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Children's theatre

October 2024

  • Toby Thompson in The Little Prince

    The Little Prince review – twinkling spin on Saint-Exupéry’s flight of fantasy

    Performance poet Toby Thompson has a breezy rapport with the young audience as he retells the bittersweet novella with modern trimmings

September 2024

  • Danyah Miller in The Mystery of Little Angel Theatre.

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    The Mystery of Little Angel Theatre review – Robin Stevens brings juicy intrigue in dynamic whodunnit

    As you would expect from the queen of kids’ crime fiction, there’s a grisly murder to solve and a lineup of dubious suspects that leaves the audience abuzz with theories

August 2024

  • The Gummy Bears' Great War

    A Jaffa Cake Musical and The Gummy Bears’ Great War: Edinburgh fringe stages battles with bite

    A zesty courtroom drama about cakes (or biscuits?) and a combat epic using dozens of jelly teddies offer sweet and sour clashes at the festival
  • From bright orange hair to foot … Wes Peden.

    Rollercoaster review – fizzy tricks and funky escapades from a master of juggling

    Wes Peden shows off his skills with hoops, pins and balls, while his humble pleasure in performance sweetens the stunts

    • I Am the Boss review – squabbling siblings’ hijinks at Edinburgh fringe

    • At the fringe with your kids? Edinburgh festival shows for families

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      Zog and the Flying Doctors review – plucky princess and her crew take flight

July 2024

  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

    ‘My poor kid has been haunted by it’: Harry Potter and the reviewer that mattered most

  • Rosemarie Akwafo (Nona) in Rough Magic at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

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    Rough Magic review – zany riff on Macbeth bewitches young audience

  • Digressions aplenty … Alice in Wonderland.

    Alice in Wonderland review – down the rabbit hole and into the woods

  • The Station Master and Mrs Brown greet a visitor to The Paddington Bear Experience.

    The Paddington Bear Experience review – the Marmalade Day jamboree must go on!

  • Edinburgh festival 2024: 12 tips for families

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    Enitan’s Game review – warm-hearted children’s show from Punchdrunk Enrichment

June 2024

  • Roars of delight … The Colour of Dinosaurs.

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    The Colour of Dinosaurs review – fascinating family show with raptor-ous revelations

    Palaeontologist Jakob Vinther joins a lively group of musicians for this gig-theatre production based on his groundbreaking research
  • This way to darkest Peru … a set from the show.

    Hide the marmalade! Paddington Bear is back – and this time he’s gone immersive

    The fluffy accident-prone favourite is donning his red wellies and duffle coat for a magical new ‘experience’ that is half-theatre and half-party. Our writer braces herself for a look behind the scenes
  • David Suchet

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: David Suchet’s Poirot secrets, Oklahoma! and more

    This month’s roundup includes the versatile actor’s 75th birthday show, Succession’s Harriet Walter playing Lorca’s matriarch and supreme showman Hugh Jackman in the classic musical

May 2024

  • Getting engaged with the action … Univers by Engruna Teatre.

    Edinburgh international children’s festival review – sensory magic and complex ideas made fun

    From a gentle exploration of tubes and spheres to a forthright examination of climate change, immersive puppetry and minimalist narrators, this is mesmerising for families and children alike

April 2024

  • Cerys Marie Burton, Shaka Kalokoh, Kimmy Edwards and Cash Holland in The Odyssey.

    The Odyssey: It’s a Really, Really, Really Long journey review – dynamic retelling of Homer for all ages

    Breathtaking set design and transportive music drive a family-friendly musical of the epic Greek myth

March 2024

  • Cash Holland and Shaka Kalokoh with the muses Cerys Burton and Kimmy Edwards behind

    The Odyssey: It’s a Really Really Really Long Journey review – Behold, Telemachus the mummy’s boy!

  • Khai Shaw, Katie Donnachie and Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens in Romeo and Juliet.

    Romeo and Juliet review – beatboxing lovers in full flow

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