Sunday 19 December 2021

ONLINE CHILDREN'S THEATRE REVIEW: Fantastico - Little Angel Theatre


'Fantastico' is a short (5 minute) piece of cartoon stick pupperty from Little Angel Theatre. Specialists in puppet theatre for the very young, they regularly create online pieces which are available on their Youtube channel.

Here, in a short created and performed by Jessica Shead and Ruby Saide, in a story written by Sean Taylor, we see an elephant wanting to find a comfy place for him to take a short nap. He tries a deck- and a blow-up arm chair before realising that his own rather worn but familiar armchair serves the purpose best. It's a nice story, and it is clearly and expressively narrated by Duane Gooden.

However, I am not certain how old a child would need to be in order for them to understand what an anteater is, and also an "automatic massage" chair; although they would laugh at this scene's outcome. Also, for a UK audience, the phrase 'beach vacation' needs to be put into British English.

Reviewer - Alastair Zyggu
on - 19.12.21

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