Frozen live - why age limit?

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My 3 year old is obsessed with Frozen. I thought it might be lovely to take him to see it on the stage in London but they're adamant it's for 6+ and no kids (including babes in arms) will be admitted under 4. Isn't this cutting out most of the kids who will be into Frozen? Mine has loved it since he was 2; I doubt he will still be interested by 6!

I took DD1 to see Wizard of Oz in the West End when she was 5 and she was absolutely enthralled.

DD2 had to pretend she was 5 when she was just turned 4 - we went to see DH collect an award. Helped that she was tall for her age. She was really good even though we had to sit quietly for a long time.

Ah ok, fair. He's a pretty mellow kid who could sit through it but I accept that's not true or all. Just seems a shame because I'm desperate to go he would really enjoy it as a pre-Christmas treat.

Children or adults of any age can ruin a show. Frozen is recommended for 6+ but they admit from age 4. We had adults talking throughout and 6/7 year olds behind us saying they were scared etc.

We were given free tickets to the Milkshake Monkey tour and it was excellent. My three year old absolutely loved it, definitely would recommend for a theatre trip.

I think your problem is far more likely to be with other adults. Drunk, talking, singing through it. Have never had an issue with kids being there.

I took my daughter and the most disruptive people there were the drunk parents of another very young girl. They were singing along having drunk several wines both before and during the show. Twats!

But yes I agree most 3 year olds aren’t able to sit still and quietly for that long. Bear in mind though that if you say your child is 4, they kind of have to take your word for it - they don’t ask for a birth certificate as proof and we don’t have ID cards or anything in this country. My daughter was 3 years 10 months and no one questioned her age although she’s quite tall. She also comes across as quite mature (not a stealth brag, she’s autistic and is good at mimicking other people so she sounds like a mini adult so people always think she’s 5 or 6) and was not messing around in the queue or anything. If she had been then maybe they would have asked. I knew she would sit quietly throughout the whole thing though hence why I felt ok to take her.

I went to see it last week and there were 100% younger kids than 6.

My friend also took her 3 year old a few months ago.

I also agree @Graciebobcat that behaviour at musicals in general is appalling. Singing along and speaking lines along with the cast seems a pretty standard experience these days. Some musicals have started making explicit announcements along with switch your phone off, no photography to add - and no singing along until the finale.

A night at Mamma Mia or We Will Rock You or Grease or whatever is not a cheap night out and the absolute cheek of people who think it's fine to inflict their singing on everyone else.

Having been to Frozen I would like if they would offer 14+ viewings. Maybe the afternoon show could be for families of any age and the evening show for adults.

I went with 3 x almost 4yos who tbf were pretty good. It's on the shorter side of a WE show which helps. However:

1. They don't sing let it go until the end of act 1. This means the kids have to actively wait for it.

1. It focuses more on the relationship between the two sisters than the film and is more angsty. Our 3 yos didnt understand this.

Under that age in a theatre you've got issues with snacks, being eaten, all the time, by tinies who drop and wipe stuff everywhere, parents who insist on changing dirty nappies on their lap regardless of everyone else around them, toddlers running up and down the aisles and up and down the stairs while the staff cringe waiting for the inevitable head injury and parents smile indulgently or are buried in their phones; screams and crying so no one else can hear but the parents not taking the child out because 'they'll settle in a minute' (after twenty minutes solid howling by a child obviously in distress)-

The big theatres do book performances for under fives, which are short and carefully planned with all the above in mind! My sympathies though, I'd love to see it too!

Our tickets were £70 each and I left my 5 year old boy at home- for it to still be ruined by several children who did not look old enough, talking constantly and loudly the entire way through.

It's 2 hours and 15 minutes long, with a 20 minute interval. Pre-school age children are not renowned for being able to sit still and quiet for that long. Shows aimed squarely at toddlers are usually only an hour long and you attend with the expectation that it will be full of noisy excited children. The other people who've paid £££ for tickets to a full West End show don't want a 3yo singing let it go and jumping up and down in their seat!

I took my DD for her 6th birthday this year. She's really well behaved and had been to see several theatre shows including Beauty and Beast at the Birmingham Hippodrome when she was 5.

I paid almost £100 per ticket and there was a little girl behind me, can't have been more than 3 perhaps 4 and she whinged the whole way through the second half.

It was really annoying so I can see why they have the rules in place!
I do like PP suggestions tho of adult only shows and perhaps a matinee once per week that is 3+ would be good as it is a popular age to love Frozen!