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Room on the Broom Live (Babes Review)

December 3, 2012 //  by Uju//  2 Comments

Room on the Broom Live 2012

Going to kids’ theatre in London these days is a bit like exploring the back catalogue of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Or at least that’s what it seems like as another cracking adaptation of the popular author and illustrator’s works flies headlong into the West End.

Room on the Broom serves up a witches’ brew of comedy, puppetry and songs that had the babes and mama spellbound, and giggling inanely, from start to finish.

The fun kicks off with a game of hide and seek between cast members and audience, all before ‘curtain up’. Then the actors are back on stage playing 4 characters on a camping trip who spot what appears to be a witch and her cat zooming by on a broom.

Cue crash landing and our intro to the ramshackle witch and her feisty, feline chum, who manage to lose a hat, bow and wand on their adventures but gain a dog, a bird and a frog for their troubles.

The cast of 4 take on all the characters, with the witch and her cat played by the female leads, and the animals brought to life by the puppeteering wizardry of the male actors.

Room on the Broom Live dog puppet

I was charmed to bits by the surprisingly realistic Dog who turns the action up a notch as soon as he bounds onto stage. The fast-talking Frog also brought the house down with his country & western lament about being kiss-chased by a princess.

As the story goes, the motley crew come up against a not-so-scary Dragon who fancies a bit of witch and chips for his tea. But before you can say hubble bubble, it’s a happy ending for all, complete with pimped-out broomstick and catchy singalong.

Room on the Broom is produced by Tall Stories, the company behind The Gruffalo Live and this latest show is nothing short of magic.

Go see it!

On the Spot

Chieun with Elise, 3 and Torgua, 6
‘I thought it was a really fun show, the music was good and it had loads of extras for the kids.’ Torgua says, ‘My favourite bit was when the witch turned the engine off on her broom and they started falling’. And Elise’s best bit? ‘Mud’. (I think she means the swamp)!

Room on the Broom at Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave, WC2 (Piccadilly Circus tube) until Jan 13, 2013

Showtimes 11am (Wed-Fri), 10am & 12pm (Sat-Sun), some performances 2pm (confirm times on web site); £13-£20.50/family £60

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Category: What's OnTag: central London, Christmas, events, family, kids, shows, toddlers

About Uju

Uju Asika is a writer, blogger and creative consultant. She is the author of Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation (DK/Penguin Random House), Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World (Yellow Kite/Hachette UK) and the delightful picture book A World for Me and You, illustrated by Jennie Poh (Hachette Children's Group). Uju's books are available at Bookshop.org, Amazon, Waterstones and other good bookshops. Follow Uju @babesabouttown on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram.

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  1. HonestMum

    December 3, 2012 at 8:01 pm

    Wow this looks absolutely fabulous-witch and chips-brilliant! I want to go x

  2. Uju

    December 5, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    It’s so much fun, I highly recommend it. Tall Stories are a brilliant company – look out for when they’re touring near you if you can’t make it to London before the run ends.

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