TakeOff Festival 2017
“Watching something like that just makes me want to immediately go and create something,” another delegate tells me at the end of BonteHond’s iPet, a play which combines magic tricks, […]
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24 hours at TakeOff Festival
At 30 years young, TakeOff Festival is doing what it always has: proving productions for young audiences are profound, unpredictable, hilarious and exciting. Puppet musicals with singing books can be […]
Flit, Flap & Fly
Reviewed by Flossie Waite A Fine Chisel production Reviewed at Half Moon Theatre For ages 3-8 When I was little, I had a real thing for animal habitats. My number […]
INTERVIEW: Ben Glasstone of MONSTRO Theatre on ‘Book Story’ & simplicity in the digital age
MONSTRO theatre are taking Book Story – a puppet musical celebrating books, reading and libraries – on a national tour this Autumn. We spoke to award-winning writer, director and composer Ben Glasstone […]
INTERVIEW: “Gender should not be a barrier to anything” Performer Charlotte Cooper on The Night Pirates
The Night Pirates is an adventure on the high seas, adapted from the much-loved book by Peter Harris and Deborah Allwright. We chat to cast member Charlotte Cooper, who has performed […]
INTERVIEW: “It’s always exciting to be given a whole new world to play in” – Playwright Emma Reeves on Ugly Duckling
tutti frutti and York Theatre Royal are bringing one of Hans Christian Andersen’s best known tales to life. With a menagerie of mischievous animals depicted through inventive physicality, and live […]
INTERVIEW: “It’s never too early to get a child interested in questioning the apparent norms of our society” – Playwright Sabrina Mahfouz on Zeraffa Giraffa
Omnibus Theatre and Little Angel Theatre have combined forces for a co-production of Zeraffa Giraffa, based on the picturebook by Diane Hofmeyr & illustrated by Jane Ray. The play is inspired […]
