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 […]
Reviews
Play on Words, Icon Theatre, Loop Dance: The Little Lost Frog and the Christmas Wish
December 27th, 2012 by Geraldine GiddingsKneehigh: Midnight’s Pumpkin
December 20th, 2012 by Terry O'DonovanThis 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: 59 Minutes to Save Christmas
December 15th, 2012 by Terry O'DonovanSlung 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 […]
Julien Cottereau: Imagine Toi
December 13th, 2012 by Dorothy Max PriorAn 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 […]
NIE and Tobacco Factory Theatre: Hansel and Gretel
December 7th, 2012 by Geraldine GiddingsIn 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 […]