Heidi - A Goat's Tale

Synopsis

The classic Swiss story of the irrepressible little girl with a big heart who changes the lives of everyone she meets is brought to life in this production... but with a sidesplitting twist... it will be told by a herd of hysterical mountain goats! Join the goats as they present this enthralling story about family and friendship as seen through their eyes - if they manage to behave and stop eating the script.

Our Review:

Petra Schofield - 9 December 2012

The Christmas offering from The Egg this is year is a surreal reworking of the tale of Heidi; the orphaned girl sent to stay with her grandfather in the mountains where she meets Peter. Her Aunt reappears to take Heidi to Frankfurt to befriend Clara and receive an education. Heidi cannot be happy in the city and so returns home, Clara then comes to visit where in a fit of jealously Peter breaks her wheelchair and the benefits of mountain living is then realised as Clara walks for the first time and the ending is indeed a happy one.

This adaptation written by Andrew Pollard and directed by Lee Lyford is framed by a wonderful animal barn designed by Hayley Grindle and it is this ingenious design with some atmospheric lighting from Katharine Williams lifts this tale out of the ordinary and into a visual delight.

The company work hard, four of them as goats, narrating the tale by eating pieces of the novel or by role playing the various characters as needed in th...

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