Sunday 16th December 2018 at Leeds Central Library. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Family shows which strike the balance between being child-friendly and genuinely engaging for all are relatively hard to come by. The shows which get past that first round rarely make it over the next hurdle: actors performing with a dash of kid’s TV energy rather than... Continue Reading →
Friday 28th September 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tutti Frutti Productions are offering up something quite unique in contemporary Children’s Theatre at the moment. Mike Kenny’s adaptation of the Snow Queen takes to the stage as a lovely combination of a classic child-friendly tale of bouncy adventure, family and friendship and something quite dark... Continue Reading →
Saturday 17th March 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hot Coals Theatre bring a unique combination of gross grubbiness and heart to the land of Children’s Theatre with their production of Finders Keepers. Set on a junkyard where father and daughter live with and in squalor but not without fun, the pair find themselves caring... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 13th March 2018 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ With the touring production of George’s Marvellous Medicine, it’s a case of good old fashioned family fun - with plenty of modernised moments. Curve Leicester and Rose Productions present David Wood's adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved story with simplicity and accessibility. The adaptation offers up one... Continue Reading →
Saturday 13th January, 2018 at the National Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The National Theatre’s production of Pinocchio, complete with selected songs from the Disney film (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington and Paul J.Smith) features some wonderful puppetry, theatrical illusions and some sweet moments of heart and humour. While this is by no means a staging of the Disney... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 6th December 2017 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ As Professor Kirke tells our child protagonists; the mind should be like a parachute in order to function: open. This spectacular production of C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe glorifies exactly that, taking the audience on an adventure of pure fantasy. West Yorkshire... Continue Reading →
Saturday 31st September 2017 at the Grand Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Based on the wonderful nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll, this take on The Hunting of the Snark from RGM Productions, Alice House Theatre and Moya Productions, is very hit and miss for me. While the promise of silliness from the advertising is evident in... Continue Reading →
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Saturday 14th January, 2017. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This production of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' packs lots of laughs, plenty of energy and a dash of thrilling threat; it's a fast-paced piece featuring elements of farce, musical theatre and panto. The audience is very swiftly made aware of the fact that this is not a... Continue Reading →
Nottingham Playhouse, Friday 30th December, 2016. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I took my nephew along to Nottingham Playhouse's 'Aladdin' as his first trip to a panto, and it did not disappoint. The staples of all great, traditional pantos were there in abundance; lavish, sparkly costumes; cartoonish sets; farcical plot lines and plenty of cheesy laughs derived from tongue... Continue Reading →
