Edinburgh Festival Review: Robin Hood
The Edinburgh Fringe is generally renowned for the weird and wonderful. I’m prepared to expect the unexpected and brace myself for the good, the bad,… Read More »Edinburgh Festival Review: Robin Hood
The Edinburgh Fringe is generally renowned for the weird and wonderful. I’m prepared to expect the unexpected and brace myself for the good, the bad,… Read More »Edinburgh Festival Review: Robin Hood
Silent comedy perhaps isn’t the first thing I would think of to entertain children. I would worry they might be bored or distracted. But having heard the level of laughter emerging from the children at Jango Starr’s ‘One Man Shoe’ – I stand entirely corrected.
From the very start of the show, Jango’s slapstick comedy had the kids giggling uncontrollably as he lost his hat, became caught up in a coat stand and generally – was a perfect clown.Read More »Edinburgh Festival Review: One Man Shoe
It’s always difficult to know whether my opinion is going to be shared by others. What if something is actually marmite? With festival reviews, I always… Read More »Edinburgh Festival Review: Oskar’s Amazing Adventures
With ears adorning her head and a striking polka dot dress, the human version of Minnie Mouse is once again spinning disks at the Edinburgh… Read More »Edinburgh Festival Review: Monski Mouse
On Wednesday we kicked our Edinburgh Festival experience with Nick Cope’s Family Song Book. We had long been looking forward to his show, given the… Read More »Edinburgh Festival Review: Nick Cope’s Family Song Book
Edinburgh Festival really is for everyone. Once upon a time I may have been frequenting late night comedy shows and whiling away my hours in a… Read More »5 Top Tips for Enjoying Edinburgh Festival with Kids
We’ve had a busy festival season in Edinburgh, and I’ve seen some brilliant shows with the younger two children. However, I always like to try and see at least one thing thing aimed at an older audience for my eleven year-old, Ben. After reading the description of 360 Allstars, I was confident that it would fit the bill:
‘A phenomenal physical performance exploring all forms of rotation, 360 Allstars connects the street with the elite to deliver a radical urban circus.’
Ben’s love of skateboarding has now lasted almost a year, so I was pretty sure that this would tick all the necessary ‘cool’ boxes alongside being entertaining enough for me! Needless to say we were not disappointed:Read More »Activities: 360 Allstars at Edinburgh festival
There’s that magical time in childhood – where make-believe can still be reality and they can be so totally consumed in a moment that everything… Read More »Edinburgh International Children’s Festival returns!
Yes, you read that correctly – the Edinburgh Children’s Festival returns to the city for 2021, and we are delighted! The wonderful team at Imaginate… Read More »Review: Edinburgh International Children’s Festival 2021
Following months of planning (and re-planning), the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival has announced its 2021 hybrid programme of online and outdoor theatre and dance for… Read More »Edinburgh Children’s Festival is back!