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It’s a hundred years since the phizz-whizzing Roald Dahl was born and Owen & Olly’s Beastly Bash…
Billed as ‘for everyone over 5 years old’, I was still somewhat concerned that Saturday Stories may be a…
Talk about Priscilla, Queen of the Panto!
Dressed in flat cap and corduroys, the precise and tidy Frank (Luke Walker) inhabits the safe and ordered…
The world has only been at peace for about 8% of its recorded history.
It’s no fun being ‘in with the out crowd’ at any time of life but it’s especially painful as a young person…
Twice voted Best Musical Act at the Edinburgh Fringe, Olly and Owen have fast made a name for themselves…
Everyone (juist aboot!) knows the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, an old English tale about a poor widow…
Earlier this year, BBC Radio 2 listeners voted this picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler the…
Within a frame of focussed spotlights, the miniature stage-within-a-stage in Traverse 2 created a…
It is some years now since I first saw Slava's Snow Show performed at the Lyceum, and while much of the…
Owen and Olly are back, bringing their Christmas Swingalong to Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.
Introducing children to the delights of Shakespeare can be a disappointing, even dismal, experience.
The popular award winning animated TV show for very small people about very small people, Ben and Holly’s…
Stalwarts of the annual King's panto serves up some Christmas comedy.
The Snow Queen is one of the supreme midwinter children's stories, made all the better by Mother Nature…
We all know what time of year it is when the King's unleashes its annual romp through Pantoland and this…
With the shadowy shape of the brick red. iron giant of the Forth Bridge centre stage, a lithe, elfish figure…
The subdued and calming designs on the hanging cloths that drape the sides of the Lyceum stage totally belie…
What does it mean to be human? That’s a pretty big question for adults, never mind children.