On Sunday my 6 year old and I went to see Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas at the Garrick Theatre. Maddie, best known for her appearances on Cbeebies, Youtube and Maddie’s Do You Know, is well known for making STEM fun engaging and accessible for all ages and her live show did not disappoint. Maddie who is on work experience
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On Sunday my 6 year old and I went to check out Little Bulb’s The Nutcracker, currently playing at St Martin’s Theatre, better known as The Mousetrap Theatre. Walking in we were greeted with some fantastic pre-show entertainment, a five piece mouse band playing all the classic Christmas favourites. We were all encouraged to sing a long with such festive
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The show; Stick Man. The tribe; two tired parents, a 3 (and a half – it’s important) year old, and a 1 (and a half – it’s less important) year old. We dutifully packed up half the contents of our house and braved the train into London with two excited toddlers for their first ever experience of (professional) theatre. Our
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On the 4th of August I took my little girl to see Freckle Productions’ The Baddies which is based on the Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler book of the same name. I had previously seen Freckle’s production of Stick Man so was looking forward to the show and it did not disappoint. Freckle has a fantastic way of staying true
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Panto season has hit Dartford and this years offering is Sleeping Beauty at Orchard West. In this panto journey we meet Fairy Christmas (Britain’s Got Talent Winner Sydnie Christmas) who using all of her powers to protect Sleeping Beauty (Lucy May Pollard) and her sister Fairy Carabosse (Larissa Alexandrovnia) who places the famous curse on her. In this story Sleeping
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Children’s imaginations are a joy to behold, witnessing a world materialize from nothing to fill their lives with play. But what happens when a child must use that imagination to escape, to fix the world they exist in and create an imagined space where they may finally find peace and safety. Michael Taylor-Broderick invites us as writer and director of
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Why do Christmas crackers go bang? How is snow formed? Questions that we need to know the answers to, especially at this time of year! Maddie delivers a fun-filled, magical, Christmas themed show in Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas that will answer all these questions and so many more! Who is Maddie Moate and why does she have so much
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This is the first time I’ve seen Beauty and the Beast performed as a panto and did I enjoy it ?… Oh yes I did! When I arrived there was a stall dedicated to Beauty and the Beast panto merch which was obviously dedicated for the kids but I couldn’t help myself and buy a jewelled wand to live my
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Being a teacher and having children, I’m no stranger to the wacky world of David Walliams, but this darker story of Awful Auntie was one that was new to me. The story is of young Stella, told her parents had been killed in a tragic accident, who believes it may not be as accidental as it first seems. With the
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Unless you have been living in a pineapple in the sea the chances are you have heard of SpongeBob SquarePants, the American animated children’s TV show which tells of life in Bikini Bottom with SpongeBob, his best friend Patrick Star and Sandy as well as Plankton, Karen and Mr Krabs. The musical takes many of these well known elements and
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