MADDIE MOATE’S VERY CURIOUS CHRISTMAS CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR THE OLIVIER NOMINATED HIT SHOW
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- Sep 25
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RETURNING TO THE WEST END THIS CHRISTMAS AT THE GARRICK THEATRE FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2025 – SUNDAY 4 JANUARY 2026
This Christmas, Maddie Moate brings her Olivier Award-nominated festive adventure back to the West End – and she won’t be alone! Casting is now confirmed for MADDIE MOATE’S VERY CURIOUS CHRISTMAS returning this December.
Beloved children’s TV presenter Maddie (CBeebies’ Maddie’s Do You Know?) will once again lead the show, joined by returning workshop helpers Kira MacCarter as ‘Tinker’, and Zain Abrahams as ‘Goggles’, with CBeebies star Jennie Dale reprising her role as ‘Mrs Claus’ via a special virtual appearance.
Created and written by Maddie, the show takes audiences on an exciting STEM adventure inside Santa’s workshop, with performances at the Garrick Theatre from Friday 12 December to Sunday 4 January, with a press performance on Sunday 14 December at 3.30pm.
Tickets are on sale now.
Maddie is on work experience in this winter wonderland, and she’s got her hands full with two hilarious elves: Tinker, the trainee toymaker, and Goggles, the Head of Elf Safety.
But with Christmas just around the corner, the workshop is a whirlwind of mishaps!
With the clock ticking, Maddie and her young audience must use science, curiosity, and a sprinkle of Christmas magic to help Tinker and Goggles fix the workshop in time for Mrs Claus’ big visit.
Packed with festive fun, hands-on experiments, and plenty of giggles this family-friendly show is the perfect Christmas treat for kids and grown-ups as they work together to save the holiday season!
Maddie Moate is a BAFTA-winning children's TV presenter and YouTube filmmaker renowned for her passion for science, wildlife, and travel. She hosted the BAFTA-nominated CBeebies TV series Maddie's Do You Know? CBBC's Show Me the Honey and recently joined the long running Cbeebies TV series ‘Something Special’ in their new presenter line up. 2025 saw Maddie fronting the Cbeebies Musical ‘The Great Ice Cream Hunt’, which showed in nationwide cinemas this summer.
Maddie Moate said, “I'm so excited to be bringing Maddie’s Very Curious Christmas back to the West End – and this time with an Olivier nomination under our belt! I can’t wait to reunite with my friends, Santa’s helpers Goggles and Tinker, and of course Mrs Claus, as we share festive cheer and a tonne of science on stage!”
Alongside her work in TV, Maddie is the producer and creator of her YouTube channel ‘Maddie Moate’. Here, she has spent the past decade uploading curiosity-fuelled science videos for kids and families. It was awarded "Best Kids Channel" by Kidscreen in 2022 and has amassed more than 90 million views and 325 thousand subscribers. In addition to her own channel, Maddie has fronted online video series for BBC Earth, English Heritage, LEGO and Disney.
Beyond digital content and television, Maddie brings science to the stage, writing, producing, and hosting shows for her audiences. In the summer 2021, she debuted her show, The Wonder Games, during a London residency at The London Wonderground, and later took it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's Underbelly stage in 2022. In 2023, Maddie performed at Shakespeare's Globe in a CBeebies adaptation of Twelfth Night. She has also been a regular in the popular CBeebies Christmas Show since 2017, and performed at the Royal Albert Hall for the CBeebies Prom for the third time in 2024.
Since 2021, Maddie has worked with Penguin’s Puffin releasing three non-fiction books for children, Stuff, A Very Curious Christmas and most recently How Does It Work?.
Additionally, Maddie is a patron of the Youth STEM Awards (YSA) scheme and an ambassador for The Wildlife Trust and Eureka: The National Children’s Museum.
