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=  Welcome to this year's production of 'Seussical'    July 28th - Aug 5th 2011    = Follow the links on the sidebar for information about the show. Synopsis

Welcome to the world of Dr Seuss. The Cat in the Hat is your guide to this amazing place. He introduces you and a curious child to the Jungle of Nool and the gentle-hearted elephant named Horton. While splashing in a pool, Horton discovers the tiny planet of Who, the size of a dust speck blowing in the wind. Despite the objections of the other jungle animals (who can't hear the inhabitants of Who), Horton vows to protect the planet and its citizens, safely placing it on a clover. Meanwhile on Who, a young girl named JoJo is in trouble with her parents again because of her overactive imagination. Out of frustration they sign her up to Military School, run by the draconian General Genghis Kahn Schmitz. In a desperate moment two dreamers, the giant Horton and JoJo, the tinest of them all, make the most unlikely of friendships. Gertrude McFuzz, Horton's shy but lovable next door neighbour, yearns for his attention, to no avail. in an effort to be noticed, Gertrude eats pills from the pillberry bush, in order to grow a more impressive tail. The mischievous Wickersham Brothers, while teasing the frightened Horton, steal the clover with the Whos and run off, followed by Horton on a hopeless chase. Horton's luck certainly runs out when the clover is dropped in a patch of colvers "100miles wide". While searching for the clover (and still ignoring Gertrude despite her now very impressively long tail), Horton is approached by Mayzie La Bird, an irreponsible bird looking for a break from nesting. Horton promises to keep the egg warm as long as she hurries back. Months pass and Horton never leaves the tree, despite the Whos being lost. On top of the tree Horton is a prime target for the hunters who soon surround him. Getrude tries to help, but her tail has grown too long for her to fly. Things look very grim until the Cat in the Hat reminds us how lucky we reallly all are, or are we? After some high jinks by the Cat in the Hat, our story resumes. Having been captured by the hunters, Horton is sold to the circus as the main attraction, On a whim Mayzie visits the circus, where she bumps into Horton, He pleads for her to take her egg back, but she mistakes his entrapment as a success and flies away. Meanwhile JoJo has arrived at the battlefield, the site of the fight with the "Butter Side Downers". Both Horton and JoJo wish they were somewhere else, a magical place called Solla Sollew. At the battle JoJo refuses to fight and runs away into a minefield Alone and frightened, she eventually finds her way to her relieved parents. Gertrude comes to rescue Horton from the circus and retells her story of her relentless determination to find him, and as a present delivers the clover containing the planet of Who. Before any happy reunions can take place, the Sour Kangaroo appears and arrests Horton for disturbing the peace and talking to a speck of dust. Judge Yertle the Turtle finds Horton insane, convicts him and demands the speck of dust be boiled, In a desperate effort to save their planet the Whos make as much noise as possible, but the jungle animals still cannot hear them. The Whos all turn to the thinker: JoJo. Does she solve the problem? Watch to find out.