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"Potteresque professors, myth and magic"


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Multistory hits the jackpot again. The Adventures of Perseus is fun and fabulous and sure to appeal to kids of all ages – 6 to 96 – although it might be best to check with those too cool for school before buying them a ticket.

The two performers – Gill Nathanson and Bill Buffery – start the show robed as Potteresque professors. No boring teachers these two – they kick off with a pile of quickfire questions to engage the audience. Even the adults can hardly contain themselves as the answers fly up from the floor. The quizzing sets the stage with a swift Athena to Zeus of the classics.

Then it's time to meet Perseus. Nathanson takes on the role of principal boy. She has great physicality with amazing mime skills and almost Olympian levels of fitness (only to be expected in a child of Zeus). They parcel out the other roles – fisherman, king, damsel in distress, mythical figures galore - with Buffery so busy that he runs out of voices.

Perseus is sent on a quest and all because he didn't give the richest man on the island a birthday present. Well, what can you get for the man who has everything? A gorgon's head, apparently.

Along the way Perseus encounters some fantastical beings – from the ancient and hideous threesome who share one eye and one tooth between them to the snake-haired monsters who can turn you to stone with a glare and the giant who stops the sky from falling in. These are all beautifully brought to life with clever costumes, marvellous puppetry and top notch acting skills.

Perseus is story telling at its best – magic.

Anna Marks remotegoat.com

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