I have just witnessed the definition of a children’s comedy show. Intelligent, hilarious and so brilliantly clever The Showstoppers’ Christmas kids show is now going to mark the start of every Christmas for my family and I (no matter how old the kids get!). Having 4 children and the whole family being from a performing background, we have seen our
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Teletubbies Live at the Orchard Theatre On Wednesday 22nd August I took my very excited almost three year old son and his cousin who is four and a half to see the Teletubbies Live, the Teletubbies first ever theatre show. I was interested to see how this would transition to stage and how engaged the children would be. As we
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Madagascar Press Launch Of course, everyone will be familiar with the fun-loving film Madagascar. I was excited to have been given the opportunity by Sarah of going to the press launch day of the musical adaptation. The show will begin its tour at the New Wimbledon Theatre from July 21st starring 2016 X Factor winner, Matt Terry as Alex the
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Gangsta Granny at The Orchard Theatre Last night myself and my 10-year-old son were lucky enough to review the popular ‘Gangsta Granny’ by David Walliams, at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford, on behalf of Musical Theatre Musings. Being a fan of David Walliams’ books and of the television adaptation, I was very interested to see how it would play out
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Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales at The Churchill Theatre: When I was offered tickets to review the children’s show, ‘Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales’ I thought that this was the perfect opportunity to invite back guest reviewer Caroline Essenhigh and her daughters to review this one for me. Over to Caroline: ‘Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales’ brings together four of
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Mister Maker and The Shapes – Orchard Theatre I don’t think I am the target audience for Mister Maker and the Shapes – being neither a child nor able to take one along to entertain for the afternoon I turned to one of my lovely mummy friends Caroline and asked her and her daughter would be kind enough to guest review this
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Getting Children Into Theatre – The summer holiday is upon us and often parents are left wondering what to do to fill those long 6 weeks. This is the perfect chance to introduce your child to the world of theatre which, depending on the show choice can be anything from pure entertainment to educational. Here are my top picks
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