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Kids Top Picks Boundless bashes for bairns, but how best to beat the babes’ boredom? We browse for the best
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs 2: The Magic Cutlass (2 and older) Credit: Graham Lewis
Pleasance Courtyard, 10:30am, 3-29 August, not 16 The first Captain Flinn was a bit of a hit with our young reviewer back in 2013. The sequel from Les Petits Theatre Company looks to have all of the swashbuckling features that made the original such fun. Pirate dinosaurs: check. Ridiculously high production values: check. No poo stew this year, but smelly sausages instead.
Children are Stinky (0-14) Assembly George Square, 12:35pm, 4-29 August, not 10, 17, 24 Yes they are! This, from Circus Trick Tease’s Malia Walsh and Chris Carlos, requires nose pegs to perform, as if proof were needed. It also requires a lot of energy, both from the acrobatic pair, as well as the audience, who will be expected to get stuck in with
Aaaaaaaaagh! Dinosaurs! (5-10)
dancing, hula-hooping... the works.
Follow Me (1-7) Pleasance Courtyard, 12:45pm,
6-27 August, not 8, 15, 22
15-29 August
More dinosaurs! What’s not to like?
This is a ridiculously sweet tale about
This show, from the BBC’s Dommy B,
what it means to become an older
is a mixture of storytelling, comedy
sister for the first time. For Nansi,
and poetry with plenty of audience
the best way of dealing with the
participation. Dommy uses audience
situation is to let her imagination
suggestions to defeat the dinosaurs and defend the town. Our guess is that he can probably only do it with a bit of help.
Credit: 3Fate media
Hispaniola, 12:20pm,
run wild—literally—and turn into an elephant. Cute, imaginative, and thought provoking – especially for big sisters.