Go Noah Go!
Reviewed by Flossie Waite A Little Angel Theatre production Running until 4th February 2018 For ages 5-10 Like a certain red-suited someone, Christmas is my busiest time of the year. For […]
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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 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 […]
The Hunting of the Snark Factoids
In 1876 Lewis Carroll – the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematical lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford – who was also an avid reader and writer of poetry, published […]
Just So Festival 2017
Review written by Simone Green What are your favourite childhood memories? I was lucky enough to grow up in the countryside, and mine is disappearing for hours with friends to […]
INTERVIEW: “I felt as if I was walking in to a page of the book!” Illustrator Lydia Monks on What the Ladybird Heard
After touring the world, the stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ best-selling, award-winning picturebook made its West End debut this summer. We talked to Lydia Monks about Ladybird Live and seeing […]
Horrible Histories: More Best of Barmy Britain
Reviewed by Luke Billingham Presented by the Birmingham Stage Company At Garrick Theatre until 2nd September 2017 For ages 5+ Our country is experiencing a time of profound uncertainty. Decisions […]
“Extending the parameters of what’s possible”: The Spark Arts for Children on libraries, Leicester, & changing the theatre landscape
Out of the corner of my eye, I can see that the group of men formerly tucked away in the newspaper section of Highfields Library have inched closer to join […]
INTERVIEW: Kirsten Foster on adventure, Mrs Aouda, & Around the World in 80 Days
Theresa Heskins’ celebrated production of Around the World in 80 Days returns to the stage at Cadogan Hall this summer as part of a major national tour. We talked to actor […]
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