Young children are not the sort of audience who will give a performance the benefit of the doubt, especially two days after Christmas, when there are lots of new toys to play with at home. But as The Little Lost Frog’s audience of three to six year olds and accompanying adults collectively find their way […]

This time last year I was blown away by Kneehigh’s collaboration with Little Angel Theatre on their production A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings. It was one of the best pieces of theatre I’d seen all year and a perfect antidote to many underwhelming Christmas offerings out there. So with a hop and a […]

Slung Low has been developing curious, amusing and ambitious work over the last few years, pioneering the use of sound technology. This new piece, their first for children, sees them employ their trademark headphones to bring audiences aged seven plus on an adventure around the foyer areas of the Barbican, in a quest to save […]

An empty stage, curtained back wall, red lights. Enter dishevelled young man in too-short trousers and a floppy felt hat, wielding an invisible broom. Cue classic clown/mime sequence, in which a series of imaginary objects and actions are animated by live sound – the performer’s own squeaks, whistles and body-percussion. Ideas and images start simply […]

In a cottage in a deep, dark, specifically Eastern European forest, a family suffer a bad, completely empty-cupboarded famine. It’s important that we understand that this famine is a serious problem, but also that the forest is very far away – and so we are worried for the family, but not too concerned that a […]