Once you get to the age where you can choose what to eat and what not to eat, the healthy option can become second (or even third or fourth!) choice.
If you are a parent of teenagers you will understand that successfully encouraging them to eat a healthy diet can be a challenging journey; fraught with guilt, stress and discarded Pot Noodle packaging.
For many teenagers with busy social lives, eating healthy food just won’t be a priority and it can be […]
Posts from ‘May, 2012’
An Honest Guide to Feeding Teens
Review: Flyaway Katie (Brighton Fringe)
Flyaway Katie, at Family Fringe, Hurly Burly venue in Brighton.
Now I have to admit that Flyaway Katie by Polly Dunbar was not a children’s story that I or my children are familiar with. I shall be rectifying that via a trip to the book shop pronto.
It really is such a beautiful story that captivated Monty and Blossom from start to finish. I had been slightly nervous at taking both the children to see a production while flying solo but […]
Young Critics Review – Brighton Festival’s 26 Letters – Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, 13th May 2012 at the Sallis Benney Theatre
Reviewed by Harper Taylor-Hanson (age 10)
” Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell are famous for their book series – The Edge Chronicles, Muddle Earth and lots of others – so I was very excited to see them as part of Brighton Festival. They were as funny as their books and just as exciting, with Chris making incredible and peculiar sketches throughout the talk (we even got a signed sketch to […]
Young Critics Review – Brighton Festival’s 26 Letters – Wrong Pong
Wrong Pong – Steven Butler and Chris Fisher, 13th May 2012 at the Sallis Benney Theatre
Reviewed by Max Outhwaite, aged 6
“It was great. I loved it. I liked the part where the hand came up the toilet. So, the man (Steven Butler, author) was funny. Chris Fisher did great pictures on the overhead projector, and we got paper and markers to draw pictures which was fun. I liked drawing the big pictures on the flip chart. The show was just the […]
Young Critics Review – Brighton Festival’s 26 Letters – Andrew Lane
Andrew Lane – Young Sherlock, 12th May 2012 at the Sallis Benney Theatre
Reviewed by Charlie Pope, aged 13
“Having read the first book in the Young Sherlock Holmes series, Death Cloud, I had been looking forward to the talk by its author Andrew Lane.
The talk was very interesting and I found out a lot more information about Sherlock Holmes and what other books Andrew Lane has written. As well as the fact that he has written a lot of Doctor Who books.
He […]
Young Critics Review – Brighton Festival’s 26 Letters – Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks
Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks –6th May 2012 at Brighton Dome
Reviewed by Tilda Cobb, aged 6
“The concert hall of the Dome was full to over-flowing mostly with children. Julia Donaldson came on to the stage with her 2 great nieces to help and her husband Malcolm ( my Daddy thought he was the funniest bit of the show with his bunny ears (but you had to be there!!). Lydia Monks was there too wearing a lovely dress and she drew […]
Review: Rolling on the Floor Laughing (Brighton Fringe)
This innovative mash-up of circus act, projected animation, video and console gaming levels up this Brighton Fringe ‘youth performance’. Performed by young circus artists aged between 14 and 19 who are themselves ‘digital natives’, the 40-minute theatrics weaves very real-world physical acrobatics, against a tapestry of virtual imagery familiar to everyone in modern life who can’t help but be touched by the technological wizardry inherent in our society.
Status updates from the ubiquity of social networks such as Facebook are the […]
Review: Lost Props, at Brighton Fringe
Photos: © Luis Cruz
Those familiar with Long Nose Puppets – Flyaway Katie, Shoe Baby – will instantly recognize the loveable Lost Props star puppet, Ben, from the much-vaunted Penguin.
When this characterful baby gets lost in the theatre, it’s up to the imaginative janitor, George Williams, to help him find his way home. So ensues an […]
REVIEW of Bee Detective, at Brighton Festival
The Tin Bath Theatre Company’s “Bee Detective” is a real joy for the target audience (children aged 6+) and good fun for accompanying adults. The play takes place in a tent which has been turned into a beehive themed set, with plenty of colour, vibrancy and imagination. The story is based around 3 main characters – the Queen Bee, and her son BarnaBee and daughter SophieBee. Sophie turns detective when many of the worker bees start disappearing, and she makes […]
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