Demon Dentist – Hull New Theatre
My second trip to the dentist in one week saw me at the Hull New Theatre on Wednesday evening, when Demon Dentist came to town.
Thank goodness my first visit was a much less scary experience - nothing like the evil tooth-puller let loose on the stage in this adaptation of David Walliams’ book.
The dental monster, the aptly-named Miss Root (Emily Harrigan), is the stuff of nightmares, especially for 12-year-old Alfie (Sam Varley), whose bad dental experience six years earlier had put him off dentists for life.
However, strange things had been happening in the town where Alfie lives with his loving dad (James Mitchell), which had drawn the schoolboy back into the world of teeth, or lack thereof in some cases.
Children who had lost a tooth and had placed it under their pillow read...
