Stan: a powerful tale of friendship and dinosaurs at Z-arts

Z-arts present Stan: a powerful tale of friendship and dinosaurs starring Oxford Road Corridor’s very own Tyrannosaurus rex.

Sam is a happy, dinosaur-loving 8-year-old whose world turns upside down after his parents separate. As he takes himself off to the far end of the school field he meets Alex, a deaf girl with a vivid imagination – and an impressive collection of dinosaurs.

Bonding over boring packed lunches and their favourite fierce T-Rex, the pair form an unlikely friendship. When things at home become too difficult for Sam, Alex whisks him away on an astonishing adventure to meet the almighty Stan, the gigantic T-Rex at Manchester Museum.

Think Pixar’s Inside Out meets Night at the Museum!

Stan: a powerful tale of friendship and dinosaurs is a powerful and poignant new play by Sarah Emmott, Stan celebrates the power of play, the joy of communication and the positive force of friendship. Featuring awesome animated dinosaurs, Stan is written and performed in English and British Sign Language and embeds creative captions within the set.

Manchester Museum will be popping up with some fascinating objects from their collection. Discover more about extinct creatures such as ammonites and ichthyosaurs. Prepare to be wowed by the size of a megalodon tooth, an extinct species that lived millions of years ago, and have the opportunity to get close to various fossils of plant life, seas creatures, and shells some of which were around during the time of the dinosaurs.