The Gruffalo Reviews

Tim corbett from London,

GRUFFALO

Disappointing lack of costume and set. Furthermore rake in the dress circle is appalling: children climbing on seats, held up by adults in order to see. Though children were engrossed more could have been done to get them involved in songs etc. No drama at the Gruffalo's appearance - he just came on. A feeling of an opportunity missed.

C.Cuckson from UK

THE GRUFFALO

We took our children who are 2 and nearly 4 to see this show. They loved the Gruffalo book and know it very well. The costumes were non-existent apart from the gruffalo. My daughter kept saying 'but they are just people Mummy" The mouse was wearing trousers and a T-Shirt with a long belt for a tail, you could barely tell it was the mouse. The fox, owl, and snake bore no resemblance to these animals at all. The dialogue was also too adult for most of the audience. There was lots of talking and the story was lost. Overall I was very disappointed.

Richard fuller from London, UK

LACK OF EFFORT

Could they not have gone to a fancy dress shop and spent £30 on a outfit? Mouse and wolf wearing jeans!!! They thought by sticking a tail children will believe it's an animal. Ok for a 2 year old. But older children will be disappointed. Not worth ticket and parking money.

Richard fuller from London, UK

LACK OF EFFORT

Could they not have gone to a fancy dress shop and spent £30 on a outfit? Mouse and wolf wearing jeans!!! They thought by sticking a tail children will believe it's an animal. Ok for a 2 year old. But older children will be disappointed. Not worth ticket and parking money.

Anonymous from London,

DIDN'T ENJOY THIS AT ALL

we took our 5 and 8 year old to see this at the weekend and were very disappointed. They were confused by the narrator who just shouted and jumped around and we were never quite sure what the point of him was. The script was very poor. The Grufallo is a story which rhymes and most of the children there could have probably rhymed along with the actors however it was unrecognisable as Julia Donaldson's book.

Gina from London, England

DISAPPOINTED

Sorry but I really didn't enjoy this and our 5 year old was bored by it. It is apparently just 3 actors on stage with no lighting or sound support. I couldn't understand why something that was supposed to have been set in a deep, dark forest was brightly lit throughout. If we had been to see it at our local community hall it would have been OK but I expect far more creative production values when going to the effort and expense of taking a 5 year old all the way to the West End.

Linda from London,

THE GRUFFALO

Poor costumes, (except for the gruffalo), the mouse did not have whiskers, a moustache on a snake! - children did not understand this. We were in the stalls so couldnot see the 'imaginary' stream. Disappointed in the show

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