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The Happy Prince
Adapter and Director - Annie Wood from the Oscar Wilde story
of the same name.
Designer - Karen Tennant.
Costume Designer - Alison Brown.
Lighting Designer - Paul Sorley.
Composer - Dave Trouton.
Puppets - Alison Monaghan.
Lion Puppet - Iain Halket.
Company - macRobert Productions.
Cast - here.
Venue - Playhouse Theatre at macRobert at Stirling University
Campus
website.
01786 466666 10mins from train station by bus/taxi about an hour
by train from Edinburgh and 20 from Glasgow.
Dates -
see
end of review.
Run Time - 50 mins without an interval.
Reviewer - Thelma Good.
Take home to dream about.
Under an iridescent light an abandoned park with a empty fountain comes
to life, birds fly and little creature scuffle in the overgrown plants
and discarded rubbish. A child comes on her scooter and ignores the No
Entry sign. One of the Lion gateposts speaks and then a boy arrives on
his scooter.
The girl is determined to tell a story so is the boy. Finding all they
need in the garden they start to tell the story of the swallow who took
a rest on his way to Egypt and the sad statue she rested by.
In the garden and the rubbish they find the characters, the props including
a golden cloak and various puppets including a ill child made out of cloth
scraps and wooden spoons and musician who has a lovely red hottie* but
a hole in his roof. The children, Paul Cunningham and Helen
McAlpine, also play the Prince and the Swallow.
Both take us off to the magical storyland where statues befriend swallows
and crisp packets become rich trimmings. For once this is a show suitable
not just for 3 year olds its storytelling richness keeps all ages entertained.
The audience find themselves joining in with ease, helping the stories
along of the Swallow and the Prince who gets happier and happier as he
gives his own riches away.
Sitting on the new comfy fixed seating of the Playhouse watching this
show is like sitting warm and cosy on the sofa while your Granny tells
you a story you fall into and take home to dream about.
© Thelma Good 30 November 2002. - Published on EdinburghGuide.com
*Hottie - a hot water bottle
Annie Wood is now the director of Polka
Theatre in London
Another play directed by Annie Wood for Polka Theatre was based on Oscar
Wilde's The Selfish Giant - Review.
Cast:
The Prince - Paul Cunningham.
Swallow - Helen McAlpine.
EdinburghGuide Review
of the 2003 May/June performances of Macrobert's The Happy Prince with
Sinead Rushe as the Swallow and part of the 2003
Bank Of Scotland Children's International Theatre Festival.
Dates
and Times
30 Nov at 11am & 2pm, 1 Dec at 11am & 3pm
3 - 6 Dec at 10:30am & 1:30pm
7 Dec at 11am & 2pm
8 Dec at 11am & 3pm
10 - 13 Dec at 10:30am & 1:30pm
14, 24, 26 - 28 Dec at 11am & 2pm
29 Dec at 11am & 3pm
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