Children’s Theatre
Review – The Singing Kettle: Fairytale Castle
An era ended at the Festival Theatre on Sunday afternoon, when veteran children’s performers Cilla and Artie took the lid from their last kettle and went off into the sunset after 30 years leading the company they formed back in 1982.
Review – Swallows and Amazons
* * * * * Festival Theatre Review by Thom Dibdin Rarely is the ability of theatre to create a world and tell a story demonstrated as powerfully as it is in this top notch touring production which is at the Festival Theatre, its second port of call in a tour around the UK. Ok, […]
Theatre Review – Martha
* * * * * Brunton Theatre By Thom Dibdin TOUCHING, hilarious and played with the utmost respect for its audience of youngsters aged four and over, Catherine Wheels’ wonderful Martha is a suitably stunning opening show for this year’s Bank of Scotland Imaginate festival of theatre for children Gill Robertson is impeccable as Mrs […]
Take your kids seats please…
By Thom Dibdin Taking young C to see the Singing Kettle last week was a real eye-opener. It was the first time we’d gone alone to the theatre – without her mother – and I was slightly nervous about being able to take the whole show in without being distracted.
Children’s Theatre Review – The Singing Kettle: Pyjama Party
* * * Festival Theatre Review by Thom Dibdin Thank goodness for second halves. At the tender age of two, Young C is no stranger to theatre – nor, indeed, to singing along – but she was totally bemused by the opening half of the Singing Kettle’s pyjama party. By the time the second half […]
