Bluey and Bingo are bringing their bean-bag-dodging antics to downtown Fort Worth this weekend, with four live performances of Bluey's Big Play set for Bass Performance Hall on Saturday and Sunday. The stage show, built around oversized puppets of the beloved Heeler family, runs about 50 minutes with no intermission, timed for young attention spans.
Performing Arts Fort Worth has scheduled the shows for 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, September 19, and 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday, September 20, according to Bass Performance Hall. The engagement also marks the opening presentation of the venue's 2025–2026 Irwin Steel Popular Entertainment Series, a family, comedy, and music lineup that Performing Arts Fort Worth runs separately from its Broadway season, per Downtown Fort Worth Inc. As CultureMap Fort Worth notes, the production is a theatrical adaptation of the Emmy-winning animated series, drawing on an original story by series creator Joe Brumm and new music from series composer Joff Bush.
Inside the Story and the Puppetry
The plot follows Bluey and Bingo as they scheme to use games and cleverness to coax Dad off the bean bag, according to CultureMap's event listing. The show is directed by Rosemary Myers, the former artistic director of Adelaide's Windmill Theatre, whose team built the Heeler family as oversized puppets operated by live puppeteers, as InReview reports. Original television cast members Melanie Zanetti and David McCormack voice the characters, giving the puppet performances the same voices fans know from the show.
After the main story wraps, the production shifts into audience-participation territory. Live games of Keepy Uppy, played with large air-filled balls, and bursts of non-staining bubbles released into the theater invite kids and parents to join in from their seats, according to Broadway In El Paso. Families chasing an extra-special outing can opt for the venue's VIP Experience package, offering premium seating in the front orchestra sections, an exclusive children's souvenir gift, and a post-show photo opportunity with a Bluey character, the same Bass Performance Hall materials show.
Ticketing Rules Families Should Know
The linked Broadway in Hollywood listing says everyone must have a ticket, but it does not establish Bass Performance Hall's age-based policy. Ticket holders may want to check the status ahead of showtime.
A Global Hit Returns to the Stage
Bluey's Big Play first premiered in Australia in December 2020 at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre before launching a global tour spanning North America, the U.K., Ireland, Europe, and Asia that has reached millions of audience members, according to BBC Studios Australia. The production is Olivier Award-nominated, adding to a franchise legacy that already includes an International Emmy and a 2022 BAFTA Children & Young People Award, per the Windmill Production Company.
Inside Fort Worth's Sundance Square Landmark
The show's Fort Worth stop lands at a venue with its own local legacy. Bass Performance Hall, tucked into downtown's Sundance Square, houses a 2,042-seat Founders Concert Theater beneath an 80-foot dome mural painted by artists Scott and Stuart Gentling, with two 48-foot Texas limestone angels carved into the facade by sculptor Marton Varo, according to the hall's own account.
The hall was built with private funds and is managed by the nonprofit Performing Arts Fort Worth, which also hosts four resident organizations including the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Texas Ballet Theater, per Bass Performance Hall. Bluey's Big Play is part of the hall's family-focused programming. Information about the Bluey shows is available in the venue's official materials.
