One of my favourite touches was the way the cast made the broom ‘fly’ and their subtle movements to create that illusion of flying through the wind and items falling to earth. I worried that this character might prove scary for the preschool audience but they were in fits of laughter when he came into the stalls to suggest what he might eat them with. No wonder the witch let this green hitchhiker add to her load.Įqually charming was the dragon, with his booming Welsh accent that reminded me of home, even if he was singing about having witch and chips for tea. When the frog finally arrived, he had a southern American drawl that we were charmed by. There were catchy tunes and plenty of humorous asides intend to entertain the adults, like the bird’s reference to putting towels on sun loungers after migrating south for winter. The two men take the role of puppeteers to the other creatures and the skill in which the cast moved these animal props between them as needed was slick and seamless. The two women cast members play the witch and her cat – a classic comedy duo of eccentric absentmindedness (the witch) and dependable cynic (the cat). But hoo the witch peenged And the cat fuffed and aw When the wind wis sae wild That the hat blew awa. Hoo the cat purred And hoo the witch grinned As they sat on their bizzum And fleed through the wind. The 55-minute show adapts and enhances Julia Donaldson‘s text with songs, funny details and extra scenes, such as a group of four campers who spot the broomstick flying through the sky and the witch’s penchant for Jelly Babies. The witch had a cat And an awfie lang hat, And gingery hair That she pit in a plait.
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