Admittedly I am a bit of a bah humbug when it comes to the British Christmas tradition of a panto visit - I try it every couple of years and have experienced by now various formats (pub theatre, adult and drag versions included). I do enjoy the festive cheer everyone else experiences around me but … Continue reading Finally a panto for the bah humbugs – Peter Pan at the Greenwich Theatre
Its advisable to arrive early at the Polka Theatre when visiting with playful children - after a half-term visit to see Well Done, Mummy Penguin this is my third trip to Wimbledon's children theatre but the first one of today's 8 year old co-reviewer. And so I have only found out today that the venue has a second patio garden with a … Continue reading See it now: The Firework Maker’s Daughter at the Polka Theatre
It is an exciting morning: For the first time I but also my assistant mini-reviewers are visiting the Unicorn Theatre, since 2005 only a few walking minutes away from both London and Tower Bridge. All three of us have committed to confront our arachnophobia this Halloween season ("there is an upside down bucket on the floor … Continue reading Excited about Anansi the Spider – a first trip to the Unicorn Theatre
What do you do when planning a Christmassy day in the theatre with both children and adults who, combined, cannot stand panto or scares or elaborate musical tunes? You thank children's TV presenter Maddie Moates for putting up an one hour, interval-free, suitable-for-all show on science facts about the festive seasons without a cheesy, moral-heavy narrative which will arm young … Continue reading Advent in the West End: Maddie Moate’s A Very Curious Christmas at the Apollo Theatre
After our theatre visit at Zog And The Flying Doctors this summer, we do not want to miss the chance to catch another play by Freckle Productions based on the children books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler: The Baddies at the Rose Theatre in Kingston, Surrey, will be an outstanding half term highlight! A photo taken by the lovely family sitting behind us - because … Continue reading “Outstanding” claims the mini reviewer: The Baddies at the Rose Theatre
Because half-term cannot surely be all about Halloween, a trip to London's Southbank Centre is scheduled for a stage adaptation of Elmer, the patchwork-coloured elephant with the iconic square pattern: The London Literature Festival is back! And because I do not dare reviewing a kids' show without children in the age range of the target audience, I have two primary schoolers with … Continue reading The London Literature Festival is back: The Elmer Adventure at the Southbank Centre
Cadogan Hall has been on my bucket list of London venues since I first passed its stunning façade years ago in Sloane Square during a Chelsea stroll - the unique clock tower and especially the building's backside are true gems within an area famous for its expensive real estates. I am therefore surprised on arrival that Cadogan … Continue reading Zog and the Flying Doctors at Cadogan Hall
On arrival from the vaults of its car park, the massive multilevel foyer of the Fairfield Halls in London's Borough Of Culture 2023 Croydon is breathtakingly busy. People in Christmas hats and jumpers take family pictures on almost every corner, in front of fairy light curtains, on stairs and the funky Christmas trees crowned with disco balls, … Continue reading Croydon is London’s Borough Of Culture 2023: Aladdin at Fairfield Halls
As a lifelong Hans-Christian Andersen listener and reader, I am keen to join as many stage interpretations of my favourite fairy tale as I can, and am therefore very excited to visit Wimbledon's Polka Theatre for the first time. It is a venue dedicated to productions for children which has been based here since 1979. … Continue reading The girls have spoken: Five stars for The Snow Queen at the Polka Theatre
Strongly recalling visits to London’s National Theatre (another prominent example of 1970s brutalism architecture), it appears the Gillian Lynne Theatre in Covent Garden also mastered an auditorium without bad seats. For the price we paid, we are more than happy with our seats in the first row of the balcony to the right, despite the apparent restricted view: Even the … Continue reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the West End’s Gillian Lynne Theatre
Sadie takes the Stage 