“Pirate School: Sea Dreams” at Columbia Theatre

Columbia Theatre, 1231 Vandercook Way, Longview, presents “Pirate School: Sea Dreams” from 2 to 3 p.m. April 30. Family fun starts at 12:30 p.m. with free games, balloon art, prizes, and crafts. Tickets are $10 per person or $30 for a family of four, available at columbiatheatre.com.

“Pirate School: Sea Dreams” is madcap solo family show that allows kids ages 4 to 12 to live out their dreams of swashbuckling adventure and quench their undeniable thirst to join the briny buccaneers of yore. Led by the bumbling pirate professor, Billy Bones, children learn the finer points of light-hearted mischief through zany lessons on how to stand, talk, and laugh like sea-dogs. During “Pirate School: Sea Dreams!” cannons boom, skulls talk, cutlasses drop, critters cavort and everyone, young and old, participates in a grandiose sea-battle for their final exam.