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Big Noise - The community orchestra for children under 12
31 Oct 2012
Music group draws inspiration from ‘El Sistema’ philosophy of Venezuela
Musical director Francis Cummings takes his place in front of the 40-strong orchestra and raises his arms, poised to launch into Henry Purcell’s ‘Rondeau’ from the Abdelazar Suite. ‘No counting to three, because that’s for children,’ he says. The…
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
11 Dec 2008
ADAPTATION If you’re in doubt about the Christian allegory lurking behind the Narnian fantasy of CS Lewis, just look at the treatment meted out to Daniel Williams as Aslan in this stage adaptation. Relinquishing power to Meg Fraser’s scarily…
Aladdin
13 Dec 2006
King’s Theatre, Glasgow
The pitch Rather more the story of Wishee Washee, a redundant shepherd trying to break into his mother’s laundry business, than of his brother Aladdin who falls foul of the wicked Abanazar after failing to get a magical lamp out of a cave. Amid flying…
Wullie Whittington
13 Dec 2006
Tron Theatre, Glasgow
The pitch Young Wullie Whittington is ready to take the leap from being last year’s understudy to this year’s romantic lead in the self-referential world of the Pantosphere. His chief obstacle is that his singing’s as flat as a pancake and it looks as…
