The Gruffalo's Child

Theatre, Children's Lyric Theatre , Piccadilly Circus Wednesday November 22 2017 - Sunday January 7 2018
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The Gruffalo's Child
The Gruffalo's Child: Tall Stories (Over 3s)
The Gruffalo's Child by Tall Stories.

Tall Stories' musical adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's award-winning sequel to 'The Gruffalo', packed with inventive storytelling, energy and furry jumpsuits from the cast of three. Ages 3+.

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Venue name: Lyric Theatre
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Address: 29 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
W1D 7ES
Transport: Piccadilly Circus tube
Price: £15-£19, Premium Seats £23, family £66
Event website: http://www.tallstories.org.uk
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It is a con. If I were Julia Donaldson I would be very upset. Bad costumes which don't look like characters, bad acting, bad singing, bad script which leave out key lines from the book. Actually quite upsetting. All the children looked lost trying to work out why the snake is not hissing and instead is a Spanish party animal, why fox is a Del Boy trader, why grufallo's child looks like a fluffy bunny and why grufallo looks like a tramp in sack. Don't go!


I agree with the other reviewer that it was disappointing that the play didn't maintain the integrity of the original text which is so loved. My three year was confused, didn't recognise the Gruffalo because the costume was different and there were loads of irrelevant songs. The atmosphere of the text and illustrations is still, poetic and magical but this felt like bad panto. Not sure how they can get away with selling it as the Gruffalo's Child. Don't go.