VIEWERS are going to be taken on a bear hunt live on stage at the MECC.

Adapted by Michael Rosen's award-winning children's picture book, the 55-minute mini-musical captures the fun and frolics of a father who is clearly still a child at heart, his three children including a tiny intrepid bear hunter in the making.

The baby is strapped to the dad's back-pack plus

the family dog and of course a very big cuddly brown bear.

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The family is out for walk and on the lookout for a growling bear.

They have to march through long swishy grass, wade through thick gloopy mud and even battle a snow storm before entering a big dark cave where maybe they will finally spot the glinty wet eyes of a slobbering, gigantic bear winking at them through the blackness.

Expect catchy songs, interactive scenes and plenty of hands-on adventure, plus a few surprises!

From Australia's leading producer of entertainment for kids and families including Possum Magic, Wombat Stew, My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch, Stripey - The Emu Chick and the latest sensation, There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake, comes the International Touring Production of We're Going on a Bear Hunt, now with an all-Australian cast.

"We're Going On A Bear Hunt. We're going to catch a big one”, chant hundreds of preschoolers in this impish adaptation of Michael Rosen's award-winning children's picture book, with illustrations by Helen Oxenbury.