The Snow Queen
From: Friday, 5th December 2008
To: Saturday, 10 January 2009
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
A much loved family favourite. Kay is lured away by the Snow Queen who captures his heart - his only hope is his friend Gerda - but what can she do against so powerful a woman.
Our Review:
11 December 2008
As usual, West Yorkshire Playhouse does everything possible to make a visit to its younger children’s play an occasion, from programmes that double as activity packs to cast members wandering through the audience pre-play and persuading the youngsters into pigeon impressions. Even more importantly, the adaptation of The Snow Queen is by one of the most reliably imaginative and theatrical of children’s playwrights, Mike Kenny.
Unfortunately the magic surfaces only intermittently, though Gail McIntyre’s production is always ingenious and eminently watchable, enough to hold the attention of an audience with a high percentage of 11-year-old sophisticates (the play is officially aimed at 4-plus).
The first signs are highly promising. Designer Hannah Clark’s set spreads through the Courtyard Theatre, re-configured to place the acting area between two banks of seats. Snow-flake motifs and cut-outs and model houses decorated with text create atmosphere whi...
Creative
Hans Christian Anderson (Book)
West Yorkshire Playhouse (Producer)
Mike Kenny (Adaptation)
Gail McIntyre (Director)
Hannah Clark (Design)
Ivan Stott (Music)
Ivan Stott (Musical Director)
Ivan Stott (Sound)
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