JOIN a band Vikings for an adventure at Forest Forge Theatre in Ringwood.

The Sagas of Noggin the Nog takes centre stage on January 22, 6pm, and has been adapted by Third Party Productions. It is directed by John Wright from Postgate and Firmin’s stories and the original TV films.

The show was a five star hit at Edinburgh and Brighton Festival in 2015.

A company of rather English Vikings tell the story in live action, with puppetry, live music and projection of clips from the original films. The Saga of Noggin the Nog was first produced by Smallfilms for the BBC in 1959, originally in black & white, although later re-?filmed in colour in 1979.

The inspiration for the first Saga of Noggin the Nog (BBC, 1959) came from a set of Norse chess figures from the Isle of Lewis, which Peter Firmin had seen in the British Museum in the early 1950s.

One story tells that they were rooted from the sand in Uig bay by a dim witted farmer who mistook them for elves and promptly fled.

Peter decided they were Nogs.

The association between Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin began in 1958 with Alexander the Mouse which they produced for Rediffusion’s magnetic animation system.

This went out live and was as hazardous as it sounds with figures dropping off, turning round and whizzing across the screen.

Noggin the Nog was made in single frame animation by Smallfilms -? set up in a barn at Peter & Joan’s farmhouse in Kent.

Their classic films are still loved by viewers of all ages and it is immensely rewarding for us – as childhood fans – to see the response of audiences to the work all these years later.

Forest Forge Theatre say it is a piece of theatre to sit and watch together with your children and grandchildren.

For tickets go to forestforgetheatre.co.uk.