Articles relating to: children’s theatre
Festive Theatre Review: The Pixie and the Pudding, Sheffield Crucible Studio
It’s such a pleasure to watch highly skilled performers at work, whether it’s Ian McDiarmid in his one-man show The Lemon Table or Ashleigh Cheadle and Sam Dutton in this adaptation of a Scandinavian folktale at the Sheffield Crucible Studio.
Read the full story..(Online) Theatre Review: Duckie, HOME, Manchester
These are difficult times. Rehearsals are problematic with social distancing and theatres are largely making it up as they go along.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: Big Up! Unity Theatre, Liverpool
Five stars for a performance that was funnier, more engaging and more inventive than virtually any theatre production aimed at young children I’ve ever seen?
Read the full story..Theatre Review: Stick Man, The Lowry, Salford
Roll up, families seeking a pre-schooler-friendly Christmas production without a cast full of X Factor semi-finalists and too many flashing lights.
Read the full story..Review: The Book of Dragons, York Theatre Royal
Expectation is all, that’s why we buy tickets.
Read the full story..Review: The Bear, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale
Sale Waterside has delivered some fine Christmas family shows in recent years, specialising in hand-crafted, smaller-scale work that punches above its weigh and delights younger audiences.
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