After a decade of delighting audiences around the country, Snow Mouse returns in a frosty follow-up featuring some new friends. With original live music, sound effects and puppets, Snow Mice! follows three children at the start of the winter holidays as they arrive in a strange new house. But where will they all sleep? Will they have to share a room? And will it ever snow again?

When night falls and the youngest child is woken by the appearance of a mysterious Snow Mouse, he ventures outside into the snow with his new friend. Though his siblings remain doubtful such creatures exist, the three brave adventurers set off on a snowy journey to the top of a hill and into a boundless world of imagination—where they discover that Snow Mice are real after all. At its heart, Snow Mice! is a playful tale about sibling adventures, what we believe in and finding your feet in unfamiliar places.

Snow Mouse was created 12 years ago by The Egg and Travelling Light, with the puppet beautifully crafted by Marc Parrett and Edwina Bridgman. Since then, this enchanting character has become something of a local celebrity, delighting more than 45,000 people across the UK each winter with its charming tale of adventure and friendship. For many children in Bath, Snow Mouse has been their very first taste of theatre. With Snow Mice we’re trying to keep hold of what was magical about the original and take the story a little further and a little deeper into the snowy landscape.

Director Alex Byrne said, “At NIE we’ve made lots of Christmas shows before and have performed in various places including Cambridge Junction, the Tobacco Factory in Bristol, Polka Children’s Theatre in London, and even at the New Victory Theater in New York but this is our first collaboration with The Egg in one of the loveliest dedicated children’s theatre spaces in the country. I’ve seen and loved most of The Eggs Christmas shows, and it’s amazing to have the chance to contribute to making one this time round! The original Snow Mouse is such a lovely show and well loved by audiences in Bath so it’s a big responsibility to think about making a bigger version that’s focused on a slightly older age group. What I loved about the original Snow Mouse show was a sense of playfulness, the way that it embraced its audience and the very subtle parallels between the experience of the mouse and the child in the story. It’s a great challenge and we can’t wait share Christmas with new audiences to NIEs work in Bath.”

Running Time: 60 mins | Suitable for ages 3+

Running from 20th November 2025 – 11th January 2026 – You can get your tickets here!

Company information

Director Alex Byrne

Devising Nikki Warwick, Martin Bonger, Linda Scaramelli and Greg Hall

Writers Alex Byrne, Kate Cross and Georgia Casimir

 Composer & Musician Greg Hall

Designer Zoe Squire

Associate Designer Holly Coulson

Cast Martin Bonger, Linda Scaramella, Nikki Warwick