Tales from the River Thames

Synopsis

Please meet in the Unicorn foyer to start your journey. The production takes place at Number 10 Bermondsey Street. The River Thames brought the world to London and London to the world. It leads to the countryside, out to the sea and cuts the city in half. The Unicorn Theatre and award-winning NIE have come together to create a magical show that brings the many mysterious and adventure-filled tales about what might be in and on this enormous river to life. Tales from the River Thames is based on stories written by 600 primary school children from across Lambeth, Southwark and Waltham Forest. Get ready to enter a world of river pirates, monsters, mermaids and talking fish, as you pass through the doors of Number 10. You will be taken on a magical walkabout journey through the dark heart of Southwark that brings to life the river you thought you knew.

Our Review:

Katherine Graham - 24 June 2012

Tales from the River Thames is a collaboration between the Unicorn Theatre, a theatre for young people located in South London, and New International Encounter (NIE). They started off with 600 stories from school children based on the River Thames, and wove them together into a tale of the river, ocean, pirates and mermaids.

The play is successful for the most part. Set in the tunnels under London Bridge, the interactive performance leads children from set to set through a lock keeper's cottage to an old style tavern and onto a beach. This ensures that they are enthralled throughout and it's a very clever use of what appears to be an unusable space. The acting all through the play is the right side of melodramatic to make it into a sort of pantomime that keeps young audiences interested. The facial expressions and physical comedy of the actors bring these characters from children’s imaginations to life. Because the stories were written by ...

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