This West End show about the Scouts has audience participation!

2023-03-12

A trigger warning even the least woke among us can appreciate: This West End show about the Scouts has audience participation!

Scouts! The Musical is set to see audience members jump on to the stage
They will also be asked to dance in the aisles during the child-friendly show

For once, it is the sort of trigger warning that even the least woke among us can appreciate.

Producers of a new West End show about the Scouts have told anyone thinking of attending that it involves a concept guaranteed to strike terror into the hearts of the hardiest crowds – audience participation.

Scouts! The Musical, which is aimed at children aged six and upwards, is set to see audience members jump on to the stage and play ‘interactive’ roles with the actors.

They will also be asked to dance in the aisles during the show.

Trigger warnings are more usually used in films, shows or books to warn of content which might be offensive or distressing.

Scouts! The Musical, which is aimed at children aged six and upwards, is set to see audience members jump on to the stage and play ‘interactive’ roles with the actors

Scouts! The Musical opens on June 26 at The Other Palace theatre in the West End

But they can also be issued in theatres, most often for flashing lights, gunshot sounds or for the use of theatrical blood.

Scouts! The Musical opens on June 26 at The Other Palace theatre in the West End. The trigger warning appears on the ‘What’s On’ section of the theatre’s website. Underneath pricing for the tickets, there is a notification reading: ‘Trigger warnings: Audience participation.’

Sam Cochrane, one of the directors of the show, said: ‘We’d love to get as many Scouts in the audience as possible. Parts of the show are interactive, so it may end up with some audience members up on stage.

‘It’s going to be very exciting’.

Award-winning producer Gigglemug Theatre is behind the show, which has been created in partnership with the Scout Association.

It follows the story of two Scouts Joe and Ayesha as they complete their tasks and earn badges in the Scouts Games. But their efforts are endangered when a third party gets involved.

Mr Cochrane explained: ‘Everything gets turned on its head when a character called Charlotte tries to sabotage the competition.

‘It’s down to Ayesha and Joe to use the skills they’ve learned to save the Scouting world and also the world at large.’

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