This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
ED2011 3/5 Reviews ED2011 Children's Shows Reviews
The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase (Not Cricket Productions)
By Leonie Sheridan | Published on Tuesday 9 August 2011
“Terrible posture!” the terrifying Mrs Slighcarp barks at an unsuspecting audience member, as we wait to enter this charming depiction of Joan Aiken’s children’s classic, ‘The Wolves of Willoughby Chase’. If, like me, you’ve never come across Aiken before, think Lemony Snicket with a happy ending. In fact, never having read the novel didn’t matter, as the cast did a stellar job of relaying it through some good old-fashioned storytelling. It’s a cracker of a story in which two cousins face the ultimate childhood evil of a grown-up in charge: the monstrous Mrs Slighcarp. Somewhat disappointingly, points in the performance were a little lacklustre and the small audience became impatient as lines were occasionally a little fumbled. Better posture needed, perhaps.
C soco, 3 – 29 Aug, 5:20pm (6:35pm), £5.50 – £9.50, fpp30.
tw rating 3/5
[ls]