The Terrible Infants

A telephone rings and stops the jaunty music as if to awake us to reality – but what reality is this? Five players reveal an out of the ordinary world that is as charming for adults as it is for children. Leader of the pack Oliver Lansley is a masterful storyteller, revealing his accomplices and their tales with panache, and the whole piece is marvelous fun from beginning to end. We meet Tilly, who tells tales; little Tumb who must chose between his tummy and his mummy, Beatrice, who loves to talk and loathes to listen; and Thingummy Boy, whose life as an ignored child will leave you utterly choked up.

With its magical music and alliteration aplenty, The Terrible Infants is a box of delights. From grizzly bears to inventive puppetry and ingenious umbrella use, these Roald Dahl-esque stories will both delight little ones and remind big ones what it was like to be little at all.

– Miranda Fay Thomas