What is a good age to start taking kids to the theatre?

[TickTockMan]

For plays and stuff.

 

[miaedu]

depending on the production i'd say 6 or 7.

 

[lg7979]

^I agree

But I think if the kid is sensible and willing to sit through things at a younger age definitely encourage it, I kinda wish I went to the theatre as a kid

 

[braex27]

Me too, but theatre prices can be quite prohibitive. I didn't go to the theatre until I could pay my own way.

I'd say six or seven also, and there are a lot of the Disney stage productions are targeted at young children. Also, things like Mary Poppins and Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Just don't mistake Avenue Q for a kids' production.

 

[TickTockMan]

Thanks everyone. I was thinking around 7 or 8.

Me too, but theatre prices can be quite prohibitive. I didn't go to the theatre until I could pay my own way.

I have had season box seats for years now. With all of my discounts I can add an extra ticket for only $21, which I think is a great price considering where the ticket is for.

Just don't mistake Avenue Q for a kids' production.

Yeah I don't think that would go over well.

 

[justsimon]

I think it depends on the kid. My mom took my brother and I to see The Nutcracker a few times, starting when I was about 5. I wasn't terribly impressed, but my brother (a year younger) sat in awe for the entire thing.

 

[jdbadboy]

When they start to visit you in the nursing home.

 

[Ninja108]

six is the earliest I would do.

 

[maxpowr9]

Just make sure it isn't a musical theatre production. Don't want to get'em hooked when they're young or did you not see Broadway Bro down?

 

[pat grimshaw]

Eighteen, if they are mature and twenty-one if they're not.

when they're old enough to stop muttering and fidgeting during the performance

 

[unloadonme]

when they're old enough to stop muttering and fidgeting during the performance

Over 18 and under 60 then.

 

[TickTockMan]

I think it depends on the kid. My mom took my brother and I to see The Nutcracker a few times, starting when I was about 5. I wasn't terribly impressed, but my brother (a year younger) sat in awe for the entire thing.

The person I go with has been bringing her son along with us off and on since he was three. He is really well behaved though and really gets into it. I was thinking I may start offering to take my middle nephew (7) in a few months if I can. He is not nearly as well behaved though and I don’t know if he would get in to a show or not.

 

[TickTockMan]

Just make sure it isn't a musical theatre production. Don't want to get'em hooked when they're young or did you not see Broadway Bro down?

I didn't know what you were refering to so I looked it up. Sorry, but I can't handle South Park.

 

[pat grimshaw]

I remember being bored to death by stuff my parents took me too when I was a kid.

Now I realised that I was squirming through performances by the great concert artists of the 20th century. I didn't know then.

 

[Lukeee]

It depends on what is on offer. I have cousins who are 2 & 4 who went for the first time a few months ago and they both loved it.

 

[pat grimshaw]

^ kids of that age can go to kid's shows. they shouldn't be inflicted on adults

 

[justsimon]

You might start with a children's theatre.

 

[fluxflux]

A few years back I saw The Rocky Horror Show. It was a Sunday matinee and there were a lot of families there. It was such an inappropriate play for children to watch, especially when Frank-n-furter came out riding a giant penis singing "Don't Dream It, Be It". I really don't know what those parents were thinking.

 

[Zeno Lorea]

^ kids of that age can go to kid's shows. they shouldn't be inflicted on adults

Right on. And planes should have a no-kids section too.