http://www.babble.com.au/2009/03/19/the-gruffalo-comes-to-a-stage-near-you/ The magazine for a new generation of parents Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:16 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.babble.com.au/2009/03/19/the-gruffalo-comes-to-a-stage-near-you/comment-page-1/#comment-7274 Russel Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:44:59 +0000 http://www.babble.com.au/?p=9268#comment-7274 Took my grandson to the stage show. Struck me as a money making exercise with every expense spared. The 3 actors involved worked hard, but their costumes were token efforts - i.e. mouses ears stuck on the side of the actresses head to let you know she was the mouse & the Gruffalo didn't look like the Gruffalo in the book, so his appearance on stage - which should have been the exciting climax to the build up - was just baffling to the youngsters watching. My Grandson turned to me with downturned mouth and said' But that's not the Gruffalo'. Bit of a rip off really. Took my grandson to the stage show. Struck me as a money making exercise with every expense spared. The 3 actors involved worked hard, but their costumes were token efforts – i.e. mouses ears stuck on the side of the actresses head to let you know she was the mouse & the Gruffalo didn’t look like the Gruffalo in the book, so his appearance on stage – which should have been the exciting climax to the build up – was just baffling to the youngsters watching. My Grandson turned to me with downturned mouth and said’ But that’s not the Gruffalo’. Bit of a rip off really.

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