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Rating Guide None = Unmissable 
= UnwatchablePage number refers to the Fringe programme Hambledog And The Hopping Clogs (Page 11). Drams None. Venue Hill Street Theatre (Venue 41). Address Hill Street. Reviewer Emma Slawinski. Hambledog and Granny Cobble are shoemakers by trade, but business is bad. When a supercilious customer comes to call, their problems appear to be over – that is, until he starts making mischief. Hambledog must leave his home and granny to find a remedy, and has a few adventures on the way... Kids are tough customers, and they can smell a facile plot or patronising humour a mile off. I’m happy to say there wasn’t a trace of either in this gem of a play written by children’s author Vivian French, and staged by Perissology - the children were rapt and unblinking from start to finish. Hambledog and the Hopping Clogs is a warm and engaging moral fable, in which a host of archetypes plucked from fairytale and folklore are jazzed up by an exuberant and skilful cast. The script is vibrant and delights in playing with language – a treat for both young and old – and the set and costume design is colourful and has some clever touches. But by far the best thing about this play is the superb characterisation – in all of their many roles, the actors are funny and charming and guaranteed to win over even the most harassed of parents or babysitters, as there’s plenty to appeal to an adult sense of humour (the gloriously camp Twist, King of Cats, for example). You’ll want to take them all home with you when the performance is over! ©Emma Slawinski 24 August 2004 – Published on Edinburghguide.com Runs til 30 August at 11.00 am. Company – Perissology Theatre Productions.
The Ignatius Trail. (Page 11).
Drams
.Venue The Underbelly (Venue no as in back of Fringe programme) Address Entrances on Cowgate and Victoria St. Reviewer Rowan Smith.
She is there to turn them from useless to the most vicious pirates alive. She's also there to check out their claims to losing their heads in battle. There is one other thing she decides to do and that is make an example of one of the crew. So she forces Ignatius Trail to walk the plank. While Ignatius is floating on a piece wood, he meets the mermaid. The one that has won the ugliest mermaid award sixteen years in a row! The show has lots of songs with catchy tunes on board and the kids humour make the voyage enjoyable for everyone. © Rowan Smith (Aged 11) 21 August 2004 - Published on EdinburghGuide.com Runs to 29 August at 12:15 not 17 or 24. Company – en masse theatre.
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