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Hare & Tortoise--North Edinburgh Arts, Edinburgh

Tortoise challenges boastful Hare to a race, but who will win this famous contest? Adapted from Aesop’s classic fable, Licketyspit’s Hare & Tortoise is a hilarious, highly energetic and imaginative piece of interactive theatre with songs, poetry, puppetry and play. Join the spectators for this riotous event. Put on your supporters’ hats to shout, “Hare will be there! Yeah, yeah, yeah!” or Go Tortoise go! Don't be slow!” Bake the race cake with the Bun Brothers, survive a night in the spooky wood with a ukulele… Read more …


The critical consensus

The Hare And The Tortoise is one of the oldest stories known to humankind; yet as the children’s artwork shows, once we begin to tease out what it has to say about human character and achievement, there’s no end to its fascination, or to the vivid images it suggests to our minds.

***(*)(*)Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman, 20/12/2014

Where and when?

North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Edinburgh from Monday December 1, 2014, until Saturday December 20, 2014. More info: www.northedinburgharts.co.uk

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