CDP Theatre Producers, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show

CDP Kids presents

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW

Created by Jonathan Rockefeller
Based on Eric Carle's Books

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"and – pop! – out of the egg came a tiny and
very hungry caterpillar."

One of the most-read and famous children's books of all time, The Very Hungry Caterpillar emerges off the page in a masterful theatrical experience for children 18 months+ and their adults.

Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, the production features a menagerie of over 75 magical puppets, including the star of the show – The Very Hungry Caterpillar – and an Australian cast who bring these beloved books to life on stage.

Alongside The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the show features three other Eric Carle stories, including Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

The team behind the Australian tours of The Gruffalo, Spot, and The 13, 26, 52, 78 & 91-Storey Treehouses will excite, educate and entertain new readers and first-time theatre-goers, while those who grew up with these books will delight in experiencing one of the most popular children's books ever written. Don't miss out!

Age Recommendation: 18 months+
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes, no interval

TINA JACKSON

Originally from Perth, Tina is a proud graduate of NIDA's Diploma of Music Theatre. She has worked as a performer and puppeteer across Australia, the UK, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Qatar.

Tina’s credits in Australia include CDP’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018), Monkey Baa Theatre Company’s Edward the Emu (2022-23), Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo (2015), Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium (2017-18), Rebekah in Trevor Ashley’s Little Orphan TrAshley (2013, 2012), and Mouse in CDP/Tall Stories' The Gruffalo (2017).

In 2018-19, Tina toured the USA and Canada as a host and puppeteer of Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure and toured the show to New Zealand as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. She toured to Qatar in 2017 with Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo.

Tina studied puppetry as part of the Lemony S Puppet Lab in 2024 and 2025, and is a founding member of puppetry collective Puppet Rats.

JADE FUDA

Jade Fuda is a Sydney based actor with a Bachelor of Performance from the Australian Academy of Dramatic Arts. She has performed in, directed and collaborated on a number of new plays, films and Theatre in Education related work. In 2018 Jade was accepted into the Stella Adler Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles where she completed the Film and Television Acting intensive program.

Jade has had the privilege of touring nationally with CDP’s productions of Magic Beach, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, Ratburger and Spot – Live on Stage, and internationally with The 13-Storey Treehouse (dir. Liesel Badorrek). Jade's recent theatre credits include: Celia/Phebe - As You Like It (Sport for Jove), Benvolio - Romeo and Juliet (Sport for Jove), Molly – The Female of the Species (Rogue Projects), Eve - Paradise Lost (Poetry in Action/Legs on the Wall), Hermia/Starveling - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Sport for Jove) and Stacey in the Australian premiere of Girl Band by Katy Warner (New Ghosts Theatre Company).

RICK BUTLER

Rick is an AIM grad whose theatre credits include Pinwheel Productions’ The Long Dark and The Tale of Ichabod Scrubb, Little Triangle’s Work of Art, Merrily We Roll Along and Sunday in the Park with George, Squabbalogic’s Man of La Mancha, The Drowsy Chaperone and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Limelight on Oxford’s Company, Exclaim Theatre Company’s The Fantasticks and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, PlayScript’s Australia Felix, Birdie Productions’ Keating! The Musical, Secret House’s The Winter’s Tale, and Resolved Theatre Company’s The Great Divorce (which he also directed.) He also performs with a capella group The Spare Keys.

We believe in making our shows accessible for children with additional sensory and learning needs.

A visual story is available for The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help you prepare for your visit to the theatre.

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Accessible performances may be available at some venues. Please check with your local venue for details.

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