Story Surprise

31/10/2023

Exciting news... Another Wacky Wombat musical is on its way! With music by Story Surprise, 'Outback Adventures' is co-written by Anthony Craig & Emma Austin, directed by Bridget Sweeney and produced by Melbourne Shakespeare Company!

With pay-what-you-can tickets, the show is accessible to all families keen for an absolutely gorgeous day of theatre in St Kilda Botanical Gardens. See you there Wombats! 😊

25/05/2023

If you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, you have until the 4th of June to catch Story Surprise’s Anthony in Once the Musical - Australia on at Comedy Theatre in Melbourne. But heads up! This one might just be for the parents. There are some swear words in it so it ain’t a kids show. 😆

Also starring in ‘Once’ is Play School royalty and all round entertainment legend Jay Laga'aia !!

Come along and see us sings songs that have nothing to do with colours, animals or teddies for “once” 😉😊

02/04/2023

Such brilliant fun hosting the Friend in Me Family Day. FIM is an organisation that promotes social inclusion and acceptance in children through sensory friendly events, workshops and online programs.

Ensuring that no child is left behind is at the heart of what we aim to foster with Story Surprise and so it’s a special day for us hosting this event! Thanks for having us FIM😘

25/03/2023

Anthony & Lauren from are over the moon to be hosting the Lou | Registered Kids Charity | Inclusion & Acceptance] Family Fun Day on Sunday 2nd April! It’s set to be a super fun day for the whole family. For more information, head to Lou | Registered Kids Charity | Inclusion & Acceptance] to secure your tickets for a great cause! ✨🎉

10/03/2023

To celebrate 🧸 My Beary Best Friend 🧸 winning People’s Choice Song of the Year, we’ve made a brand new music video to enjoy! Watch out for the big scary dragon 🐉🤭🎉

Have a Teddy Bear who is also your best friend? Then you’ve got a Beary Best Friend! This children’s song celebrates all that our Beary Best Friends do for u...

05/03/2023

THE WACKY WOMBAT is open! 🎉

🌳 🎶 In case you haven’t heard, Anthony from Story Surprise & our Brilliant friend Emma wrote a show! And all of the music is original by Lauren and Anthony from Story Surprise! Melbourne Shakespeare Company is presenting “The Wacky Wombat” at Central Park in Malvern. Today we got to see our show come to life under the clever direction of Bridget Sweeney and it was very cool to see so many families out enjoying lots of interactive silliness! If you’d like to come along, tickets are pay-what-you-can and the link is in the comments.

🌟 Huge thanks Alice, Riley, Lucy, Ethan and Minjae for their brilliant performances!

17/02/2023

📚🎶 ‘The Wacky Wombat’ is a brand new family musical written by our very own Anthony, & great pal Emma, with music by none other than Story Surprise !!! 🎉🤩

🤗 Presented by Melbourne Shakespeare Company, ‘The Wacky Wombat’ will take audiences from fits of hysterics to thoughtful pondering!

👒 Join us in Central Park, Malvern from 4th - 12th March.

🎟️ Tickets are pay-what-you-can so hopefully we can make this show that little bit more accessible! Link in our bio



https://www.melbourneshakespeare.com/thewackywombat

16/02/2023

📚🎶 ‘The Wacky Wombat’ is a brand new family musical written by our very own Anthony, & great pal Emma, with music by none other than Story Surprise !!! 🎉🤩

🤗 Presented by Melbourne Shakespeare Company ‘The Wacky Wombat’ will take audiences from fits of hysterics to thoughtful pondering!

👒 Join us in Central Park, Malvern from 4th - 12th March.

🎟️ Tickets are pay-what-you-can so hopefully we can make this show that little bit more accessible!

Tickets - https://www.melbourneshakespeare.com/thewackywombat

16/02/2023

🎉 Presenting 'The Wacky Wombat' - This new family musical will take audiences from fits of hysterics to thoughtful pondering between scenes, all in the space of sixty minutes!

💡🎶 📚Fun Fact! The show it written by our very own Anthony and our great pal Emma and all of the original music is by none other than... Story Surprise !!

🎟️Tickets are pay-what-you-can, so hopefully we can make this show that little bit more accessible! 4-12 March in Malvern!

https://www.melbourneshakespeare.com/thewackywombat

10/02/2023

💥🏆 Story Surprise has been awarded the People’s Choice for ✨Australian Song of the Year 22’✨ for our track - My Beary Best Friend 🥇🧸🎶

👏🏼❤️ The Global Children’s Entertainment Awards are an exciting time of the year for the children’s music industry and we are over the moon to share with you that Story Surprise has also been awarded…

🥇 Global Animated Video of the Year 22’
🥈 Global Music Video of the Year 22’
🥉 Aussie Artist of the Year 22’
🥉 Global Song of the Year 22’

🔸A huge thank you to our listeners and viewers who voted and support our little dream!
🔹A big shoutout to our producer Craig at Paxus Productions
🔸Lots of love and all the thanks in the world to Dominic Woodhead our co-writer, musician and backbone of our little team and to Pia Frangiosa who provided some luscious vocals for both tracks that scooped up awards!

🔹Thank you to Funky Kids Radio.com.au for making the 2022 awards happen and congrats to all of the inspirational finalists across the globe!

09/02/2023

3rd place for the National People’s Choice Artists of the year! Thank you for supporting Story Surprise and congratulations to all of the exceptional artists who placed! Funky Kids Radio.com.au ❤️🎶

09/02/2023

3rd place for GLOBAL song of the year! What a dream come true! Congrats to all in the finals and thanks to our listeners and Funky Kids Radio.com.au for your support 🎶❤️ 🧸

09/02/2023

2nd place for Global Music video of the year! Wowee! Thank you so much Funky Kids Radio.com.au 🎶❤️🎥😃

09/02/2023

🎥 🎄🏅 Story Surprise is absolutely gobsmacked to have won ‘Global Animated Video of the Year’ for our music video to ‘Aussie Christmas’! Congratulations to all the finalists and thank you so much to our viewers and Funky Kids Radio.com.au for supporting our videos! ❤️

09/02/2023

Hooray! We did it! ✨🏆 🎶

Anthony & Lauren from Story Surprise are over the moon to take out National Song of the Year with our song- My Beary Best Friend! Thank you to all who have supported our music and congratulations to all in the finals ❤️ Thank you so much Funky Kids Radio.com.au 😀

26/01/2023

Story Surprise is delighted to be nominated for Funky Kids Radio.com.au Global Children's Entertainment Awards! 🎉🎶

We are stoked to be up for a whopping 4 nominations and in the company of so many incredible kids artists! Woohoo!

If you would like to vote for us, you can do so via these links!

🏆 Vote Story Surprise for Australian Artist of the Year - https://poll-maker.com/Q0ZOP2J5H

🏆 Vote ‘My Beary Best Friend’ & ‘The Tooth Tooth Train’ for Song of the Year - https://poll-maker.com/Q0FIPQJ5H

🏆 Vote ‘Aussie Christmas’ for Animated Video of the Year - https://poll-maker.com/QJRBD6CB9

🏆 Vote ‘Aussie Christmas’ for Music Video of the Year - https://poll-maker.com/QLY49DIVG

01/12/2022

We’re “wrapped” we’ve got 10k sets of ears tuning in to our silly little ditties! Thanks everyone ❤️👏🏼✨

01/12/2022

The most wonderful time of the year is finally here! 🎄🎅🏻

'Aussie Christmas' by Story SurpriseAll the favourite classic Christmas Carols such as 'Jingle Bells', 'Deck the Halls', 'Oh Come all ye Faithful', and 'Oh ...

17/11/2022

5K YouTube Subs for these 2 Silly Grubs! Thank you 👏🏼❤️

https://youtube.com/c/StorySurpriseau

13/11/2022

A beautiful day celebrating Australian kids music at the awards! So much incredible talent in this country when it comes to kids music! So proud to be a part of the magic with music❤️✨

01/10/2022

Do you love our music?!... Because we'd LOVE your vote for The Children's Choice Award for the brand new Major Minor Music Australia awards. It's like the ARIA awards (ooh la la) but just for kids music! COOL!

Voting Closes 28 October 2022 Finalists Announced ‘Major Minor Music Australia’ are proud to announce the 2022 MMMA awards. A dedicated awards ceremony for Australia’s children’s music scene to be held Saturday Nov 12 at Monkey Baa Theatre, Darling Quarter, Sydney. Ticket information anounce...

26/07/2022

Have you checked out the latest Story Surprise Podcast? Available now on all podcast streaming platforms!

Listen Now: shorturl.at/cEMXY

Join Anthony, Lauren & Mick the teddy bear for 'The manners championship of the world'! We make manners fun with music and of course... a story. Thanks to One in a Million Publishing for this week's book - This Small King.

25/07/2022

This Small King - Podcast S2, Ep 12 | OUT NOW ON PODCAST PLATFORMS

📚 NEW 📚 Story Surprise Podcast episode

Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/this-small-king-story-surprise-podcast/id1530319794?i=1000570416118

😃 15 minute theatrical audio experience for you and your kids. Story time made fun! Perfect for on the go and screen free entertainment.

😇 This week's theme... Manners!

Thanks to One in a Million Publishing for this story!

25/07/2022

Time to make minding our manners much more fun! Check out 'This Small King' featured on our latest podcast episode. Thanks to One in a Million Publishing for this week's story 📚 🎶

‎Show Story Surprise, Ep This Small King | Story Surprise PodCast - 18 July 2022

20/06/2022

Story Surprise is back with our podcast for kids! Story time made fun!

🚗 🌈 Perfect for car trips and screen free entertainment to ignite your little ones imaginations.

🎉 Have you checked out the latest episode? We celebrate all different kinds of families with the book ‘Solo Dan’ from Daisy Lane Publishing

Listen Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/solo-dan-story-surprise-podcast/id1530319794?i=1000566190596