Family Concert: The Duck With No Luck

Priority Booking for this concert will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 14 January 2026 at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.

General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 27 January 2026.

This performance will be British Sign Language-interpreted. 

If you require seats with good visibility of the signer, please sign up to our Access List by filling out an Access List Application form.

The form and more information can be found here. For any assistance or questions about booking, please email our Box Office at boxoffice@wigmore-hall.org.uk, quoting BSL Seating in the subject line. Or you can call our Box Office on 020 7935 2141 -view opening hours

Wigmore Hall is equipped with a loop to help hearing aid users receive clear sound without background noise. Patrons can use this facility by switching their hearing aids to T. A loop is also installed at the Box Office window.

Join Concerteenies for the musical story of ‘The Duck With No Luck’, for children aged 3-7 and their families.

‘When Dizzy the duck oversleeps and misses the flight South, he knows that he must, somehow, catch his friends up. Unfortunately, Dizzy doesn't have a good sense of direction. Can anyone help him on his way? Join him as he encounters a mischievous pigeon, a well-meaning parrot, and a hungry vulture… not to mention swampy jungles and a chase into space!’

Narrator Polly Ives, bassoonist Daria Phillips, pianist Annabelle Lawson combine new music, composed by award-winning Paul Rissmann, and digital animations by Victor Craven, with this much-loved children's book written by Jonathan Long and illustrated by Korky Paul.

With songs and actions to join in with and a relaxed and friendly environment, this is a perfect introduction to music, animation and storytelling.

The Duck With No Luck is published by Oxford University Press. This piece was commissioned by Concerteenies (2024) thanks to funding from Arts Council England. Co-created with children and teachers at Barnsley primary schools.