As part of the New Zea­l­and Inter­na­tion­al Com­edy Fest­iv­al the Play­shop Per­form­ance Com­pany presents Grimm Bed­time Stor­ies.

I took along my three chil­dren aged 6, 10 and 12 on Sat­urday and I’ll allow them to share their exper­i­ence. Let me say that as an adult I found it super enjoy­able and laugh out loud funny. There were heaps of gags includ­ing a few subtle ones for the grown-ups in the audi­ence. The show had a small cast, and they were ener­get­ic and tal­en­ted. It is aimed to 5–10 year olds, but we found the 6, 10, 12 and 42 year old all thought it was excel­lent.

There is only one more show, this Sat­urday the 16 May. Get down to it!

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Malo, 10:
When we came in to the theatre I was asked to do a draw­ing of a witch. It was­n’t the best witch I had ever drawn. We got some chips, sat down for a bit then a staff memeber said to us that we could go in. When we went in I thought that the set was very cre­at­ive. Then it star­ted. It was a great per­form­ance and it was about the best play I have ever seen (not that I“ve seen many). Note to self: watch more plays. But it was really great. Five starts great show for the little kids #lol

Finn, 12:
I am 12 years old. I went to the Han­nah Theatre to watch “Grimm Bed­time Stor­ies”. When we went inside we were asked to do draw­ings of treas­ure, witches, food and mon­sters. I drew some treas­ure, these pic­tures were later incor­por­ated into the play. We soon went into the theatre, the stage was sset up with two beds and a set of draw­ers (all made from card­board).

The play was about two kids who invited the “broth­ers Grimm” to share stor­ies. There was live music from “Lud­wig Grimm”. He played a vari­ety of instru­ments includ­ing a gui­tar, an accor­di­on and a cym­bal.

The play was hil­ari­ous and well acted. I would recom­mend it to any­one 6–106.