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<\/p>\nBritish cartoon character Peppa Pig is so popular that American parents go viral with videos of their children speaking in a British accent they picked up from the show. They can dance along with the real thing when \u201cPeppa Pig: My First Concert\u201d plays the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n
A costumed Peppa takes the stage with a 12-person orchestra, and children can get an up-close look at some instruments before the show.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe show is a really fun, really interactive, super fast-paced and exciting classical music concert where the kids learn all about the instruments,\u201d said British actress Evie James. She is on stage as the narrator for an American tour with around 30 stops.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey learn a bit about music, tempo, how an orchestra works,\u201d she said. Most are experiencing classical music for the first time, she said.<\/p>\n
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Actress Evie James with characters from \u201cPeppa Pig: My First Concert.\u201d (COURTESY OF LOGAN WESTOM)\n<\/p>\n
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Actress Evie James dances in \u201cPeppa Pig: My First Concert.\u201d (COURTESY OF DAN TSANTILIS)\n<\/p>\n
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Actress Evie James with characters from \u201cPeppa Pig: My First Concert.\u201d (COURTESY OF LOGAN WESTOM)\n<\/p>\n
Expand<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThey love it; they get really captivated by it,\u201d she said. \u201cOr if it\u2019s like a particularly fast piece you can see them wriggling around in their seats.\u201d The orchestra performs pieces by great classical composers and orchestral versions of songs from the show, such as \u201cThe Bing Bong Song.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd it\u2019s all kind of threaded together with the Peppa Pig family. So as Peppa and George, Daddy Pig, Mummy Pig and Evie are kind of learning about all the different instruments, the kids are learning too, kind of through them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Two-year-old George\u2019s costume is updated to include the hearing aid he receives in the newest season of the Nickelodeon show, which premiered Monday.<\/p>\n Before the show, a few musicians will be stationed around the theater with instruments that could include a bassoon, flute, clarinet, oboe, a French horn, violin or viola. \u201cWe encourage them to go right up close if they want to, and they can look at it,\u201d James said. \u201cAnd they can touch the instruments if the musician says, \u2018Yeah, go for it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just to kind of get the kids interested and intrigued,\u201d James said. \u201cAnd it works really well, because when they then see those performers and those musicians on stage they feel like they\u2019ve kind of got to know them a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n The concert is aimed at ages 18 months and up. James said the perfect age range is probably between 3 and 5 years old, with younger and older kids enjoying it.<\/p>\n The cartoon debuted in 2004 and has been broadcast in more than 180 countries in over 40 languages.<\/p>\n Tickets for the 6 p.m. show start at $35.85, including fees. All ages need a ticket.<\/p>\n Tickets that include an after-show meet-and-greet and photo op start at $89.80, including fees. Adults need that ticket in order to bring children to the event. Those children will receive a plush toy.<\/p>\n