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Children's theatre

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.

    Play time
    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

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

June 2024

  • Roars of delight … The Colour of Dinosaurs.

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

  • This way to darkest Peru … a set from the show.

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

May 2024

  • David Suchet

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

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

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

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

February 2024

  • Rebel spirit … David Carpenter, second from left, with a previous non-professional cast in Camp Phoenix.

    Camp Phoenix review – an essential firsthand guide to flaming youth

  • Do the robot … Ugo Dehaes’s Simple Machines

    Edinburgh’s Manipulate festival: rubbery robot Swan Lake leads celebration of the unexpected

December 2023

  • Bluey’s Big Play

    Play time
    Bluey’s Big Play review – puppy puppets’ sweet show sets tails wagging

    The Australian TV phenomenon reaches the stage with a story about sibling solidarity that has wacky dancing and an emotional wallop
  • A set like a paper pop-up … Florence Poskitt, Terence Rae and Eve Tucker in A Town Called Christmas.

    A Town Called Christmas review – merry mission to restore festive spirit

    Elvi Piper’s show for over-threes has knockabout silliness, vintage styling, cracker jokes and appealing songs

    • Lost and Found review – catchy songs and breezy fun as Gruff Rhys steers Oliver Jeffers’ story

    • Zoetrope review – skeletons rattle up a surreal Christmas show

    • Wendy: A Peter Pan Story review – an awfully modern adventure

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