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Winnie the Pooh the Musical
Bridge Theatre, London
★★★★
The wonderful thing about Tiggers? That he is part of this sixty five minute show, currently playing at the Bridge Theatre in London before embarking on a UK tour later this year.
For me this show is a trip down memory lane, having been raised on A.A Milne and Winnie the Pooh and his friends so to experience this show, which is complete with life size full puppets alongside Sherman Brother's classic songs such as The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers alongside further songs and orchestration by Nate Edmondson and extra orchestrations, was a flashback to my childhood complete with warm fluffy feelings. This adaption comes from the mind of Jonathan Rockefeller with all the puppets coming from their studios and the whole look of the show is just right.
There is a small plot running through the musical as we follow Pooh on his adventure to find some honey, with all the mishaps such as getting stuck in a tree as well as little moments including a bouncing lesson from Tigger because "bouncing is what tiggers do best". With the target audience of the show being a lot younger than I, it is a great way to begin a small person's introduction to the wonderful world of theatre and even with bigger kids like myself the key message of friendship and caring for others is still a great one to hear, which even brought a tear to my eye on more than one occasion.
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The cast of this show is clever in that it is eight adults and four children strong, with each performance requiring five puppeteers who play all of your favourite characters and a Christopher Robin. In the performance I saw was the amazing talents of Laura Bacon, Jake Bazel, Harry Boyd, Alex Cardall and Lottie Grogan with Charlie Man Evans playing the child role of Christopher Robins. Each talented member of the cast had the vocal lilt of each character and they had the characters down to a tea, almost to a point that you focus on the genius of the puppets than the puppeteers/actors who are moving them around.
With it's great cast, sweet and endearing story and amazing puppets, this little show is definitely worth a watch for anyone ranging from 2 to 102, whether it be during the rest of it's London residence at the small and intimate space or at some of the larger spaces it will be visiting on it's UK tour. For more information about the show and it's tour locations, visit the website here
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