This is story telling in the style that children love. The Theatre of Widdershins’ Andy Lawrence held an audience enthralled for the duration of the show with his wonderful props, gripping story- telling style, and puppets with so much character you feel you’ve always known them. In this year’s production, he tells the stories of The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and the Three Billy Goats Gruff (yes, 3 is the theme!). This is an ideal venue for this show, as the detail in the puppets and props is easily visible, and children feel sufficiently involved to call out to the puppeteer in their excitement. There is humour to appeal to both children and adults, and the music adds dramatically to the atmosphere – in fact, several children shifted closer to parents, as the music announced the arrival of the wolf or the bears! I would have been happy to bring a wide age range of children to this show, and been confident they all would have loved it. As it was, I brought Andrew and Alex (aged 3 years), who watched wide-eyed, laughed out loud, shouted out answers, and jigged to the music. They talked about it all the way home, and I was even driven to buy the Widdershin’s CD of the show, which I know will be a bedtime and journey favourite. Book your tickets early – this one will be a sell-out.
It's an incredibly damp Edinburgh this year. It has done nothing but pour with rain today making walking about and going to shows a pretty soggy and uncomfortable business. Andy is out schmoozing as he calls it with some of the other artists from the Eastern Region (I think that he is just after free tickets actually). We've only managed one show today and that was by Gonzo Moose (You don't need to know that). There were a few funny moments in it but we didn't enjoy it as much as one of their previous shows 'I am a Viking.
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