Nurture Rights, the kids entertainment company established by Peter Curtis and Nick Barrington last year, has announced a multi-year deal with the Birmingham Stage Company to produce a stage production of the classic picture book, Dinosaur Roar!.

Birmingham Stage Company, which produces theater for children and their families and is well-known for its productions of Horrible Histories and the many adaptations of Roald Dahl’s works,  is to start development of the stage version of the classic picture book immediately.

Since it was first published in 1994, Dinosaur Roar! has sold more than five million copies worldwide and is translated in over 30 different languages.

Dinosaur Roar! Live on Stage! will be produced by Neal Foster of Birmingham Stage and written and directed by David Wood OBE, the country’s leading writer and director of plays and musicals for children.