Don’t you love a tall tale?
Like the one about the Scottish couple who raised a 10ft grizzly bear in their home? Sounds crazy, but it’s no joke. It happened in Sheriffmuir in the 1980s!
Combining physical comedy and puppetry, Hercules the Bear tells the wild, funny and touching true story of how a very special grizzly bear became a folk legend.
Age 6+
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