History Main / LiveOnStage

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' has produced not one, but two live shows:
** ''How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular'' (originally "How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular") is an arena show adaptation of the feature film produced by the team behind "Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs Arena Spectacular", featuring several original new dragon species puppets.

* [[Creator/TheABC ABC 4 Kids]] has had several stage shows combining several of the programmes broadcast on the network, mainly in the 90's.

** The 2006 live show ''Film/ChildrensPartyAtThePalace'', celebrating both the Queen's 80th birthday and over 100 years of children's literature in the UK, is perhaps the most notable. It is about several characters from well-known British children's literature going on a wild romp finding the Queen's Lost handbag so she can deliver her speech at the party.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' had at least 2 live stage shows produced by [=VEE=] Corporation.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had a live show produced in Spain.

* At one point in its early days, the [=MENA=] kids network [=Spacetoon=] produced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVzXIWz1zgY a live show]] wherein characters from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' and Conan Edogawa from ''Manga/CaseClosed'' interacted with each other. The plot involved a GreenAesop, with Conan having to stop Team Rocket from polluting nature.

* ''[[Creator/{{Pinkfong}} Baby Shark Live!]]'' - with at least three English-language productions under the same name: the North American ones by Red Tail Entertainment in the U.S. and Koba Entertainment Group in Canada, and an Asian one featuring [[RoleReprise the original kids from the original video]]. A fourth tour by [=VStar=] Entertainment will open in 2024, known as ''Baby Shark's Big Broadwave Tour''

* ''[[Franchise/JurassicPark Jurassic World]]'' received ''Jurassic World Live Tour'' in 2019. It's produced by Feld Entertainment who previously worked on the aforementioned ''Theatre/MarvelUniverseLive''.

* Popular [=YouTuber=] LetsPlay/DanTDM had a live stage show in 2017.

* ''Marvel Universe Live'', a live show based on the ''Creator/MarvelComics'' universe.

* ''[[Creator/{{Pinkfong}} Baby Shark Live!]]'' - with at least three English-language productions under the same name: the North American ones by Red Tail Entertainment in the U.S. and Koba Entertainment Group in Canada, and an Asian one featuring [[RoleReprise the original kids from the original video]].

** ''Sesame Street Live'' is the TropeCodifier, and one of the most popular real life examples of this trope. Created in 1980 by ex-''Ice Follies'' staffer Vincent Egan's [=VEE=] Corporation[[note]]Now [=VStar=] Entertainment[[/note]]and since having switched hands to [=FELD=] Entertainment, it is the longest-running of these shows, and even has been performed overseas to different-language-audio tracks to promote the many ''Sesame Street'' co-productions.

* ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'' had one called ''In Action'' that was comprised of three acts. It was also released to home video with an additional segment where the actor who played Sam visited kids in a park.

* ''[[Creator/Channel5 Milkshake]]'', Channel 5's early morning preschool block has had a number of these. They'd often have the channel's presenters as well as some characters from current shows as mascot costumes.
* Similarly, ''Creator/{{CBeebies}}'' had a few, including "Reach To The Stars", "The Big Band" and "Mr. Tumble's Circus". A common trope of these is that they'd all end with the Music/SClub7 song "Reach".

* Creator/NickJr had two shows that combined all of the shows airing on the block. The first, ''Storytime Live!'', centered on fairytale-based stories, while the second, ''Move To The Music'', was more music-centric.

* At one point in it's early days, the [=MENA=] kids network [=Spacetoon=] produced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVzXIWz1zgY a live show]] wherein characters from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' and Conan Edogawa from ''Manga/CaseClosed'' interacted with each other. The plot involved a GreenAesop, with Conan having to stop Team Rocket from polluting nature.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' had two live shows: ''Arthur: A Live Adventure'' and ''Arthur Tricks The Tooth Fairy''.
* ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' had a live stage show that was also a musical, which had elements of the 2000 AnimatedAdaptation of the series.
* ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge'' had one adapting the Creator/PBSKids series.
* The Japanese children's book ''[[Anime/RingingBell Chirin no Suzu]]'' by Creator/TakashiYanase has gained several stage shows and theater shows across Japan. These include school plays, puppet shows, dramatic readings, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwGvR4-5mjk and a street performance by Team Swit©h.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' had a few live shows produced by Koba Entertainment that mainly toured Canada.
* ''WesternAnimation/MaxAndRuby'' had three productions produced by Koba Entertainment, one of which was a retelling of ''The Nutcracker''.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittleBear'' had a Canadian-exclusive show called ''Winter Tails'' produced by Koba Entertainment.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'':
** The first one was based on ''Toyland Adventures'' and titled ''Noddy LIVE'', which toured [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_7DZSzZlsE the United Kingdom in 1994]] and also combined elements of the original books. It was then released on home video after its' run.
** ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' had two shows of this kind, which were comprised of people singing musical numbers from the show. The first had the {{Non Singing Voice}}s for Johnny Crawfish (Percy Travis III) and Gertie Gator (Paula Chavis) with Dennis Scott and a costumed Noddy character (whose voice was provided by Cindy Bandes Furman, also the singing voice of Island Princess), while the second show, performed at the 2000 Canadian National Exhibition, just featured an unknown female presenter and a Noddy costume character (still voiced by Furman) doing the songs.
** ''Make Way For Noddy'' got one in 2005 also titled ''Noddy LIVE!'', and also toured in Brazil and France, getting a soundtrack album in the latter country.
** In France, ''Noddy In Toyland'' gained two French exclusive shows but used Sly and Gobbo's previous designs instead of their redesign for the 2009 incarnation. The first was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcnzQXgo7k4 "Oui-Oui El Le Cadeau Surprise"]] ("Noddy And The Surprise Gift") which honored [[MilestoneCelebration the franchise' 60th anniversary]] which ran from 2009 till 2011. The second was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81ZJBxdOY00 "Oui-Oui Et Le Grand Carnaval"]] ("Noddy And The Big Carnaval" ) which ran from 2012 till 2013. The French live shows is notable for having some of the French voice actors (such as Noddy's french voice actress Brigitte Lecordier) reprising their roles. Both shows gained exclusive albums and released in DVD format.
** ''Noddy, Toyland Detective'' was represented in the show ''Milkshake Live! The Magic Storybook''.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' has had several of these made:
** The first major tour that existed was held in arenas, and was titled ''The Big Live Tour'' or ''The All Aboard Live Tour'', which was produced by DC Entertainment and Tell-Tale Productions that toured the UK from 2002-2006, and also toured Japan in 2005. These shows featured large model replicas of Thomas, Percy, and James (the latter of which won a Guinness World Record in 2004 for the largest electric model steam engine) that could move around on the track, blink and open their mouths. It was the first time characters had voice actors in the United Kingdom, with the voice cast being sourced from other productions by co-producer Tell-Tale Productions, including Justin Fletcher as Harold the Helicopter.
** After that show ended, this trope was played straight with ''Thomas Saves the Day'', which toured the United States in 2007, and returned in 2011. Other shows that followed this were ''A Circus Comes to Town'', and the Asian-exclusive ''Thomas and the Hidden Treasure''. These shows featured smaller moving models, although limited to Thomas and Percy due to movement limitations of the stage format.
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SubTrope of RecycledInSpace, and may overlap with HeroStageShow. This trope's own SubTrope is OnIce.

* A Toronto-based studio known as Tanglewood Family Entertainment (now known as Koba Entertainment) may have created the most bizarre crossover of characters in a single production ever. It was titled "Family Favorites Live", and features the likes of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'', ''WesternAnimation/MonaTheVampire'', ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'', ''Series/{{Zoboomafoo}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'', and [[OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers Tony the Tiger]]. There's sadly little to no evidence of this event beyond a [[https://vimeo.com/91100487 local promo]].

* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' has ''Maximum Rocket Power Live: The Battle For Madtown Park'', a live-action extreme-sports dramatic arena play that briefly toured the U.S. Midwest in spring 2002.