Just So

JUST SO is an award winning musical inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories and originally produced by Cameron Mackintosh, featuring an upbeat musical score by George Stiles and book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe.

It's a funny, imaginative and empowering musical which celebrates individuality and has friendship at its heart. A great family show that has contains elements of humour that will appeal to all ages.

Kipling’s original work is a collection of fables focusing on how certain animals got their signature traits including “How the Leopard Got His Spots” and “How the Elephant Got His Trunk.” In this empowering musical adaptation, the short stories come together to form one full-length piece incorporating many elements of Kipling’s original along the way.

"Before the High and Far-off Times... came the Time of the Very Beginnings," The Eldest Magician begins to share a tale about the animals they created and how they all looked the same. All of the animals got along, except for the giant crab, Pau Amma, whose lifestyle wreaked havoc on the other creatures. Aided in part by the Eldest Magician and the Kolokolo Bird, The Elephant’s Child goes on a daring journey to stop Pau Amma from flooding the other creatures out. On the way, the Child learns about courage, individuality, and friendship – and the audience learn how every creature came to be “just so.”