S4K Dream - Edingburgh Evening News, Edingburgh Festival Review 21 Aug 1998

Shakespeare 4 Kidz A Midsummer Night's Dream
Calder's Gilded Balloon at The Palladium

Dream day out for kidz

FIVE STARS *****

For a beguiling 90 minutes, Julian Chenery's retelling of Shakespeare's fantasy comes alibe for delighted children and enchanted adults alike.

Their effective, accessible use of music, costumes and slapstick still retains an authentic feel.

When I asked heer to see a Shakespeare play with me, my young friend rolled her eyes "All right!"

No more than six minutes into the performance she was wrigglin in her seat: "Cool!"

Runs until tomorrow.

 

Milind Kolhatkar


 
 
What they say about us:

S4K ROMEO: "My husband and I took our (reluctant) ten year old son and our eleven year old (slightly more reluctant!) nephew to watch Romeo and Juliet at The Lowry theatre. Wow! The performance of the company was truly outstanding. Both boys were immediately captivated ('Star Wars' style intro - genius idea!) and remained that way throughout (allowing for the odd embarrased squirm during the 'mushy bits'!). You have a talented group of people who really help children understand that Shakespeare isn't something to be afraid of but to be thoroughly enjoyed. I'll certainly be taking them to other performances and as a school governor, will be recommending you to our head teacher. In such a talented group it's difficult, almost unfair, to pick out one particular actor but if you could possibly pass on my regards to the actor who played the part of Mercutio I would be grateful - the boys absolutely adored him - as did the whole theatre! What a talent!