Theatre for Children
Gruffalos, Ladybirds and Other Beasts – Junior Review
✭✭✭✭✭ Hilarious and very exciting
Junior review by Cora Dibdin:
This show had the real Julia Donaldson. She brought her husband Malcolm and sister Mary and there were two other people, James and Joanna.
The Last of the Dragons – Junior Review
✭✭✭✭✩ Very funny
Junior review by Cora Dibdin
The Last of the Dragons is set in a kingdom where there’s a tradition that on a princess’s 16th birthday she gets married, but first she has to get tied to a rock and then a dragon comes and takes her away but a prince comes and saves her by killing the dragon. (You don’t see the dragons being killed.)
Alice in Wonderland – Junior Review
✭✭✭✩✩ Very mad
Junior review by Cora Dibdin:
This was a play of Alice in Wonderland done by teenagers. I have read the book and I liked it. It was mad.
Fraxi Queen of the Forest – Junior Review
✭✭✭✭✩ Entertaining
Junior Review by Cora Dibdin:
Fraxi is an ash tree and she is queen of the forest because she is very tall. Fraxi is played by a woman dressed up and she uses her arms and hands as branches. She talks and moves around.
Hairy Maclary’s Cat Tales – Junior Review
✭✭✭✭✭ Really good
Junior Review by Cora Dibdin
Everyone thought that Hairy Maclary was funny and nearly everyone joined in.
Children’s shows
At All Edinburgh Theatre, we are covering as many shows made in Edinburgh being staged during the fringe as we can.
Here is our alphabetical listing of the children’s shows which are made by companies resident in the city (or close by!).
Baba Yaga – junior review
✭✭✭✭✩ Exciting
Junior Review by Cora Dibdin
Baba Yaga at Duddingston Kirk gardens was magical for everyone.
Baba Yaga (And The Girl With The Kind Heart)
✭✭✭✭✩ Spine tingling:
Magnificently malevolent when it needs to be, Theatre Alba’s take on the great Russian folk tale Baba Yaga thrills and frightens in equal measure as it promenades round Dr Neil’s Garden in Duddingston.
Easter Holiday Theatre for Children
White, Gruffalo and Puppet Animation Festival hit town By Thom Dibdin Big, small and dotted all around, the variety of theatre for under-tens on offer in Edinburgh this Easter holidays is broad, thanks largely to the very excellent Puppet Animation Festival which is playing in a total of eight smaller venues around the city. The […]
