grown up to let us now by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and we'll give you a shout out next time!

“Strap yourself in, everybody; this last bit of the journey will be quite the ride.”

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In the third part of this musical trio, Mrs Maestro’s rickety old bus has to go through some tricky and slightly bonkers terrain, including a long dark tunnel, a sticky and slimy swamp, and a wiggly windy road. With the whole orchestra safely onboard the bus, this final leg of the journey does some very peculiar things to the music. And after all a very important member of the orchestra doesn’t turn up as planned, who will step in to keep everyone on time with their beautiful and imaginative hand movements?

“Do you know what adventurers, maybe I could do it? Do you think I can?”

The next stop is the string family from the ice cream parlour! Mrs Maestro's journey to get the musicians in the orchestra to the super-duper concert on time continues. Mrs Maestro gets confused when it's time to pay for all those delicious ice creams, and Connie and her customers come to her aid.

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“Don’t worry Mrs Maestro, let’s do it together. We’ll help you. Isn’t that right gang?”

The next pickup is the brass family from the Great Grand Palace- a royal but somewhat overwhelming experience. And then it’s the percussion family from the disco, and it’s time to dance, dance, dance! In this episode, we continue honing our conducting skills using hand gestures to control the music. But don’t worry, the professional conductor is meeting us at the concert hall to conduct the orchestra in the super-duper concert. But only if we can get the musicians there on time! And now we are running super late!