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Movin' Melvin Brown: Just Singing and Dancing ... You Can Do It!

1 Sep 20113 stars

Slick foot-stomping but too much audience on show

Movin’ Melvin Brown certainly got his stage name right. There’s no denying the Texan man can move. And move he does, sometimes so fast his gold shoed feet go into a little fuzzy cloud of slick rhythm and frantic toe-tapping. The best thing by far…

Interview: Movin’ Melvin Brown

17 Aug 2011

Infectiously enthusiastic performer tells us about his love of dance

What is your favourite dance style and why? Freestyle, which combines a lot of dance styles together like Michael Jackson did. I am lucky enough to have seen the origins of a lot of dances, so I understand the basis of most of them. Dance is the…

Interactive children's shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2011

8 Aug 2011

Our tips on the best shows to get children up and moving

The Enormous Turnip, Magic Porridge Pot, Peter Pan on Dinosaur Island, Robinson Crusoe the Lost Jedi Knight Spotlites Theatre Productions don’t just dabble in interactive theatre, it’s their raison d’être. ‘Little ’uns come onstage!’ is the…