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For Immediate Release Contact: Kathryn Wills, Director of Marketing [email protected] “#1 box office family tour of 2016” -Pollstar SURPRISE! BRAND NEW PEPPA PIG LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCED “Peppa Pig’s Surprise” Will Visit More Than 60 Cities Beginning Fall 2017; Tickets On-Sale Beginning March 10 Live at the Florida Theatre September 23 New York – March 7, 2017 – Surprise, Peppa Pig fans! A brand new, live stage show announced today ensures Peppa Pig will be touring North America through 2017 and beyond. Peppa Pig’s Surprise will visit more than 60 cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit and Atlanta. The Peppa Pig stage show, based on Entertainment One’s (eOne) top-rated TV series, airing daily on Nick Jr., is one of the most successful family theater tours in U.S. history. One hundred twenty five venues have completely sold out with 300,000 tickets sold in the U.S. to date. Peppa’s Pig Surprise will be live at the Florida Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 23 for two shows at 1pm and 5pm. VIP packages that include a meet and greet are available starting Tuesday, 1 March 7 at noon. Tickets on-sale to the public Friday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m. and can be purchased by calling the box office at 904.355 2787 or floridatheatre.com. In Peppa Pig’s Surprise, it’s a lovely day and Peppa is playing outside with her friends. Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig have got a surprise for her and her younger brother George, but no matter how hard they try, they cannot guess what it is. Audiences will enjoy interactive fun, games and, of course, many surprises. The live show encompasses the charming, colorful nature of the incredibly popular television series and features brand-new songs and life-size puppets that walk, talk, dance, and jump up and down to give audiences a unique, interactive theatrical experience from the moment the curtain opens. The fun-filled show brings the hit TV series to life on stage, giving families the opportunity to engage with their favorite characters like never before in an unforgettable first live theater experience. “Peppa Pig’s Surprise promises to be the perfect theater show for all preschoolers,” said Director Richard Lewis, who returns to adapt episodes from the hit TV show for stage as he did with the touring smash hit Peppa Pig’s Big Splash. “It’s been an incredible experience seeing the children’s reactions to the live stage show. It just confirms that Peppa Pig really is a worldwide phenomenon.” “Audience response has been overwhelmingly positive to the first tour and we look forward to bringing Peppa’s story to life on stage once again with a whole new adventure,” said Jonathan Shank, Executive Producer, Red Light Management. “Kids love interacting with these characters on stage.” Peppa’s first North American theater tour, and what will be the final leg of Peppa Pig’s Big Splash, resumes March 25 in Anaheim, CA. By popular demand, 40 additional cities were added to the tour schedule this year, including coast-to-coast stops from Oakland to Newark and many more. In addition, the hit live show will make an exciting visit north of the border for the very first time with stops in major Canadian cities, including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. For more information and tour dates, please visit www.peppapigliveus.com, Facebook and Twitter. Peppa Pig’s Surprise tour schedule: Sept 16 Fort Lauderdale, FL Au-Rene Theater – Broward Sept 17 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall Sept 19 Melbourne, FL King Center for The Performing Arts Sept 20 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live Sept 21 Mobile, AL Saenger Theatre Sept 22 Montgomery, AL Montgomery Performing Arts Center Jacksonville, FL Sept 23 Florida Theatre (2 Shows) Sept 24 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Performance Arts Centre Sept 26 Jackson, MS Thalia Mara Hall Sept 27 Huntsville, AL Von Braun Center 2 Sept 28 Nashville, TN Grand Ole Opry House Sept 29 Spartanburg, SC The Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium Sept 30 Charleston, SC Charleston Gaillard Center Oct 1 Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre Oct 3 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre Oct 4 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre Oct 6 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre Wallingford, CT Oct 7 Toyota Presents the Oakdale Theatre (2 Shows) Boston, MA Oct 8 Orpheum Theatre (2 Shows) Oct 10 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center Oct 11 Charlotte, NC Belk Theater at North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Oct 12 Norfolk, VA Chrysler Hall Theatre Glenside, PA Oct 14 Keswick Theatre (2 Shows) Oct 17 Providence, RI The Vets Oct 20 Buffalo, NY Shea’s Performing Arts Center Pittsburgh, PA Oct 22 Byham Theater (2 Shows) Oct 24 Toledo, OH Stranahan Theater Oct 25 Akron, OH Akron Civic Theatre Oct 26 Charleston, WV Charleston Municipal Auditorium Oct 27 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace Theatre Oct 28 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre Nov 1 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre Nov 2 South Bend, IN Morris Performing Arts Center Nov 3 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre Chicago, IL Nov 4 Chicago Theatre (2 Shows) Nov 5 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre Nov 7 Grand Rapids, MI DeVos Performance Hall Nov 9 Rockford, IL Coronado Theatre Nov 10 Green Bay, WI Weidner Center Nov 11 Madison, WI Overture Center for the Arts – Overture Hall Nov 12 Minneapolis, MN Northrup Auditorium Nov 14 Sioux City, IA Orpheum Theatre Nov 15 Cedar Rapids, IA Paramount Theatre Nov 16 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center Nov 17 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre St. Louis, MO Nov 19 Peabody Opera House (2 Shows) Nov 21 Springfield, MO Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts Nov 22 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie San Antonio, TX Nov 24 Majestic Theatre (2 Shows) Nov 25 Houston, TX Revention Music Center New Orleans, LA Nov 26 Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts (2 Shows) 3 Nov 29 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater Nov 30 Oklahoma City, OK Hudson Performance Hall Dec 1 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater Dec 2 Salina, KS The Stiefel Theatre Dec 3 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre Dec 6 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre Dec 7 San Diego, CA Balboa Theatre Microsoft Theater Dec 10 Los Angeles, CA (2 Shows) The 3rd leg of Peppa Pig’s Big Splash tour schedule: March 25 Anaheim, CA The Grove of Anaheim March 26 Santa Barbara, CA Arlington Theatre March 28 Bakersfield, CA The Fox Theatre March 29 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Community Center Theater March 30 Santa Rosa CA Luther Burbank Center for the Arts March 31 Fresno, CA Warnors Theatre April 1 Modesto, CA Gallo Center For The Arts April 2 Oakland, CA Fox Theater April 4 Redding, CA Redding Civic Auditorium April 5 Portland, OR Schnitzer Hall April 6 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre April 7 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre April 8 Kelowna, BC Kelowna Community Theatre April 9 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium April 11 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium April 12 Regina, SK Conexus Arts Centre April 13 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre April 14 Grand Forks, ND Chester Fritz Auditorium April 15 Sioux Falls, SD Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science April 18 Toronto, ON Sony Centre For Performing Arts April 19 Kitchener, ON Centre in the Square April 20 Hamilton, ON Hamilton Place Theatre April 21 Montreal, QC Place Des Arts Theatre April 22 London, ON Budweiser Gardens April 23 Ottawa, ON National Arts Centre April 25 Lowell, MA Lowell Memorial Auditorium April 26 Burlington, VT Flynn Center For The Performing Arts April 27 Newark, NJ New Jersey Performing Arts Center April 28 Scranton, PA Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Theatre at Scranton April 29 Staten Island, NY St. George Theatre April 30 Lancaster, PA American Music Theatre May 2 Bethesda, MD Music Center at Strathmore May 3 Sewell, NJ Investors Bank Performing Arts Center May 5 Asbury Park, NJ Paramount Theatre 4 May 6 Rochester, NY Eastman Theatre May 7 Springfield, MA Symphony Hall Show Credits: Directed by Richard Lewis Composer Mani Svavarsson Matt Lewis is lyricist Simon Scullion is designer Andy Booth is music director Produced by Red Light Management, Fiery Angel and eOne About Entertainment One Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE:ETO) is a global independent studio that specialises in the development, acquisition, production, financing, distribution and sales of entertainment content. The Company’s diversified expertise spans across film, television and music production and sales, family programming, merchandising and licensing, and digital content. Through its global reach and expansive scale, powered by deep local market knowledge, the Company delivers the best content to the world. Entertainment One’s robust network includes film and television studio The Mark Gordon Company; content creation venture Amblin Partners with Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Studios, Participant Media, and Reliance Entertainment; leading feature film production and global sales company Sierra Pictures; unscripted television production companies Renegade 83, Paperny Entertainment and Force Four Entertainment; world-class music labels Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang; and award-winning digital agency Secret Location. The Company’s rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 100,000 hours of film and television content and approximately 40,000 music tracks. www.entertainmentone.com ### Media Contacts: John Tellem / Dan Grody Tellem Grody PR (for Peppa Pig Live) 310-313-3444 [email protected] / [email protected] Alison Grand / Jaymie Ivler Grand Communications (for eOne/Peppa Pig) 212-584-1133 [email protected] / [email protected] 5 .