How many penguins are too many penguins? Mr Polaro thinks that one is more than enough, thank you very much. Penguina wants someone to play with. Just one friend, well, maybe two, or three...
How many penguins can we get in one space? Squeeze into this fun theatrical experience, created especially for 1-4 year olds, to find out. It might get crowded, but we promise the arrival of the penguins, however many, will entertain and delight.
Cosy and enchanting, Frozen Charlotte’s devised production for Macrobert might be aimed at under-threes, but there are more than enough tweaks from designer Katy Wilson to keep parents engaged too.
Jameson's body language and Cully's expressive vocalisings have made sure we get the picture, but their puppetry skills with the penguins add further layers of charming comedy. By the end, everyone is having fun and the tinies have got their mitts on the penguins.
Quietly inventive.
This sense of warmth and purity feels somewhat cleansing as the production glows with a serene beauty unrivalled in many of the Christmas shows this year.
Funny and fascinating though the popping up of the penguins is, it isn’t quite a substitute for the start-to-finish interactivity achieved by, for example, early years theatre masters Oily Cart.
Adults and children alike can be entranced by this gem. The joint was jumpin’ at the end to the jivin’ sounds as the young audience gets to meet the eponymous heroes. Joyful!
Clever, intriguing and thoroughly engaging for its target audience of pre-school toddlers, Too Many Penguins? returns in a form that is even better than before.
macrobert, Stirling from Tuesday December 2, 2014, until Sunday December 28, 2014. More info: www.macrobert.org
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Wednesday December 14, 2016, until Saturday December 24, 2016. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/festival
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