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Theatre listings > Are We There Yet? - Welsh Company. Part of the Childrens' International Theatre Festival. Director - Sarah Argent. Musical Director - Matthew Bailey. Design - Sarah Argent/Zoë Hewitt. Cast - here . Company - Theatr Iolo (Wales) Company Website. Seen to review at NEAC 24 May 2005. Run Time - 45 mins NO interval. Suggested Age - 3 - 5 years old . Reviewer - Thelma Good. Rapt children knew. When you are young there's a lot of waiting. Connie and her older brother are waiting for what? A train? A ship? A car? It's never clear but they've got luggage. Dad tries to keep Connie occupied and her brother does too sometimes. He plays a violin skilfully, and for adults it's the music that will initially most entrall. But for tinies, they find the gentle exploration of being a young child, when you can only do what adults and older siblings allow, absorbing. In the luggage there are surprises to be revealed but there is no big story. You never know where they are going or why they are leaving. But then the young audience can fit their own lives inside the play. While adults will recall how they keep their little ones occupied when waiting for big adventures, special holidays or escaping something they hope to leave behind. Just after I saw it I thought it insignificant but in reflection I've discovered its hauntingly comforting and consoling. The rapt children knew that immediately, clever them! © Thelma Good 24 May 2005 - Published on EdinburghGuide.com Cast - Kevin Lewis - Dad, Anna Joseph - Connie and Oliver Wilson-Dickson - Edward. Oliver Wilson-Dickson also plays the music on violin.. Theatre Editor, Thelma Good's e-mail is thelma@edinburghguide.com Although every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in these pages, no responsibility can be accepted for any errors or omissions. Theatre listings >
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