Misterstourworm and the Kelpie's Gift

George Square 2    12-25 @ 10.30    Circular Music

This is a game of two halves and, on this showing, the second one is a lot better than the first. There are a couple of reasons for this. The first half needs audience involvement, and at this performance the audience was tiny, so the responses just weren't there. The introductory routine feels over-written and a bit of tightening up should get us into the story-telling.

Two big kids (siblings or friends? Probably the former - I had a sister like that once) played with great style by Jim Webster and Kim Gerard, "make up" a story about the Giant Sea Monster Misterstourworm, as they go along. Then, and this is where it takes off, they tell the story more formally with a lovely soundtrack and accompanying movie.

The theatricality of this second part eclipses the first half easily. The music is by Savourna Stevenson and is great. The book, by children's theatre master Stuart Paterson, has the makings of a classic. This will be a delightful show.