Childs Eye View

Writer: Clive King Adaptor: Jessica Swale Director: Derek Bond Reviewers: Emma Boswell and Penny Dutton (age 9) The team behind last year’s highly acclaimed The Wind in the Willows are back working their magic in Chester’s Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre this summer. Their latest offering is an inventive and unique adaptation of Clive King’s legendary 1963 novel, Stig of ...

Writer: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields Director: Mark Bell Reviewer: Phoebe Patrick (age 13) Let’s get the facts out of the way, The Play That Goes Wrong just isn’t funny… It’s hilarious and made my uncle and myself cry with laughter! The Play That Goes Wrong is about The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society and their madcap efforts to put ...

Writer: Charles Dickens Adaptation:Neil Bartlett Director: Dominic Hill Reviewer: Callum Sergeant Callum, at 11 is the youngest member of The Public Reviews Scotland Team, a technical wiz he is also a talented photographer, here is his child’s eye view of the Citizens Theatre’s 2014 festive offering,A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge is a notoriously bitter old man determined not to let ...

Writer: Roald Dahl Adaptor: David Wood Director: Nikolai Foster Reviewer: Phoebe Patrick age 11 [Rating:4] Roald Dahl has always been one of my favourite writers; however I have never read James and the Giant Peach, sodidn’treally know what to expect from this production. The production is very lively and uses a group of Actor/Musicians to play all the parts in ...

Writers: Michael Harrison and Alan McHugh Musical Director: Steve Price Choreographer: Stillie Dee Director: Ed Curtis Reviewer: Humayraa Sheikh (Age 12) [Rating:4.5] “Hi-ya-kids!” – I love going to the pantomime at the Bradford Alhambra. As you go in the doors, snow starts falling, Santa Claus welcomes you to the show, you are greeted by the sound of children singing Christmas ...

Writer: Jon Conway Director: Sam Kane Reviewer: Cameron Sykes [rating:5] I went to Darlington Civic to see Sleeping Beauty. It is really very, very funny and I enjoyed it very much. I liked Muddles (Andy Kane), he was silly and told daft jokes that made me laugh. I liked his juggling and his dog that wet the audience. It was ...

Writer and Director: Peter Rowe Reviewer: Phoebe Patrick age 11 [Rating:4] I really enjoy Christmas and one of my favourite things about it, is going to see a pantomime. However this wasn’t any ordinary pantomime…firstly there were no celebrities and secondly all the cast played musical instruments live on stage as this was Dick Whittington: The Rock’n’Roll panto. The story ...

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice Director: Bill Kenwright Choreographer: Henry Metcalfe Reviewer: Phoebe–Raine Patrick age 11 [rating: 5] I have heard the story of Joseph many times so was made up when I was asked to go and see it and write about it as well.I watched the television programme on the BBC (Any Dream Will Do) when ...