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Little Angel theatre, LondonThis imaginative adaptation delights in the sounds and sensations of Edward Lear’s peculiar poem about a lonely boy
The stage is filled with puppets that seem to swim in midair. A boy floats among them but the rest are colourful, abstract figures; long spindly red tubes or neon rings with fangs around their edges. My eight-year-old goddaughter, Blue, looks a little shocked as she whispers: “What are those?” I whisper back: “I don’t know.”
Nobody knows. Edward Lear’s nonsense poem The Dong with a Luminous Nose isn’t meant to make sense. The work touches on ideas about change and growing up, but, above all, this is a deliciously visceral experience that leaves the young audience with their skin tingling and their curiosity piqued. Continue reading...