SCOTTISH Opera is set to prove yet again that you are never too young to enjoy music with its exciting new interactive show KidO.

Building on the phenomenal success of BabyO and SensoryO, the much loved, sell-out productions for babies and toddlers, Scottish Opera brings KidO to another young audience of three to four year olds and their carers.

This enchanting musical adventure provides a lively and welcoming introduction to live performance and opera and allows children to get close to and get involved in the creative activity.

It will be showing at the Newlands Centre, Romanno Bridge, on Sunday, March 15 at 2pm and on Monday, March 16 at 10am and 1pm. Encouraging play and make believe, the show features a mix of live singing, opera and specially written music, using vocal and body percussion to create exciting rhythms and build up words. Utilising everyday objects such as kettles and teacups as instruments, it seeks to make the ordinary extraordinary.

Directed by acclaimed children’s theatre director Lu Kemp, with music by Katy Lavinia Cooper, KidO tells the story of two very different characters who find it difficult to share a space. The performers Frances Morrison-Allen, Stuart Semple and Andrew McTaggart bring the 45 minute show to life.

Jane Davidson, director of education and outreach at Scottish Opera said: “I’ve always believed that you’re never too young to enjoy live music and the reaction from the young audiences at BabyO has proved that time and time again.

“You can’t help but smile when you see a room full of babies and toddlers enthralled by the wonderful operatic voices, bright tactile sets and props, and sweet storytelling at the heart of these shows. “We are very excited to build on this interest as we bring KidO to a slightly older age-group of three to four year olds. Of course, we hope the production is enjoyable, but there’s also evidence that music can help children with their cognitive development, so for example, through repetition and recognition of the sounds and actions that motivate the characters in the story, we’re helping build language skills.” To get the most out of KidO we recommend parents/carers are each responsible for one child at the most.