Toopy, that's me...

and here's my friend Binoo!!  You know the tune!

It's been stuck in my head ever since Sunday when my family and I got to see the Koba Entertainment production of Toopy and Binoo and the Marshmallow Moon live in Red Deer at the Memorial Centre.  Or – as my 5 year old Alex put it “Mom – Toopy & Binoo are coming to life!”

As we sat and waited for the show to start – amongst a theatre full of excited kids – Alex tried hard to be patient, but asked “when is it going to start mom?” approximately every 30 seconds.  When Binoo stepped out on stage, my nearly 2 year old Eli let out an excited “Ohhh” as did most of the kids – and when Toopy joined him the kids went wild! 

We were then taken on a magical journey through our imaginations lead by a singing octopus.  Toopy was on the hunt for the perfect song – and in the process we were treated to songs from monsters in the toybox, dragons in love, and dusteroos.  In  the second half of the show – we all followed Toopy & Binoo into their fishbowl and then into outer space on their search for the perfect song.  They met some singing fish, had a seahorse race and met some twinkling stars.  Toopy finally found his song – in his heart where it was all along.  He performed it on the Marshmallow Moon for his best friend Binoo!  Here's a glimse at what we saw:



Near the end of the show Alex whispered to me that he could tell some of the characters were “just in costumes” – but the next morning he assured me that Toopy and Binoo themselves were in fact the real deal “come to life!”.  He wondered if they might come to life again anytime soon.  Eli has caught the live performance bug, and clapped and said “yay!” after each song that played in our van on our way to our playdate Monday morning.  It was a fantastic way to spend a Sunday afternoon for our family and we’re definitely looking forward to the next show that comes to our neck of the woods!