Andrew Barnett Jones has made up stories for loads of top TV shows including Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese, Mr Bean: the Animated Series, The Amazing World of Gumball, Lloyd of the Flies, Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed, Best & Bester and many many more.
Today he’s going to make up a story for you – but he has no idea what it is. Instead, with your help, he’ll be playing The Story Game, creating a brand new, hysterically funny, wildly creative story from a handful of words, a roll of the dice and his own roller coaster imagination.
If you’ve ever wondered where writers get their ideas from, now’s your chance to find out – and by the end of the show, you’ll be inspired to use his simple, practical methods to play the Game yourself and make up your own hilarious stories!
Star of CBBC’s The Slammer in a wide array of silly wigs, winner of the Children’s Choice Award for Funniest Voice and previous winner of the Crick Crack Club’s Grand Liar’s Trophy making him officially one of the biggest liars in the country (honest!), Andrew is known to many thousands of theatre-goers all across Great Britain for his previous improvised storytelling shows Professor Bumm’s Story Machine and Fairly Tales.
Here's what some people have said about Andrew's previous storytelling shows:
“The children dissolved into giggles, the parents shone and I laughed for the first time in three days.” – The Times
“He works so hard and plays the audience so skilfully that you soon find yourself grinning as broadly as the kids.” – The Guardian
“As he proceeds to make this most difficult of genres look easy, seemingly plucking funny and inventive yarns out of thin air, his evident fun in doing so is infectious.” – The Stage
“Brilliantly bonkers – I wish my parents had taken me to see more shows like this!” – Three Weeks
“I was crying so hard with laughter I was unable to prevent my daughter falling out of her seat with laughter.” – 35 year old inattentive mother
“I haven’t laughed so much since my husband died” – 91 year old merry widow
Today he’s going to make up a story for you – but he has no idea what it is. Instead, with your help, he’ll be playing The Story Game, creating a brand new, hysterically funny, wildly creative story from a handful of words, a roll of the dice and his own roller coaster imagination.
If you’ve ever wondered where writers get their ideas from, now’s your chance to find out – and by the end of the show, you’ll be inspired to use his simple, practical methods to play the Game yourself and make up your own hilarious stories!
Star of CBBC’s The Slammer in a wide array of silly wigs, winner of the Children’s Choice Award for Funniest Voice and previous winner of the Crick Crack Club’s Grand Liar’s Trophy making him officially one of the biggest liars in the country (honest!), Andrew is known to many thousands of theatre-goers all across Great Britain for his previous improvised storytelling shows Professor Bumm’s Story Machine and Fairly Tales.
Here's what some people have said about Andrew's previous storytelling shows:
“The children dissolved into giggles, the parents shone and I laughed for the first time in three days.” – The Times
“He works so hard and plays the audience so skilfully that you soon find yourself grinning as broadly as the kids.” – The Guardian
“As he proceeds to make this most difficult of genres look easy, seemingly plucking funny and inventive yarns out of thin air, his evident fun in doing so is infectious.” – The Stage
“Brilliantly bonkers – I wish my parents had taken me to see more shows like this!” – Three Weeks
“I was crying so hard with laughter I was unable to prevent my daughter falling out of her seat with laughter.” – 35 year old inattentive mother
“I haven’t laughed so much since my husband died” – 91 year old merry widow
Previous performances
26th October 2013 - World Premiere! - The Canterbury Festival
1st February 2014 - Riverhouse Arts Centre ('The Lava Landscape')
21st June 2014 - Diss Corn Hall ('The High Headlice')
1st November 2014 - Salisbury Arts Centre ('The Hovering Hippo' & 'The Pathetic Prawn')
6th January 2015 - Greek Ink Cabaret ('The Colon Code')
5th March 2015 - World Book Day @ Shepherd Primary ('Otto Exploded')
25th November 2015 - 'The Panto Game' at Broomfield House ('Robin Hood and His Merry Piglet')
12th December 2015 - 'The Panto Game' at Brighton Dome ('Snow White and the Seven Continents')
10th April 2016 - Watford Central Library ('The Sieve and the Shipwreck')
28th January 2017 - The Spring Arts Centre, Havant
24th June 2017 - 'The Story Engine' at Ironbridge Gorge Musuem 50th Anniversary Gala
27th October 2018 - G Live
5th May 2019 & 3rd October 2021 - Two performances at Watermans Arts Centre, bookending the COVID lockdowns.
22nd October 2022 - The Lyric, Hammersmith - almost exactly 20 years on from my first ever professional children's theatre performance of 'FairLy Tales' in the same venue! ('The Musical Milkshake' & 'The Gallant Goldfish')
17th November 2022 - Pegasus Theatre, Oxford ('The Jungle Knife')
26th October 2013 - World Premiere! - The Canterbury Festival
1st February 2014 - Riverhouse Arts Centre ('The Lava Landscape')
21st June 2014 - Diss Corn Hall ('The High Headlice')
1st November 2014 - Salisbury Arts Centre ('The Hovering Hippo' & 'The Pathetic Prawn')
6th January 2015 - Greek Ink Cabaret ('The Colon Code')
5th March 2015 - World Book Day @ Shepherd Primary ('Otto Exploded')
25th November 2015 - 'The Panto Game' at Broomfield House ('Robin Hood and His Merry Piglet')
12th December 2015 - 'The Panto Game' at Brighton Dome ('Snow White and the Seven Continents')
10th April 2016 - Watford Central Library ('The Sieve and the Shipwreck')
28th January 2017 - The Spring Arts Centre, Havant
24th June 2017 - 'The Story Engine' at Ironbridge Gorge Musuem 50th Anniversary Gala
27th October 2018 - G Live
5th May 2019 & 3rd October 2021 - Two performances at Watermans Arts Centre, bookending the COVID lockdowns.
22nd October 2022 - The Lyric, Hammersmith - almost exactly 20 years on from my first ever professional children's theatre performance of 'FairLy Tales' in the same venue! ('The Musical Milkshake' & 'The Gallant Goldfish')
17th November 2022 - Pegasus Theatre, Oxford ('The Jungle Knife')
