ARBUTHNOT AND PUDDLES GET HELP WITH GAG FOR NEW
SHOW
Arbuthnot
and Puddles’ Pirate Adventure
South Shields
Customs House
Tuesday 24th
July to Friday 26th July 2018
A young joke
lover won big on his first trip to The Customs House.
Ten-year-old
Ethan Stayman travelled from Chester-le-Street with his family and friends to
see Arbuthnot’s Super Happy Silly Fun Game Show at The Customs House, in South
Shields, during the Easter school holidays.
He entered the joke competition and walked away with the big prize of a
PlayStation 4, which he picked up on his tenth birthday and has been enjoying with
his younger brother Elliot, six, ever since.
The gag he
entered was: How do you make a duck more
soulful? Zap it in the microwave until its Bill Withers.
The joke will now
be used in Arbuthnot and Puddles’ upcoming Pirate Adventure, which runs at The
Customs House from Tuesday 24th July to Friday 26th July,
at 11am and 2pm.
Arburthnot’s Super Silly Happy
Fun Gameshow winner
Ethan Stayman collects his
prize from David John Hopper (Arbuthnot).
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Ethan’s mum, Serena,
said: “I saw on Facebook that a friend was going with her children, so we
thought we’d tag along because it looked like it would be fun. It was the first
time we’d been to The Customs House. Ethan
is a bit shy but he does like telling jokes and he has a few joke books. I
think he probably gets it from his dad, Robert, because he likes jokes too. He sings in the school choir and they were
singing a Bill Withers song, Lean On Me, and I think one of the teachers told
the joke. Ethan came home and told us and we all thought it was really funny. His
dad encouraged him to enter it into the competition and he was taken aback when
he won. He and his brother are loving the prize because they’ve never had a
PlayStation or anything like it before. I can’t get them off it!”
David John
Hopper, who has played Arbuthnot since his first appearance in The Customs
House panto, Jack and the Beanstalk, in 2016, said: “The
joke tickled me because I’ve never heard it before and I thought it was just so
clever and witty!”
Arbuthnot and Puddles |
Arbuthnot
and Puddles are taking a break over the May half-term to make way for The
Takeover Festival for young people at The Customs House, but they’re back with
a new show in the summer holidays. Arbuthnot
surprises his best friend Puddles by booking tickets for an exotic cruise. The
only problem is, they’re setting sail on a pirate ship! Will our heroes sink or
a swim? Find out as they sing, dance and boogie their way through this
toe-tapping, swash-buckling pirate adventure.
Hopper,
who co-writes and directs the show, said: “I’m so excited for Arbuthnot and
Puddles’ Pirate Adventure because I just love pirates! I’m going to be taking inspiration from some
of my favourite stories like Peter Pan, Pirates of the Caribbean and Captain
Pugwash. I’m putting together a strong cast of some of the best performers in
the whole of the north east. I can’t wait!”
Tickets
Tickets
for Arbuthnot and Puddles’ Pirate Adventure are on sale now, priced £8. The
show is perfect for the under-10s. Contact the box office on (0191) 454 1234 or
book online at www.customshouse.co.uk.
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