Reviews & features: Kids, Issue 608
Three Billy Goats Gruff
31 Jul 2008
This is the third year in a row that the very wonderful Theatre of Widdershins has played the Fringe – and, rather appropriately, they’re doing a show all about threes: the eponymous goats, plus a few other fairytale characters such as Goldilocks’ pals…
James Campbell's Shut Up Stupid
31 Jul 2008
Comic plays for kids of all ages
James Campbell is envied and acclaimed across the comedy universe for carving out a triumphant career performing stand-up for kids. While his Comedy Club 4 Kids continues to train young folk from the ages of six upwards in the hard-nosed business of…
Cloudcuckooland
31 Jul 2008
When Greek comic playwright, Aristophanes wrote The Birds in 414 BC, he could scarcely have imagined where his masterpiece would end up. Although given his taste for humour and bad behaviour, chances are he would have loved Cloudcuckooland, a new…
Hitlist: Festival Kids
31 Jul 2008
The Mozart Question – Michael Morpurgo Not-to-be-missed stage adaptation of a story by one of the finest children’s writers of all time. Assembly Rooms, 623 3030, 3–25 Aug (not 11), 12.15pm, £11–£12 (£9–£10). Previews until 2 Aug, £5. ] Three Billy…
We all fall down
31 Jul 2008
Exploring the darker side of storytelling
Over the past five years, En Masse theatre has garnered a reputation for creating exciting, imaginative productions for young people and their families. Their latest show, We All Fall Down, is a tale of two villages – Eyam, where the people are saintly…
Painting Music Workshop
31 Jul 2008
We all have images in our heads when we listen to music, but capturing them on paper isn’t something many people attempt. Rhuti Carr of Painting Music, however, has made an entire career out of doing just that. Her workshops feature live music, large…
The Sun Dragon
31 Jul 2008
Following the highly acclaimed Little Red Things, Gomito Productions return with the second instalment in their trilogy, The Sun Dragon. Writer/director, Rich Rusk is excited about the upcoming show, which features live music, puppets assembled out of…
Tales From an Enchanted Forest
31 Jul 2008
Bright lights, big sets and fancy costumes are all very well, but sometimes it’s nice to let your imagination do some of the work. The three storytellers taking part in Tales From An Enchanted Forest are allowing you to do just that. Each day, one of…
Clockheart Boy
31 Jul 2008
Mechanical inventions explore life and death
It may not seem the ideal topic to build a family show around, but grief regularly pops its head up in children’s film and theatre. As Nicola Cutcher, co-director of Clockheart Boy says, ‘even The Lion King is about death’. Cutcher and her company…
No Place For Dreams
31 Jul 2008
No Place For Dreams is Brief Candle Theatre’s debut production at the Fringe, and artistic director, Dave Shimwell is ‘absolutely thrilled about this great family show we’re putting on.’ The show is set on a mythical volcanic island, where magical…
Heartbreak Soup
31 Jul 2008
Spending time in hospital isn’t ideal at any age, but for children it’s even less appealing. It was while working with children undergoing heart and lung transplant surgery, that Laura Lindow became inspired to write Heartbreak Soup. ‘I’m not using…
The Lighthouse Keeper
31 Jul 2008
‘Clowning has an ageless appeal,’ says Clive Nicholas Andrews, of his new one-man show, The Lighthouse Keeper. ‘When I was a kid I grew up loving people like Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy and Buster Keaton. I’d call my style clowning with added…
Five questions - Tall Stories
31 Jul 2008
Armed with two shows – The Gruffalo and How the Giraffe Got Its Neck – Tall Stories return to conquer the Fringe once again Name 5 words to describe the Tall Stories style Physical, visual, musical, comical, universal. What 4 things should good…
