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.