The whole city
plays along.
We write a day around one person or a small group and stage it in the real city with actors. They do not know.
A day written for your family, in the city you choose, with actors who have rehearsed it for weeks. The dinosaur your child drew becomes the key.
Apply for a storyA day written for your family, in the city you choose, with actors who have rehearsed it for weeks. The dinosaur your child drew becomes the key.
The Secret Post Office
Read this little adventure together. It is one example — your child’s story can begin with something entirely different.
A letter at breakfast — and inside it, their own dinosaur drawing. Someone in the city needs their help.
The Secret Post Office hides behind a café counter. The Postmaster has a parcel with no address — and he recognises the dinosaur.
Hats a size too big, satchels with a clue in every pocket — and the first dash down the old lane.
A chalk dinosaur on a green shutter. The youngest sees it first — and the whole family comes running.
Under the Mapmaker’s lamp, invisible ink comes up on the map — and the last piece is the shape of their drawing.
The parcel is waiting on the pier. Inside: their drawing, framed — and a compass for the next adventure. Everyone they met is there.
Every family day is written from a blank page. These are six chapters from one possible day. The story, cast and setting are agreed with you.
What you receive, and when
Contents of the box
Assembly
two days
a week
eight weeks
before
Tomorrow morning a map will be waiting at your table. Do not show it to the grown-ups. They know less than you think.
The whole city has read this letter.
What stays after the day
The things they carry home are small. What stays is the sentence they repeat for years — and the board in the hall that nobody takes down.
Just your family — or a birthday with friends.
Four ears, one speaking tube. The Postmaster’s tube answers in words only the birthday child knows.
For parents: the personal surprise. The last parcel leads back to your child — a familiar name, a favourite detail, a keepsake. We agree the last scene with you, so the ending stays a surprise.
Meet the characters
The Postmaster
The Wardrobe Keeper
The Mapmaker
The Lighthouse Keeper
Professional actors bring the characters to life and respond to your child’s ideas. Characters from one possible day — your cast is written around your family.
In their words
“They kind of redesigned the world around her.”
“I was completely overwhelmed throughout the entire day by all the surprises, by getting to experience things that my heart had only ever dreamed of, and by how incredible all the people around me were.”
“The best day ever. So happy that I was a part of this day.”
Written on the back of the drawings. The grown-ups’ words, the children’s pictures.
Tell us about the family.
We write the day.
Who is coming, how old the children are, what they love — and what frightens them, so nothing in the day does.
Questions
How much does a family day cost? –
There is no price list, because there is no standard day. The cost depends on the cast, the length of the day and what has to be built for it. We share it after the first conversation, as one figure for everything: the script, a cast rehearsed for weeks, every door in the day, and the telling afterwards. And a month later, a letter from the Postmaster. The city does not forget them either.
Will the children know? –
No. For them it is the best day of the holidays. For you it is a story you can watch from inside. The cast are professional actors; a parent is inside the story the whole day.
How old should the children be? –
From five to about twelve. Under five, come as the grown-ups' helpers. Teenagers get a plot of their own — and usually solve it before the grown-ups.
Who arranges the places? –
The streets, the boat, the table: by us or by a partner we introduce, depending on the story. You never book anything yourself.
How long does it take to prepare? –
Two to eight weeks to write and cast.
How many people can take part? –
A family, or a birthday child and friends — up to twelve, grandparents included; larger families on request. There is shade, water and a place to sit while the children run.
Will it be filmed? –
Film and photography — by request. Otherwise nothing is recorded.
Apply for a story
Tell us who is coming and how old they are.