| Reviews & Comments - The Gardener | ||
by Mike Kenny
Here are some quotes from children, grown-ups and teachers... (Click the links and a window with the entire review will pop up.) |
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| What children have said about The Gardener | ||
This show is absolutely brilliant! Findlay from Inverness. |
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‘I loved that story: you were funny,’ ‘We loved that,’ young member of audience. |
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‘You were funny,’aged 4. ‘I really got something out of that,’ |
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‘I know why Uncle Harry died,’ aged 4. ‘He understood everything,’ his mother. |
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‘My best bit was all of it,’ aged 5. ‘I liked it,’ young member of audience. |
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Children’s theatre to remember... Mike Fitzgerald for Applause Rural Touring. |
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‘Very brave to do something so imaginative’ |
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‘It’s not just for kids’ Mother: ‘That was absolutely brilliant, it must have been: it kept her attention (her daughter): she’s only 17 months’ Old lady: ‘My husband was a gardener: it was just right’ |
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Middle-aged lady: ‘You brought a tear to my eye’ A mother: of her two year-old child: ‘she was gob-smacked’ |
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Comment from visitors’ book, Salisbury Playhouse: ‘The Gardener – lovely set + music great. Story great. Acting v. good’ ‘I’m a doctor and I deal with dementia and it (the play) was very good |
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Barney Jeavons, Venue manager, West End Centre, Aldershot: ‘That was great. This is the first show that I’ve seen where the music really is integrated’ |
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What teachers have said about The Gardener |
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Deputy Head, Leicester: ‘Fantastic. There are so many layers. It presses all the buttons!’ Class teacher, Nottingham: ‘There is a year’s worth of work in there. Wonderful.’ |
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Year 1 Co-ordinator, Bognor Regis: ‘Fantastic. The children really enjoyed it (as did the adults).’ |
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Head of Ashley Infants, Walton - on - Thames: ‘My mother-in-law who took my son, had a tear in her eye when she recounted it. She and my son both loved it. I know many others who felt the same.’ |
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