Star children’s performer brings Party tour to Her Majesty’s

FORMER Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins is expected to fill Her Majesty’s Theatre to the brim with ecstatic children when she brings her Emma Memma: Dance Island Party tour to town next week.

She’ll be joined by her friends Elvin Melvin, BB Butterfly and Waffles the Wombat, plus an Auslan interpreter on the side of the stage.

Watkins said the production is based on her album of the same name, released in March.

“Since then we’ve had a huge influx of feedback from parents, educators and families listening to the songs and choosing their favourite ones,” she said.

“Sometimes when we write our music, we can predict which will be useful for a live audience and which are better used in the home or at daycare.

“Actually, this time the album showed us a few songs that we didn’t think would be that (exciting), (and) the different perspectives amaze us.”

She described the show as a “musical adventure” with, for the first time, an element of “emotion” added.

“It’s music, it’s song, it’s dance, and it’s sign language,” she said.

“Everything is very happy and joyful, which it always is, (but) I guess the stakes are higher for the characters, which we didn’t do before.

“We’ve never explored that with Emma and we’ve found that’s made the audience way more engaged.

“I suppose every little element of drama, kids don’t hide things, you can see it on their faces.

“It’s been a really nice change and I’m so glad we’ve been able to do it.”

Emma Watkins will perform Emma Memma: Dance Island Party twice on Thursday 17 July at Her Majesty’s Theatre, from 10am to 10.45am and 12.30pm to 1.15pm.

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