

October 2-November 21, 2025
Best enjoyed by Preschool-Grade 3
Student Matinees
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He’s greedy, he’s grumptious, he’s horrid!
The Enormous Crocodile is weaving his way through the jungle with his tummy rumbling… Only the other jungle creatures can foil his secret plans and clever tricks, but they’re going to have to find a large amount of courage to stop this greedy brute. Get to know all of the creatively puppeted creatures—from frogs and birds to hippos and monkeys—in the U.S. premiere of this smash U.K. hit. You’ll go from the jungle into outer space and back again, just in time for a wild dance party!
Book and Lyrics by Suhayla El-Bushra
Music by Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab
Additional music and lyrics from Tom Brady
Originally co-produced by Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Roald Dahl Story Company, and Leeds Playhouse.
The Enormous Crocodile Musical was developed by Emily Lim, Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab, Suhayla El-Bushra, Tom Brady, and The Roald Dahl Story Company.
About the Show
- The Enormous Crocodile is a musical performed by a small cast of adults. It is a wild musical adventure with whimsical puppets and unforgettable fun!
- This production takes place on our Cargill Stage which seats up to 298 people per performance.
- We know that teachers are the best judge to determine the right fit for their unique group of students. We recommend The Enormous Crocodile for students in preschool-grade 3.
Content Advisories
Language: 1 out of 5 stars
There is some body humor and an animal talks about tasting a hippo’s fart in the air. Another character mentions peeing in their pants.
Themes and Situations: 0 out of 5 stars
Violence & Scariness: 0 out of 5 stars
A monkey says that they hope the crocodile chokes to death. A kid briefly gets stuck in the Crocodile’s mouth but still manages to escape.
Sensory Advisories: 2 out of 5 stars
Small items are thrown into the audience, and the audience is told to throw them at the Crocodile and yell, “Eat nuts!” There are several moments in the show where the audience is encouraged to repeat words or sounds. Some audiences can get quite loud. There is a small explosion when the Crocodile hits the sun.
Potentially Anxious Moments: 2 out of 5 stars
Audience interaction is encouraged, and several characters may come into the audience. A kid briefly gets stuck in the Crocodile’s mouth but still manages to escape.
Full Plot Description
This is a complete description of the play, so it is full of spoilers.
Our story begins on the Nile River where we learn of the mean Enormous Crocodile. The Enormous Crocodile is sick of eating small animals from the river. He wants to eat a child. He has a secret plan and clever tricks to catch one. To the surprise of the other crocodiles, he leaves the river to go into town.
A pair of birds addresses the audience saying that there are no children in the jungle for the crocodile to find. The birds think maybe the audience is a bunch of river frogs, parrots, or river hogs. They couldn’t be children. The audience is encouraged to interact with the birds and repeat back animal noises.
A troop leader and three children enter the scene. They are looking for a place to camp in the jungle. They come across a poisonous plant that can cause terrible itching and blindness. They go over their rules – not to eat anything or touch anything. The children decide to run off from the troop leader, she runs off in search of them.
We next see the Crocodile meet Trunky the Elephant. Trunky asks the Crocodile what he’s doing, and he says he’s going to eat a child. Trunky hopes that the Crocodile gets caught and turned into crocodile stew.
The Crocodile next runs into the Roly-Poly Bird. He tells the bird that he’s looking for children to eat. She hopes that he gets turned into crocodile stew.
Next, we meet a nervous Humpy Rumpy the Hippopotamus and playful Muggle Wump the Monkey. The Crocodile tells them that he’s planning to eat a child. Humpy Rumpy and Muggle Wump decide that they should do something. Roly-Poly Bird comes in and tells them that there are children in the jungle playing hide and seek. The three animals want to do something, but they don’t feel brave enough. Trunky the Elephant comes in and takes the lead to empower them to work together to save the day.
Roly-Poly Bird has a brief interaction with the audience asking them what kind of food they have with them and what the strangest thing they’ve ever eaten is. She then flies off to go save the children.
The Crocodile hears one of the children coming to try and get a coconut from a palm tree. The Crocodile disguises himself as a palm tree by standing on his tail. As the little girl is climbing the crocodile to get a coconut, Humpy Rumpy runs in and warns her that it’s actually the Enormous Crocodile. Humpy Rumpy rams into the Crocodile, and the little girl runs off. This makes the Crocodile angry and he’s getting hungrier by the minute.
The Crocodile then hears the other two kids. The Crocodile disguises himself as a seesaw. Just as the kids hop on to play, Muggle Wump the Monkey runs in and warns them. They jump off, but the little boy gets wedged inside the Crocodile’s mouth. They still manage to escape.
The troop leader finds the children and takes them to a camp site for dinner. It’s nighttime, and two frogs come out to ask the audience if they will help the animals stop the Crocodile. The audience is encouraged to loudly agree to help.
The Crocodile sneaks into the camp site and follows the troop leader offstage. The Hippo enters and asks the audience what they do when they’re scared. The Monkey and Hippo share how they were brave and saved the kids from the Crocodile earlier that day. The Crocodile enters disguised as the troop leader, but Roly-Poly Bird enters and sounds the alarm.
The Crocodile agrees to leave the three children alone but that he’s going to eat the kids in the audience instead! Muggle Wump the Monkey throws “monkey nuts” into the audience and tells them to throw them at the Crocodile and say, “Eat nuts!”
Trunky the Elephant comes in with the poisonous plant from earlier. He rubs the plant in the Crocodile’s eyes to blind him. He then grabs the Crocodile with his trunk, swings him around, and launches him into outer space. The Crocodile hits the sun and gets sizzled up like a sausage.
The animals sing and invite the audience to sing along. “No more croc! Sizzled up like a sausage!”
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