children's shows review

Jay Gees Jamboree, His Snurglegurk And Other Stuff

M+E Theatre/Laughing Horse Free Festival

This show has gone for the Roald Dahl method of entertaining kids, which generally involves being as creepy and weird as possible and seeing who blinks first. It works reasonably well, but it's hard to tell if the children are intrigued or confused. The poems lack the vivid imagination of Dahl but there are some, like the tale of the boy who continually picked his nose and his snot-monster friend, which hit the mark for giggles. A few of the younger kids seemed perturbed by the whole thing, not quite old enough to keep up and understandably freaked out by Ms Googiepants' ability to pull some very scary faces. It'll keep the easily befuddled quiet for 45 minutes though.

Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 18 - 25 Aug, 2.10pm (2.55pm), free, fpp 15

tw rating: 3/5

published: Aug-2008

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