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Tag: Family Friendly Theatre

REVIEW: Pig Heart Boy (Unicorn Theatre)

February 12, 2025 The Family Stage

Almost 30 years after the original book was published, Unicorn Theatre, Sheffield Theatres and Children’s Theatre Partnership have teamed up…

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Posted in: Reviews Filed under: 9+, Children's Theatre, Family Friendly Theatre, Malorie Blackman, Unicorn Theatre

REVIEW: The SpongeBob Musical (Southbank Centre)

August 14, 2023 The Family Stage

Are you ready kids? For five weeks only, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall has been transformed into Bikini Bottom; home…

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Posted in: Reviews, Theatre Filed under: Family Friendly Theatre, Family Theatre, Musical Theatre, Southbank Centre, UK Tour

REVIEW: Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish, Roustabout Theatre (Arts Depot)

September 15, 2022 The Family Stage

This year sees the 50th anniversary of Michael Foreman’s classic story Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish, a cautionary tale about…

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Posted in: Reviews, Theatre Filed under: Arts Depot, Childrens Theatre, Family Friendly Theatre, Family Theatre, Roustabout Theatre
Three actors on a stage. One is dressed as a pirate. Another is dressed as a princess. The third is dressed as a platypus and is on the back of the Princess.

REVIEW: The Pirate, the Princess and the Platypus (Polka Theatre)

August 2, 2022 The Family Stage

It’s a heteronormative tale as old as time; little girls dream of being princesses who frolic in forests with their…

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Posted in: Reviews, Theatre Filed under: Childrens Theatre, Family Friendly Theatre, Family Theatre, Polka Theatre

REVIEW: Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World (Theatre Royal Stratford East)

June 23, 2022 The Family Stage

Kate Pankhurst’s bestselling picture book Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is filled with fascinating facts about some of…

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Posted in: Reviews, Theatre Filed under: Children's Theatre, Family Friendly Theatre, Family Theatre, Feminist, Girl Power, Musical Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Touring Production

REVIEW (From a distance): Oh No, George! (Can’t Sit Still, Half Moon Live)

May 11, 2020 The Family Stage

One problem with living in (pre-lockdown) London is we are rather spoiled for choice when it comes to theatre. With…

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Posted in: Reviews, Theatre Filed under: Children's Theatre, Digital Theatre, Family Friendly Theatre, Half Moon Theatre

REVIEW: Tweedy and the Missing Company of Sherlock Holmes (Greenwich Theatre)

February 18, 2020 The Family Stage

As regular readers will know, it’s not uncommon to find us at the theatre on a Sunday afternoon. This “us”…

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Posted in: Reviews, Theatre Filed under: Family Friendly Theatre

REVIEW: Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre)

February 9, 2020 The Family Stage 1 Comment

Practically perfect in every way? Get Mary Poppins right and the reviews write themselves. We’re big Poppins fans here at…

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Posted in: Reviews, Theatre Filed under: Disney, Family Friendly Theatre, Musical Theatre, West End

REVIEW: A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic)

January 26, 2020 The Family Stage

January is a pretty miserable month, especially once the Christmas decorations have come down. Most family-friendly festive productions shut up…

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Posted in: Reviews, Theatre Filed under: Family Friendly Theatre, Plays, The Old Vic

REVIEW: Turtles Don’t Like Plastic, Todos Teatro (Tristan Bates Theatre)

January 13, 2020 The Family Stage

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock at the bottom of the ocean for the last year or so, you’re…

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Posted in: Reviews, Theatre Filed under: Environment, Family Friendly Theatre, Tristan Bates Theatre

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The Family Stage, London Branch 

Mummy

Age: 30 something

Likes: Dark and twisty musicals.  Referring to herself in the third person.

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Age: Marginally older than Mummy.

Likes: Harry Potter. Lego. Harry Potter Lego. Sleep.

Dislikes: Adulting.

Crotchet

Age: 13.

Likes:  Tap dancing. Cats. Winning.

Dislikes: Mornings. Sharing food.

Stagey soulmate: Peggy Sawyer.

Quaver

Age: 11.

Likes:  Singing. Dancing. Snacks.

Dislikes: Waiting.

Stagey Soulmate: Baby June.

 

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Bedfordshire Mum

Age: 30 something (for now)

Likes: Imaginative and quirky, unexpected things.

Dislikes: Panto (change my mind)!

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