SEE WITH YOUR EARS

★★★★★ 'Beautiful' The Stage
★★★★★ 'Magnificent' North West End
★★★★ 'You leave the theatre with sharpened senses'The Guardian
★★★★ 'Brave, moving, inventive and steadfastly emotionally truthful'Time Out


Winner of the Offies for Best Sound Design (Helen Skiera)

Poor Effy. Sent to live with her aunt and uncle in a block that won’t allow dogs. What’s a girl to do? She smuggles her furry friend in, of course. Keeps him under a blanket. Feeds him biscuits. Ssh Toto, quiet. But it can’t last forever. Effy needs saving. And Toto is up to the task.

Tim Crouch’s powerful play about listening, friendship and finding hope in the darkest of places returns to the Unicorn after rave reviews.

Wearing headphones, the audience will experience Effy’s world through 3D binaural audio technology. Immerse yourself in a compelling live mix of sound and action, and discover the sound of things you never knew had sounds…

‘One of the most important writers and theatre makers in the UK’ (The Stage), Tim Crouch (An Oak Tree, Young Vic; My Arm, Traverse Theatre) returns to the Unicorn with his signature blend of thought-provoking and experimental theatre.

For more details on content and suitability, please check the Content Guidance section.

You can find the visual story here.

Family and teacher resources for this production were produced in partnership with Place2Be, one of the UK’s leading children and young people’s mental health charities and can be found here.

Toto Kerblammo! was developed in consultation with our Creative Associates: Sophia, Simeon, Lily, Kiyra, Nia, Deetya, Anjaneya and Cesar.

An evening with Tim Crouch: In Conversation with Rachel Bagshaw

Join us after the 7pm show on Tuesday 19 May for an evening with the Unicorn’s Artistic Director Rachel Bagshaw, in conversation with Director and Writer of Toto Kerblammo! Tim Crouch.

The conversation will delve into Tim’s creative process, making theatre with sound as a primary language, exploring mental health challenges for young audiences, the show's sustainability successes in 2024 and more.

A 15 minute Q&A will follow. This event is complimentary for all ticket holders of that evenings performance.

NOTE: The cast in the trailer, production images and visual story are from the original 2024 production.