Property News · June 9, 2016

The Little Gardener review – kids dig this greenhouse puppet show


Lyric Hammersmith, LondonThere’s not much story to speak of, but this play based on Emily Hughes’s picturebook offers the young crowd the chance to get their hands dirtyMy theatre companion for the day, Frida, doesn’t have a garden at home. She does, however, have a balcony with a “flower plant, an orange tree, a tomato tree and a bouncy ball”. Like most four-year-olds, Frida isn’t a huge gardening enthusiast. I’m concerned that this adaptation of Emily Hughes’s picturebook The Little Gardener isn’t going to appeal.How It Ended theatre company (led by director Eva Sampson) have set their puppet show inside a mini-greenhouse, which stands outside the Lyric Hammersmith in London. As always with gardening, the first concern is the weather. The audience gather round the greenhouse to watch the show from outside. It’s June, so naturally it’s pouring with rain. Luckily, the shower stops just in time for the show and a slightly soggy crowd look into designer James Lewis’s greenhouse. The children move in closer, while the parents peer anxiously at the clouds overhead. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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